A Multidecadal Analysis of Föhn Winds over Larsen C Ice Shelf from a Combination of Observations and Modeling

• Published in: Atmosphere
• Main Authors: Jasper M. Wiesenekker, Peter Kuipers Munneke, Michiel R. Van den Broeke, C. J. P. Paul Smeets
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Subjects: Föhn; Antarctic Peninsula; Larsen ice shelf; multidecadal analysis; automatic weather station; regional climate model; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Amundsen Sea; Larsen Ice Shelf; Cabinet Inlet; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos9050172

The southward progression of ice shelf collapse in the Antarctic Peninsula is partially attributed to a strengthening of the circumpolar westerlies and the associated increase in föhn conditions over its eastern ice shelves. We used observations from an automatic weather station at Cabinet Inlet on...