The polar amplification asymmetry: role of Antarctic surface height

Salzmann, Marc

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-8-323-2017

Articles | Volume 8, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-8-323-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-8-323-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 2

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18 May 2017

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The polar amplification asymmetry: role of Antarctic surface height

Marc Salzmann

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Final revised paper (published on 18 May 2017)
Preprint (discussion started on 02 Jan 2017)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of The polar amplification asymmetry: Role of antarctic surface height', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Jan 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #1', Marc Salzmann, 14 Mar 2017
RC2: 'Review of Earth System Dynamics manuscript esd-2016-74', Timothy Cronin, 03 Feb 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Prof. Timothy Cronin', Marc Salzmann, 14 Mar 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (15 Mar 2017) by Daniel Kirk-Davidoff

AR by Marc Salzmann on behalf of the Authors (17 Mar 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 Mar 2017) by Daniel Kirk-Davidoff

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (31 Mar 2017)

ED: Publish as is (03 Apr 2017) by Daniel Kirk-Davidoff

AR by Marc Salzmann on behalf of the Authors (10 Apr 2017)

Short summary

The Arctic has been warming much faster than the rest of the globe, including Antarctica. Here it was shown that one of the important mechanisms that sets Antarctica apart from the Arctic is heat transport from lower latitudes, and it was argued that a decrease in land height due to Antarctic melting would be favorable for increased atmospheric heat transport from midlatitudes. Other factors related to the larger Antarctic land height were also investigated.