MODELING OF THE WESTERN ANTARCTIC PENINSULA (WAP)

• Main Author: Sailley, Severine
• Other Authors: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2010
• Subjects: [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Avian Island; Palmer Station; Palmer-Station; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hal.univ-brest.fr/hal-00502904

participant The Antarctic Peninsula is among the most rapidly warming region on earth, having experienced a 3°C increase in annual temperature and a 6°C rise in the mean winter temperature since 1951. Delivery of heat from the Antarctic Circumpolar Current has increased significantly in the past dec...