Session 3 High Latitude Physical Processes (III): Antarctic Processes

Tuesday, 1 June 2021: 3:45 PM-4:45 PM
Host: 16th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography
Cochairs:
Hansi Singh, University of Washington, Boston, MA and Alice DuVivier

Papers:
3:45 PM
Welcoming Remarks

3:50 PM
3.1
Major Surface Melting over the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica
Xun Zou, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich, M. Alvaro, S. H. Wang, and L. Bai

4:00 PM
3.2
Measuring Antarctic Snowfall and it's Relationship to Synoptic Conditions
Adrian J. McDonald, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New zealand

4:10 PM
3.3
On the crucial role of atmospheric rivers in the two major Weddell Polynya events in 1973 and 2017 in Antarctica.
Diana FRANCIS, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, AZ, United Arab Emirates; and K. Mattingly, M. Temimi, R. Massom, and P. Heil

4:20 PM
3.4
Assessing Physical Relationships Between Forcing Mechanisms and Boundary Layer Variability at McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Mckenzie Dice, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, CO; CIRES, Boulder, CO; NSIDC, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Cassano

4:30 PM
3.5
An Extreme High Temperature Event in Coastal East Antarctica
John Turner, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United kingdom

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