Interannual variability of summer surface mass balance and surface melting in the Amundsen sector, West Antarctica
International audience Understanding the interannual variability of surface mass balance (SMB) and surface melting in Antarctica is key to quantify the signal-to-noise ratio in climate trends, identify opportunities for multi-year climate predictions and assess the ability of climate models to respo...
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[SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean Atmosphere Donat-Magnin, Marion Jourdain, Nicolas Gallée, Hubert Amory, Charles Kittel, Christoph Fettweis, Xavier Wille, Jonathan Favier, Vincent Drira, Amine Agosta, Cécile Interannual variability of summer surface mass balance and surface melting in the Amundsen sector, West Antarctica |
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International audience Understanding the interannual variability of surface mass balance (SMB) and surface melting in Antarctica is key to quantify the signal-to-noise ratio in climate trends, identify opportunities for multi-year climate predictions and assess the ability of climate models to respond to climate variability. Here we simulate summer SMB and surface melting from 1979 to 2017 using the Regional Atmosphere Model (MAR) at 10 km resolution over the drainage basins of the Amundsen Sea glaciers in West Antarctica. Our simulations reproduce the mean present-day climate in terms of near-surface temperature (mean overestimation of 0.10 ∘C), near-surface wind speed (mean underestimation of 0.42 m s−1), and SMB (relative bias <20 % over Thwaites glacier). The simulated interannual variability of SMB and melting is also close to observation-based estimates.For all the Amundsen glacial drainage basins, the interannual variability of summer SMB and surface melting is driven by two distinct mechanisms: high summer SMB tends to occur when the Amundsen Sea Low (ASL) is shifted southward and westward, while high summer melt rates tend to occur when ASL is shallower (i.e. anticyclonic anomaly). Both mechanisms create a northerly flow anomaly that increases moisture convergence and cloud cover over the Amundsen Sea and therefore favors snowfall and downward longwave radiation over the ice sheet. The part of interannual summer SMB variance explained by the ASL longitudinal migrations increases westward and reaches 40 % for Getz. Interannual variation in the ASL relative central pressure is the largest driver of melt rate variability, with 11 % to 21 % of explained variance (increasing westward). While high summer SMB and melt rates are both favored by positive phases of El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) only explains 5 % to 16 % of SMB or melt rate interannual variance in our simulations, with moderate statistical significance. However, the part explained by SOI in the ... |
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Donat-Magnin, Marion Jourdain, Nicolas Gallée, Hubert Amory, Charles Kittel, Christoph Fettweis, Xavier Wille, Jonathan Favier, Vincent Drira, Amine Agosta, Cécile |
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Interannual variability of summer surface mass balance and surface melting in the Amundsen sector, West Antarctica |
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Interannual variability of summer surface mass balance and surface melting in the Amundsen sector, West Antarctica |
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Interannual variability of summer surface mass balance and surface melting in the Amundsen sector, West Antarctica |
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Interannual variability of summer surface mass balance and surface melting in the Amundsen sector, West Antarctica |
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Interannual variability of summer surface mass balance and surface melting in the Amundsen sector, West Antarctica |
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interannual variability of summer surface mass balance and surface melting in the amundsen sector, west antarctica |
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ftuniparissaclay:oai:HAL:hal-03001127v1 2024-06-16T07:33:21+00:00 Interannual variability of summer surface mass balance and surface melting in the Amundsen sector, West Antarctica Donat-Magnin, Marion Jourdain, Nicolas Gallée, Hubert Amory, Charles Kittel, Christoph Fettweis, Xavier Wille, Jonathan Favier, Vincent Drira, Amine Agosta, Cécile Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement (IGE) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ) Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA) Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement Gif-sur-Yvette (LSCE) Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) Glaces et Continents, Climats et Isotopes Stables (GLACCIOS) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)) 2020 https://hal.science/hal-03001127 https://hal.science/hal-03001127/document https://hal.science/hal-03001127/file/tc-14-229-2020.pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-229-2020 en eng HAL CCSD Copernicus info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.5194/tc-14-229-2020 hal-03001127 https://hal.science/hal-03001127 https://hal.science/hal-03001127/document https://hal.science/hal-03001127/file/tc-14-229-2020.pdf doi:10.5194/tc-14-229-2020 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 1994-0424 EISSN: 1994-0416 The Cryosphere https://hal.science/hal-03001127 The Cryosphere, 2020, 14 (1), pp.229-249. ⟨10.5194/tc-14-229-2020⟩ [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean Atmosphere info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2020 ftuniparissaclay https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-229-2020 2024-05-17T00:06:40Z International audience Understanding the interannual variability of surface mass balance (SMB) and surface melting in Antarctica is key to quantify the signal-to-noise ratio in climate trends, identify opportunities for multi-year climate predictions and assess the ability of climate models to respond to climate variability. Here we simulate summer SMB and surface melting from 1979 to 2017 using the Regional Atmosphere Model (MAR) at 10 km resolution over the drainage basins of the Amundsen Sea glaciers in West Antarctica. Our simulations reproduce the mean present-day climate in terms of near-surface temperature (mean overestimation of 0.10 ∘C), near-surface wind speed (mean underestimation of 0.42 m s−1), and SMB (relative bias <20 % over Thwaites glacier). The simulated interannual variability of SMB and melting is also close to observation-based estimates.For all the Amundsen glacial drainage basins, the interannual variability of summer SMB and surface melting is driven by two distinct mechanisms: high summer SMB tends to occur when the Amundsen Sea Low (ASL) is shifted southward and westward, while high summer melt rates tend to occur when ASL is shallower (i.e. anticyclonic anomaly). Both mechanisms create a northerly flow anomaly that increases moisture convergence and cloud cover over the Amundsen Sea and therefore favors snowfall and downward longwave radiation over the ice sheet. The part of interannual summer SMB variance explained by the ASL longitudinal migrations increases westward and reaches 40 % for Getz. Interannual variation in the ASL relative central pressure is the largest driver of melt rate variability, with 11 % to 21 % of explained variance (increasing westward). While high summer SMB and melt rates are both favored by positive phases of El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) only explains 5 % to 16 % of SMB or melt rate interannual variance in our simulations, with moderate statistical significance. However, the part explained by SOI in the ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Amundsen Sea Antarc* Antarctica Ice Sheet The Cryosphere Thwaites Glacier West Antarctica Archives ouvertes de Paris-Saclay West Antarctica Amundsen Sea Soi ENVELOPE(30.704,30.704,66.481,66.481) Thwaites Glacier ENVELOPE(-106.750,-106.750,-75.500,-75.500) Getz ENVELOPE(-145.217,-145.217,-76.550,-76.550) The Cryosphere 14 1 229 249 |