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SUBMITTER: Francis D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7673740 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Francis Diana D Mattingly Kyle S KS Temimi Marouane M Massom Rob R Heil Petra P
Science advances 20201111 46
This study reports the occurrence of intense atmospheric rivers (ARs) during the two large Weddell Polynya events in November 1973 and September 2017 and investigates their role in the opening events via their enhancement of sea ice melt. Few days before the polynya openings, persistent ARs maintained a sustained positive total energy flux at the surface, resulting in sea ice thinning and a decline in sea ice concentration in the Maud Rise region. The ARs were associated with anomalously high am ...[more]