The 32-year record-high surface melt in 2019/2020 on the northern George VI Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula

<p>In the 2019/2020 austral summer, the surface melt duration and extent on the northern George VI Ice Shelf (GVIIS) was exceptional compared to the 31 previous summers of distinctly lower melt. This finding is based on analysis of near-continuous 41-year satellite microwave radiometer and sca...

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Main Authors: A. F. Banwell, R. T. Datta, R. L. Dell, M. Moussavi, L. Brucker, G. Picard, C. A. Shuman, L. A. Stevens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2021-02-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/909/2021/tc-15-909-2021.pdf