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Contextualizing the 1997 warm event observed at Patriot Hills in the interior of West Antarctica

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العنوان: Contextualizing the 1997 warm event observed at Patriot Hills in the interior of West Antarctica
المؤلفون: Jorge F. Carrasco
المصدر: Polar Research, Vol 37, Iss 1 (2018)
بيانات النشر: Norwegian Polar Institute, 2018.
سنة النشر: 2018
المجموعة: LCC:Environmental sciences
LCC:Oceanography
مصطلحات موضوعية: Air temperature, El Niño–Southern Oscillation, Antarctic Oscillation, ERA-Interim reanalysis, blocking ridge, foehn effect, warm advection, Environmental sciences, GE1-350, Oceanography, GC1-1581
الوصف: Between 5 and 8 December 1997, the surface air temperature increased up to 3°C in the interior of West Antarctica, at Patriot Hills (PH), located at about 80°08’S, 81°16ʹ W, at an elevation of 855 m a.s.l. This was about 15°C warmer than the mean air temperature (−12°C) for this location at this time of the year. The ice surface field along the hills used as a runway for large aircraft melted, forming small ponds at the foot of the slope. This warm event was associated with a passing mid-tropospheric ridge that reached the interior of West Antarctica, whose anticyclonic circulation advected warm air towards the PH area. The foehn effect of the descending airflow on the northern slope of PH did not significantly contribute to the warming. The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) was reaching its mature phase during the last quarter of 1997 and the warming/melting episode may be related to large-scale circulation associated with ENSO occurrence. However, warm events in the interior of West Antarctica may occur during any phase of ENSO. In contrast, the negative phase of the Antarctic Oscillation seems to support the development of the mid-tropospheric ridges that can advect warm maritime air towards the interior of West Antarctica. The 3°C registered at PH may be one of the highest near-surface air temperatures measured below 2500 m a.s.l. in the far interior coastal area of West Antarctica. This suggests a new subregion for determining air temperature records in Antarctica may need to be considered.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1751-8369
17518369
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1751-8369
DOI: 10.1080/17518369.2018.1547041
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/506398b33c15414a827bb08d79140ba6
رقم الأكسشن: edsdoj.506398b33c15414a827bb08d79140ba6
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:17518369
DOI:10.1080/17518369.2018.1547041