[Press Release] Rivers in the Sky over Antarctica, Captured in 3D
3D Algorithmic Approach to Understand Antarctic Snowfall Atmospheric River Precipitation Researchers develop a new 3D method that can accurately detect Atmospheric Rivers and how they influence snowfall in Antarctica.
Credit: Kazu Takahashi from the Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Japan
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Release Summary
Atmospheric rivers are responsible for transporting moisture and play an important role in snowfall over the ice sheet. However, conventional two-dimensional detection methods have been unsuccessful at capturing these systems accurately. Now, researchers have developed a new 3D algorithm for the detection of atmospheric rivers. Their findings reveal that atmospheric rivers form vertically structured moisture plumes that exert strong control over Antarctic precipitation and its long-term variability.
