Extended Data Table 2 Mean summer climate indices per melt season, alongside corresponding meltwater area totals for the Antarctic Ice Sheets
From: Continent-wide mapping shows increasing sensitivity of East Antarctica to meltwater ponding
Melt Season | Climate Indices (Summer mean value) | Meltwater Total Area (km2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SAM | ENSO | ASL RCP | ASL Longitude (°E) | EAIS | AP | WAIS | |
2006/07 | 1.63 | 0.7 | −8.20 | 233.17 | 1355 | 1164 | 66 |
2007/08 | 3.11 | −1.6 | −6.11 | 230.75 | 1997 | 275 | 18 |
2008/09 | 1.81 | −0.8 | −7.38 | 266.33 | 1457 | 508 | 34 |
2009/10 | −0.15 | 1.5 | −6.79 | 257.33 | 2396 | 1480 | 57 |
2010/11 | 0.67 | −1.4 | −7.41 | 253.00 | 2029 | 821 | 83 |
2011/12 | 2.78 | −0.9 | −7.16 | 240.58 | 1026 | 424 | 71 |
2012/13 | 0.65 | −0.4 | −5.37 | 225.67 | 2391 | 1504 | 105 |
2013/14 | 0.5 | −0.4 | −5.62 | 203.75 | 4096 | 57 | 60 |
2014/15 | 3.69 | 0.5 | −6.76 | 232.00 | 4713 | 120 | 87 |
2015/16 | 2.19 | 2.5 | −8.06 | 230.83 | 1811 | 587 | 83 |
2016/17 | −1.75 | −0.3 | −7.39 | 209.50 | 5945 | 771 | 76 |
2017/18 | 2.33 | −0.9 | −8.51 | 259.58 | 3298 | 1203 | 57 |
2018/19 | 1.43 | 0.7 | −5.25 | 220.25 | 4245 | 58 | 62 |
2019/20 | −0.96 | 0.5 | −7.37 | 260.75 | 4023 | 2330 | 68 |
2020/21 | 2.88 | −1.0 | −9.35 | 246.67 | 1408 | 1528 | 41 |
