Central West Antarctica among the most rapidly warming regions on Earth

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 139-145

  Bromwich, David H ^a   Nicolas, Julien P ^a   Monaghan, Andrew J ^b   Lazzara, Matthew A ^c   Keller, Linda M ^c   Weidner, George A ^c   Wilson, Aaron B ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ICE SHEET; MELTING; METEOROLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WARMING;

ANTARCTICA; BYRD STATION; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84873295029     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1671     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Rignot, E. Changes in West Antarctic ice stream dynamics observed with ALOS PALSAR data. Geophys. Res. Lett. 35, L12505 (2008).
2. King, M. A. et al. Lower satellite-gravimetry estimates of Antarctic sea-level contribution. Nature http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature11621 (2012).
3. Joughin, I. & Alley, R. B. Stability of the West Antarctic ice sheet in a warming world. Nature Geosci. 4, 506-513 (2011).
4. Jacobs, S. S., Jenkins, A., Giulivi, C. F. & Dutrieux, P. Stronger ocean circulation and increased melting under Pine Island Glacier ice shelf. Nature Geosci. 4, 519-523 (2011).
5. Pritchard, H. D. et al. Antarctic ice-sheet loss driven by basal melting of ice shelves. Nature 484, 502-505 (2012).
6. Steig, E. J. et al. Warming of the Antarctic ice-sheet surface since the 1957 International Geophysical Year. Nature 457, 459-462 (2009).
7. O'Donnell, R., Lewis, N., McIntyre, S. & Condon, J. Improved methods for PCA-based reconstructions: Case study using the Steig et al. (2009) Antarctic temperature reconstruction. J. Clim. 24, 2099-2115 (2010).
8. Schneider, D., Deser, C. & Okumura, Y. An assessment and interpretation of the observed warming of West Antarctica in the austral spring. Clim. Dynam. 38, 323-347 (2012).
9. Tedesco, M. et al. The role of albedo and accumulation in the 2010 melting record in Greenland. Environ. Res. Lett. 6, 014005 (2011).
10. Tedesco, M. & Monaghan, A. J. An updated Antarctic melt record through 2009 and its linkages to high-latitude and tropical climate variability. Geophys. Res. Lett. 36, L18502 (2009).
11. Kuipers Munneke, P., Picard, G., van den Broeke, M. R., Lenaerts, J. T. M. & van Meijgaard, E. Insignificant change in Antarctic snowmelt volume since 1979. Geophys. Res. Lett. 39, L01501 (2012).
12. Nghiem, S. V., Steffen, K., Neumann, G. & Huff, R. in Dynamic Planet: Monitoring and Understanding a Dynamic Planet With Geodetic and Oceanographic Tools, IAG Symp., Cairns, Australia 22-26 Aug. 2005 (eds Tregoning, P. & Rizos, C.) 31-38 (2005).
13. Chapman, W. L. & Walsh, J. E. A synthesis of Antarctic temperatures. J. Clim. 20, 4096-4117 (2007).
14. Monaghan, A. J., Bromwich, D. H., Chapman, W. & Comiso, J. C. Recent variability and trends of Antarctic near-surface temperature. J. Geophys. Res. 113, D04105 (2008).
15. Guo, Z., Bromwich, D. H. & Hines, K. Modeled Antarctic precipitation. Part II: ENSO modulation over West Antarctica. J. Clim. 17, 448-465 (2004).
16. Bindschadler, R. The environment and evolution of the West Antarctic ice sheet: Setting the stage. Phil. Trans. R. Soc., Ser. A 364, 1583-1605 (2006).
17. Ding, Q., Steig, E. J., Battisti, D. S. & Kuttel, M. Winter warming in West Antarctica caused by central tropical Pacific warming. Nature Geosci. 4, 398-403 (2011).
18. Shuman, C. A. & Stearns, C. R. Decadal-length composite inland West Antarctic temperature records. J. Clim. 14, 1977-1988 (2001).
19. Reusch, D. B. & Alley, R. B. A 15-year West Antarctic climatology from six automatic weather station temperature and pressure records. J. Geophys. Res. 109, D04103 (2004).
20. Küttel, M., Steig, E. J., Ding, Q., Monaghan, A. J. & Battisti, D. S. Seasonal climate information preserved in West Antarctic ice core water isotopes: Relationships to temperature, large-scale circulation, and sea ice. Clim. Dynam. 39, 1841-1857 (2012).
21. Lazzara, M. A., Weidner, G. A., Keller, L. M., Thom, J. E. & Cassano, J. J. Antarctic Automatic Weather Station Program: 30 years of polar observations. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 93, 1519-1537 (2012).
22. Dee, D. P. et al. The ERA-Interim reanalysis: Configuration and performance of the data assimilation system. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 137, 553-597 (2011).
