Atmospheric rivers in Antarctica
J.D. Wille, V. Favier, I.V. Gorodetskaya, C. Agosta, R. Baiman, J.E. Barrett, L. Barthelemy, B. Boza, D. Bozkurt, M. Casado, A. Chyhareva, K.R. Clem, F. Codron, R.T. Datta, C. Duran-Alarcon, D. Francis, A.O. Hoffman, M. Kolbe, S. Krakovska, G. Linscott, M.L. Maclennan, K.S. Mattingly, Y. Mu, B. Pohl, C. Leroy-Dos Santos, C.A. Shields, E. Toker, A.C. Winters, Z. Yin, X. Zou, C. Zhang, Z. Zhang
January 2025Abstract
Antarctic atmospheric rivers (ARs) are a form of extreme weather that transport heat and moisture from the Southern Hemisphere subtropics to the Antarctic continent. AR events generally have a positive influence on the Antarctic ice-sheet mass balance by producing heavy snowfall, yet they also cause melt of sea ice and coastal ice sheet areas, as well as ice shelf destabilization.
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Nature Reviews Earth & Environment