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Research article
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09 Nov 2020
Research article |
| 09 Nov 2020
| 09 Nov 2020
Recent changes in pan-Antarctic region surface snowmelt detected by AMSR-E and AMSR2
Lei Zheng
School of Geospatial Engineering and Science, Sun Yat-sen University,
Guangzhou 510275, China
Chinese Antarctic Center of Surveying and Mapping, Wuhan University,
Wuhan 430079, China
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai),
Zhuhai 519082, China
Chunxia Zhou
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Chinese Antarctic Center of Surveying and Mapping, Wuhan University,
Wuhan 430079, China
Tingjun Zhang
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems (Ministry of
Education), College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University,
Lanzhou 730000, China
Qi Liang
School of Geospatial Engineering and Science, Sun Yat-sen University,
Guangzhou 510275, China
Chinese Antarctic Center of Surveying and Mapping, Wuhan University,
Wuhan 430079, China
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai),
Zhuhai 519082, China
Kang Wang
School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai
200241, China
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado
Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, 80309, USA
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Short summary
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.
Snowmelt plays a key role in mass and energy balance in polar regions. In this study, we report...
