Climate and melting variability in Antarctica
Scientists have observed large increases in melting on the Greenland Ice Sheet in recent decades. But what is happening in Antarctica? Temperature increases during the past 50–100 years have been recorded for the Antarctic Peninsula and West Antarctica. Melting over Antarctica has been monitored sin...
| Published in: | Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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American Geophysical Union
2010
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| Online Access: | http://nldr.library.ucar.edu/repository/collections/OSGC-000-000-002-150 https://doi.org/10.1029/2010EO010001 |
| Summary: | Scientists have observed large increases in melting on the Greenland Ice Sheet in recent decades. But what is happening in Antarctica? Temperature increases during the past 50–100 years have been recorded for the Antarctic Peninsula and West Antarctica. Melting over Antarctica has been monitored since 1979 using spaceborne passive microwave observations. The sign of the melting trends over Antarctica is variable at regional scales, depending on the period analyzed and on the indices used, with the continent-averaged trend being negligible. |
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