Basin-scale heterogeneity in Antarctic precipitation and its impact on surface mass variability

Fyke, Jeremy; Lenaerts, Jan T. M.; Wang, Hailong

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2595-2017

Articles | Volume 11, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2595-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2595-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 6

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15 Nov 2017

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Basin-scale heterogeneity in Antarctic precipitation and its impact on surface mass variability

Jeremy Fyke, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, and Hailong Wang

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SC1: 'Some thoughts on: Countervailing regional snowfall patterns dampen Antarctic surface mass variability Fyke, Lenaerts and Hailong Wang.', Christophe Genthon, 30 Jun 2017
- AC1: 'Reply to Dr Genthon comments', Jeremy Fyke, 01 Aug 2017
  - SC2: 'reply to reply', Christophe Genthon, 09 Aug 2017
RC1: 'Review of "Countervailing regional snowfall patterns dampen Antarctic surface mass variability", by J. Fyke et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 28 Jul 2017
RC2: 'Review comments for Fyke et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 07 Sep 2017

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AR by Jeremy Fyke on behalf of the Authors (28 Sep 2017) Author's response

ED: Publish as is (05 Oct 2017) by Ross Brown

AR by Jeremy Fyke on behalf of the Authors (11 Oct 2017)

Short summary

In this CESM modeling study, we uncover regional relationships in snowfall across Antarctica that are corroborated by regional modeling and ice core records. These relationships are driven by variability in large-scale atmospheric moisture transport and dampen overall Antarctic snowfall variability, with implications for Antarctic-sourced sea level variability and detection of an emergent anthropogenic signal in Antarctic mass trends.