Fig. 5: The relationship between AR intensity and melt/runoff intensity.
From: Intense atmospheric rivers can weaken ice shelf stability at the Antarctic Peninsula
The maximum integrated vapor transport (IVT) upon landfall for each detected AR timestep and the corresponding 3-hourly cumulative a surface melt and b runoff over c the area shaded in blue using MERRA-2 for IVT and MAR for surface melt and runoff. The most common IVT intensity was 300-400 kg m−1 s−1 (n = 273), while the least common IVT intensity was >800 kg m−1 s−1 (n = 14) over the December–March period. The boxes represent values from the first to the third quartile, the red line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the data maximum and minimum. The area of the blue shaded region is ~91,400 km2.
