Fig. 5: Impact of extreme sea ice states on Antarctic precipitation.
From: Atmospheric rivers and winter sea ice drive recent reversal in Antarctic ice mass loss
Mean SIC from June 2021 to July 2022 under (a) control conditions (CTRL), b enhanced sea ice (exICE), and c no sea ice (noICE) scenarios. d Total accumulated precipitation from June 2021 to July 2022 in the control simulation, and that of the noICE (e) and exICE (f) experiments minus the control run. Numbers beneath the plots give the total amount (or difference from) for the grounded ice sheet (AIS) and including ice shelves (AIS + IS). In d blue circles mark regions exceeding 6000 mm with the maximum value shown in the blue rectangle. In c, d, green circles mark regions exceeding 1500 mm and orange circles mark regions below −1000 mm with min/max values per plot are shown in the upper rectangles; these colour scale limits were chosen to enhance the visibility of spatial patterns in the remaining areas. Respective maps for SMB are shown in Supplementary Fig. 11.
