Spatial and temporal changes in dry-snow line altitude on the Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Climatic Change
• Main Authors: Arigony Neto, Jorge, Saurer, Helmut, Simões, Jefferson Cardia, Rau, Frank, Jaña, Ricardo, Vogt, Steffen, Gossmann, Hermann
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Asar; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://repositorio.furg.br/handle/1/5598; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-009-9550-1

Drastic changes were detected in glacial systems of the Antarctic Peninsula in the last decades. The observed phenomena comprise the disintegration of ice shelves, acceleration and thinning of glaciers, and retreat of glacier fronts. However, due to the lack of consistent systematic observations in...