January 2016 extensive summer melt in West Antarctica favoured by strong El Niño

Over the past two decades the primary driver of mass loss from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) has been warm ocean water underneath coastal ice shelves, not a warmer atmosphere. Yet, surface melt occurs sporadically over low-lying areas of the WAIS and is not fully understood. Here we report on...

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Autores principales: Nicolas, Julien P., Vogelmann, Andrew M., Scott, Ryan C., Wilson, Aaron B., Cadeddu, Maria P., Bromwich, David H., Verlinde, Johannes, Lubin, Dan, Russell, Lynn M., Jenkinson, Colin, Powers, Heath H., Ryczek, Maciej, Stone, Gregory, Wille, Jonathan D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5481731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28643801
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15799

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