Fig. 4: Illustration of an AR landfall on the AP.
From: Intense atmospheric rivers can weaken ice shelf stability at the Antarctic Peninsula
An illustration of a typical intense atmospheric river over the northern Antarctic Peninsula and the associated observed meteorological features and impacts consequential to ice-shelf stability. Also, an example of a detected AR landfall on Feb. 6th, 2020, with the corresponding IVT values. The yellow, red, and green outlines are the shape of the AR as determined by the vIVT AR detection scheme, IWV AR detection scheme, and the original Antarctic AR detection algorithm, respectively17, 19. The satellite imagery in Supplementary Fig. 21 is an accurate representation of the AR airmass adiabatically warming and drying as it passes over the AP mountains leaving scattered cloud cover over the leeward Larsen B ice shelf.
