Contextualizing the 1997 warm event observed at Patriot Hills in the interior of West Antarctica

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Author: Jorge F. Carrasco
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2018
• Subjects: Air temperature; El Niño–Southern Oscillation; Antarctic Oscillation; ERA-Interim reanalysis; blocking ridge; foehn effect; warm advection; geo; envir; Antarctic; Patriot Hills; The Antarctic; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/17518369.2018.1547041; https://doaj.org/article/506398b33c15414a827bb08d79140ba6

Between 5 and 8 December 1997, the surface air temperature increased up to 3°C in the interior of West Antarctica, at Patriot Hills (PH), located at about 80°08’S, 81°16ʹ W, at an elevation of 855 m a.s.l. This was about 15°C warmer than the mean air temperature (−12°C) for this location at this tim...