The Spatial Coherence of Interannual Temperature Variations in the Antarctic Peninsula

• Main Authors: King, John C., Koblinsky, Chester J., Comiso, Josefino C.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Environment Pollution; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Palmer Land; Scotia Sea; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20020080733

Over 50 years of observations from climate stations on the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula show that this is a region of extreme interannual variability in near-surface temperatures. The region has also experienced more rapid warming than any other part of the Southern Hemisphere. In this pape...