Effects of recent cooling in the Antarctic Peninsula on snow density and surface mass balance

• Main Authors: Recio Blitz, Cayetana del Pilar, Navarro Valero, Francisco José, Otero García, Jaime, Lapazaran Izargain, Javier Jesús, González Herrero, Sergi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: E.T.S.I. Telecomunicación (UPM) 2018
• Subjects: Electrónica; Matemáticas; Telecomunicaciones; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Livingston Island; Hurd; Johnsons; Antarc*; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://oa.upm.es/54863/

The Antarctic Peninsula region has experienced a recent cooling for about 15 years since the beginning of the 21st century. In Livingston Island, this cooling has been of 0.8°C over the 12-yr period 2004–2016, and of 1.0°C for the summer average temperatures over the same period. In this paper, we a...