Extreme precipitation associated with atmospheric rivers over  West Antarctic ice shelves: insights from kilometre-scale  regional climate modelling

Gilbert, Ella; Pishniak, Denis; Torres, José Abraham; Orr, Andrew; Maclennan, Michelle; Wever, Nander; Verro, Kristiina

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-597-2025

Articles | Volume 19, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-597-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-597-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 2

Research article

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11 Feb 2025

Research article |

| 11 Feb 2025

Extreme precipitation associated with atmospheric rivers over West Antarctic ice shelves: insights from kilometre-scale regional climate modelling

Ella Gilbert, Denis Pishniak, José Abraham Torres, Andrew Orr, Michelle Maclennan, Nander Wever, and Kristiina Verro

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Status: closed

RC1:
'Comment on egusphere-2024-2111', Jonathan Wille, 02 Sep 2024

Please find my review in the attached PDF

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2111-RC1
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Ella Gilbert, 25 Oct 2024
  
  We are grateful for Dr Wille's insightful comments, which have helped us improve the manuscript. We respond in detail in the attached document.
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2111-AC1
RC2:
'Comment on egusphere-2024-2111', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Sep 2024

Attached is my review report.

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2111-RC2
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Ella Gilbert, 25 Oct 2024
  
  Thank you to the reviewer for their helpful comments, which have improved the manuscript. We have responded to them in detail in the attached document.
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2111-AC2

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload

ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (25 Oct 2024) by Thomas Mölg

AR by Ella Gilbert on behalf of the Authors (29 Nov 2024) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (02 Dec 2024) by Thomas Mölg

AR by Ella Gilbert on behalf of the Authors (03 Dec 2024) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

We use three sophisticated climate models to examine extreme precipitation in a critical region of West Antarctica. We found that rainfall probably occurred during the two cases we examined and that it was generated by the interaction of air with steep topography. Our results show that kilometre-scale models are useful tools for exploring extreme precipitation in this region and that more observations of rainfall are needed.