Revisiting temperature sensitivity: how does Antarctic precipitation change with temperature?

Abstract - 1 > - 1 at the East Antarctic plateau region. This large range can be explained by the prevailing climatic conditions, with local temperatures determining the Clausius–Clapeyron sensitivity that is counteracted in some regions by the prevalence of the coastal wind regime. We compare different approaches of deriving the sensitivity factor, which in some cases can lead to sensitivity changes of up to 7 percentage points for the same model. Importantly, local sensitivity factors are found to be strongly dependent on the warming level, suggesting that some ice-sheet models which base their precipitation estimates on parameterisations derived from these sensitivity factors might overestimate warming-induced snowfall changes, particularly in high-emission scenarios. This would have consequences for Antarctic sea-level projections for this century and beyond.

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Revisiting temperature sensitivity: how does Antarctic precipitation change with temperature? ; volume:17 ; number:7 ; year:2023 ; pages:2563-2583 ; extent:21
The Cryosphere ; 17, Heft 7 (2023), 2563-2583 (gesamt 21)

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DOI
10.5194/tc-17-2563-2023
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023070604245537723562
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