Articles | Volume 14, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3811-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3811-2020
Research article
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09 Nov 2020
Research article |  | 09 Nov 2020

Recent changes in pan-Antarctic region surface snowmelt detected by AMSR-E and AMSR2

Lei Zheng, Chunxia Zhou, Tingjun Zhang, Qi Liang, and Kang Wang

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Snowmelt plays a key role in mass and energy balance in polar regions. In this study, we report on the spatial and temporal variations in the surface snowmelt over the Antarctic sea ice and ice sheet (pan-Antarctic region) based on AMSR-E and AMSR2. Melt detection on sea ice is improved by excluding the effect of open water. The decline in surface snowmelt on the Antarctic ice sheet was very likely linked with the enhanced summer Southern Annular Mode.