Downslope föhn winds over the Antarctic Peninsula and their effect on the Larsen ice shelves
Mesoscale model simulations are presented of a westerly föhn event over the Antarctic Peninsula mountain ridge and onto the Larsen C ice shelf, just south of the recently collapsed Larsen B ice shelf. Aircraft observations showed the presence of föhn jets descending near the ice shelf surface with m...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2014-09-01
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Series: | Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics |
Online Access: | http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/14/9481/2014/acp-14-9481-2014.pdf |