Characteristics of summer airflow over the Antarctic Peninsula in response to recent strengthening of westerly circumpolar winds

Summer near-surface temperatures over the northeast coast of the Antarctic Peninsula have increased by more than 2 degrees C over the past 40 years, a temperature increase 3 times greater than that on the northwest coast. Recent analysis has shown a strong correlation between this striking warming t...

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Published in:Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
Main Authors: Orr, Andrew, Marshall, Gareth J, Hunt, Julian C. R, Sommeria, Joel, Wang, Chang-Gui, Van Lipzig, Nicole, Cresswell, Doug, King, John C
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Amer meteorological soc 2008
Subjects:
hemisphere annular mode
stratified flow
orographic drag
climate-change
laboratory simulation
3-dimensional hill
stagnation points
stable flows
temperatures
variability
Antarctic Peninsula
summer warming trend
strengthening winds
SAM
Larsen Ice Shelf
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Ice Shelf
Online Access:https://lirias.kuleuven.be/handle/123456789/260715
https://doi.org/10.1175/2007JAS2498.1

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