The 32-year record-high surface melt in 2019/2020 on the northern George VI Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: A. F. Banwell, R. T. Datta, R. L. Dell, M. Moussavi, L. Brucker, G. Picard, C. A. Shuman, L. A. Stevens
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2021
• Subjects: geo; envir; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; George VI Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-909-2021; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/909/2021/tc-15-909-2021.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/69fe458baca24008a5c798ccda13e9f0

In the 2019/2020 austral summer, the surface melt duration and extent on the northern George VI Ice Shelf (GVIIS) was exceptional compared to the 31 previous summers of distinctly lower melt. This finding is based on analysis of near-continuous 41-year satellite microwave radiometer and scatteromete...