Foehn event triggered by an atmospheric river underlies record-setting temperature along continental antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
• Main Authors: Bozkurt, Deniz, Rondanelli Rojas, Roberto, Marín, J. C., Garreaud Salazar, René
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2018
• Subjects: Foehn wind; Extreme high temperature; Atmospheric river; Climate variability; Meteorology; Regional climate modeling; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bellingshausen Sea; Pacific; Esperanza; Esperanza Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; SCAR; Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JD027796; https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/151991

A record-setting temperature of 17.5 degrees C occurred on 24 March 2015 at the Esperanza station located near the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula (AP). We studied the event using surface station data, satellite imagery, reanalysis data, and numerical simulations. The Moderate Resolution Ima...