Downslope föhn winds over the Antarctic Peninsula and their effect on the Larsen ice shelves

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: Grosvenor, D. P., King, J. C., Choularton, T. W., Lachlan-Cope, T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2014
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Peninsula Mountain; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-9481-2014; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00044807; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00044427/acp-14-9481-2014.pdf; https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/14/9481/2014/acp-14-9481-2014.pdf

Mesoscale model simulations are presented of a westerly föhn event over the Antarctic Peninsula mountain ridge and onto the Larsen C ice shelf, just south of the recently collapsed Larsen B ice shelf. Aircraft observations showed the presence of föhn jets descending near the ice shelf surface with m...