23. Marshall, G. J. Trends in Antarctic geopotential height and temperature: A comparison between radiosonde and NCEP-NCAR reanalysis data. J. Clim. 15, 659-674 (2002).
24. Bromwich, D. H. & Fogt, R. L. Strong trends in the skill of the ERA-40 and NCEP-NCAR reanalyses in the high and middle latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere, 1958-2001. J. Clim. 17, 4603-4619 (2004).
25. Vaughan, D. G. et al. Recent rapid regional climate warming on the Antarctic Peninsula. Climatic Change 60, 243-274 (2003).
26. Hansen, J., Ruedy, R., Sato, M. & Lo, K. Global surface temperature change. Rev. Geophys. 48, RG4004 (2010).
27. Johanson, C. M. & Fu, Q. Antarctic atmospheric temperature trend patterns from satellite observations. Geophys. Res. Lett. 34, L12703 (2007).
28. Turner, J., Lachlan-Cope, T. A., Colwell, S., Marshall, G. J. & Connolley, W. M. Significant warming of the Antarctic winter troposphere. Science 311, 1914-1917 (2006).
29. Barrett, B. E., Nicholls, K. W., Murray, T., Smith, A. M. & Vaughan, D. G. Rapid recent warming on Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica, from borehole thermometry. Geophys. Res. Lett. 36, L02708 (2009).
30. Orsi, A. J., Cornuelle, B. D. & Severinghaus, J. P. Little Ice Age cold interval in West Antarctica: Evidence from borehole temperature at the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide. Geophys. Res. Lett. 39, L09710 (2012).
31. Lee, T. & McPhaden, M. J. Increasing intensity of El Niño in the central-equatorial Pacific. Geophys. Res. Lett. 37, L14603 (2010).
32. Mo, K. C. Relationships between low-frequency variability in the Southern Hemisphere and sea surface temperature anomalies. J. Clim. 13, 3599-3610 (2000).
33. Stammerjohn, S. E., Martinson, D. G., Smith, R. C., Yuan, X. & Rind, D. Trends in Antarctic annual sea ice retreat and advance and their relation to El Niño-Southern Oscillation and Southern Annular Mode variability. J. Geophys. Res. 113, C03S90 (2008).
34. Fogt, R. L., Bromwich, D. H. & Hines, K. M. Understanding the SAM influence on the South Pacific ENSO teleconnection. Clim. Dynam. 36, 1555-1576 (2011).
35. J. Atm. Sci. 62 (2005).
36. Haigh, J. D. & Roscoe, H. K. The final warming date of the Antarctic polar vortex and influences on its interannual variability. J. Clim. 22, 5809-5819 (2009).
37. Kwok, R. & Comiso, J. C. Spatial patterns of variability in Antarctic surface temperature: Connections to the Southern Hemisphere Annular Mode and the Southern Oscillation. Geophys. Res. Lett. 29, 1705 (2002).
38. Gillett, N. P. & Thompson, D. W. J. Simulation of recent Southern Hemisphere climate change. Science 302, 273-275 (2003).
39. Van den Broeke, M. R. & van Lipzig, N. P. M. Changes in Antarctic temperature, wind and precipitation in response to the Antarctic Oscillation. Ann. Glaciol. 39, 119-126 (2004).
40. Marshall, G. J. et al. Causes of exceptional atmospheric circulation changes in the Southern Hemisphere. Geophys. Res. Lett. 31, L14205 (2004).
41. Thompson, D. W. J. & Solomon, S. Interpretation of recent Southern Hemisphere climate change. Science 296, 895-899 (2002).
42. Nicolas, J. P. & Bromwich, D. H. Climate of West Antarctica and influence of marine air intrusions. J. Clim. 24, 49-67 (2011).
43. Bertler, N. A. N. et al. El Niño suppresses Antarctic warming. Geophys. Res. Lett. 31, L15207 (2004).
44. Turner, J., Phillips, T., Hosking, J. S., Marshall, G. J. & Orr, A. The Amundsen Sea low. Int. J. Climatol. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.3558 (2012).
45. Jacobs, S. S. & Comiso, J. C. Climate variability in the Amundsen and Bellingshausen Seas. J. Clim. 10, 697-709 (1997).
46. Ding, Q., Steig, E. J., Battisti, D. S. & Wallace, J. M. Influence of the tropics on the Southern Annular Mode. J. Clim. 25, 6330-6348 (2012).
47. Turner, J. et al. The SCAR READER project: Toward a high-quality database of mean Antarctic meteorological observations. J. Clim. 17, 2890-2898 (2004).
48. Kalnay, E. et al. The NCEP/NCAR 40-Year Reanalysis Project. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 77, 437-471 (1996).
49. Uppala, S. M. et al. The ERA-40 re-analysis. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 131, 2961-3012 (2005).
50. Jones, P. D. et al. Hemispheric and large-scale land-surface air temperature variations: An extensive revision and an update to 2010. J. Geophys. Res. 117, D05127 (2012).