Large-Scale Forcing of the Amundsen Sea Low and Its Influence on Sea Ice and West Antarctic Temperature

• Published in: Journal of climate Vol. 30; no. 20; pp. 8405 - 8424
• Main Authors: Clem, Kyle R., Renwick, James A., McGregor, James
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Meteorological Society 15.10.2017
• Subjects: SPECIAL Connecting the Tropics to the Polar Regions COLLECTION

Using empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analysis and atmospheric reanalyses, the principal patterns of seasonal West Antarctic surface air temperature (SAT) and their connection to sea ice and the Amundsen Sea low (ASL) are examined. During austral summer, the leading EOF (EOF1) explains 35% of We...