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Variable temperature thresholds of melt pond formation on Antarctic ice shelves Van Wessem, J.M.; van den Broeke, M.R.; Wouters, B.; Lhermitte, S. (2023). Variable temperature thresholds of melt pond formation on Antarctic ice shelves. Nat. Clim. Chang. 13(2): 161-166. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01577-1 In: Nature Climate Change. Nature Publishing Group: London. ISSN 1758-678X; e-ISSN 1758-6798, meer Is gerelateerd aan: Simkins, L.M. (2023). Ice shelves guarded by snow shields. Nat. Clim. Chang. 13(2): 119-120. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01587-z, meer

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Van Wessem, J.M. van den Broeke, M.R. Wouters, B. Lhermitte, S., meer

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It has been argued that the −5 °C annual mean 2 m air temperature isotherm defines a limit of ice shelf viability on the Antarctic Peninsula as melt ponding increases at higher temperatures. It is, however, presently unknown whether this threshold can also be applied to other Antarctic ice shelves. Here we use two present-day and three future high-resolution Antarctic climate simulations to predict warming thresholds for Antarctic ice shelf melt pond formation on the basis of the melt-over-accumulation ratio. The associated warming thresholds match well with observed melt pond volumes and are found to be spatially highly variable and controlled by snow accumulation. For relatively wet ice shelves, the −5 °C temperature threshold was confirmed; but cold and dry ice shelves such as Amery, Ross and Filchner-Ronne are more vulnerable than previously thought, with threshold temperatures well below −15 °C. Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 models predict that towards the end of this century these thresholds can be reached on many ice shelves, even on cold ice shelves and under moderate warming scenarios.

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