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Meltwater produced by wind–albedo interaction stored in an East Antarctic ice shelf

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  • J. T. M. Lenaerts

    (Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Utrecht University
    Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences)

  • S. Lhermitte

    (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
    Delft University of Technology)

  • R. Drews

    (Laboratoire de Glaciologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles
    Present address: Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, D-80539 München, Germany.)

  • S. R. M. Ligtenberg

    (Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Utrecht University)

  • S. Berger

    (Laboratoire de Glaciologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles)

  • V. Helm

    (Alfred Wegener Institute)

  • C. J. P. P. Smeets

    (Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Utrecht University)

  • M. R. van den Broeke

    (Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Utrecht University)

  • W. J. van de Berg

    (Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Utrecht University)

  • E. van Meijgaard

    (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute)

  • M. Eijkelboom

    (Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Utrecht University)

  • O. Eisen

    (Alfred Wegener Institute
    University of Bremen)

  • F. Pattyn

    (Laboratoire de Glaciologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles)

Abstract

Surface melt has been tied to the collapse of Antarctic Peninsula ice shelves. This study illustrates that warmer temperatures associated with katabatic winds drive similar processes in an East Antarctic ice shelf, highlighting vulnerability to disintegration.

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  • J. T. M. Lenaerts & S. Lhermitte & R. Drews & S. R. M. Ligtenberg & S. Berger & V. Helm & C. J. P. P. Smeets & M. R. van den Broeke & W. J. van de Berg & E. van Meijgaard & M. Eijkelboom & O. Eisen & , 2017. "Meltwater produced by wind–albedo interaction stored in an East Antarctic ice shelf," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 7(1), pages 58-62, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:7:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1038_nclimate3180
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3180
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    1. Jeroen Ingels & Richard B. Aronson & Craig R. Smith & Amy Baco & Holly M. Bik & James A. Blake & Angelika Brandt & Mattias Cape & David Demaster & Emily Dolan & Eugene Domack & Spencer Fire & Heidi Ge, 2021. "Antarctic ecosystem responses following ice‐shelf collapse and iceberg calving: Science review and future research," Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 12(1), January.

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