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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Main Authors: D. P. Grosvenor, J. C. King, T. W. Choularton, T. Lachlan-Cope
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-09-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/14/9481/2014/acp-14-9481-2014.pdf