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The circum-Antarctic ice-shelves respond to a more positive Southern Annular Mode with regionally varied melting
- Source :
- Communications Earth & Environment, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2022.
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Abstract
- Positive phases of the Southern Annular Mode lead to enhanced basal melt overall in the Antarctic ice shelves, with strong losses in the Bellingshausen and Western Pacific sectors and gains in the Amundsen Sea, according to ice-ocean model experiments.
- Subjects :
- Geology
QE1-996.5
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 26624435
- Volume :
- 3
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Communications Earth & Environment
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.8af44ec1adac44ab8fd372a72014efbc
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00458-x