Atmospheric variability and precipitation in the Ross Sea region, Antarctica

• Main Author: Cohen, Lana (11694997)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Climatology (excl. Climate Change Processes); Meteorology; Antarctica; Climate; Precipitation; School: School of Geography; Environment and Earth Sciences; 040105 Climatology (excl. Climate Change Processes); 040107 Meteorology; 960202 Atmospheric Processes and Dynamics; 970104 Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences; Degree Discipline: Geophysics; Degree Level: Doctoral; Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Ross Sea; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Ross Ice Shelf; Pacific; Roosevelt Island; Antarc*; ice core; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.17006209.v1

Understanding how atmospheric variability in the Pacific sector of Antarctica drives precipitation is essential for understanding current and past climate changes on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and the Ross Ice Shelf. Precipitation plays a key role in the Antarctic climate system (via mass balance...