Analysis of synoptic-scale low pressure systems within the Antarctic Peninsula sector of the circumpolar trough

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 253-280

  Turner, John ^a   Marshall, Gareth J ^a   Lachlan Cope, Thomas A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic peninsula; Bellingshausen Sea; Circumpolar trough; Cyclogenesis; Cyclolysis; Depressions; Satellite climatology; Weddell Sea

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMPOLAR TROUGH; CYCLOGENESIS; CYCLOLYSIS; DEPRESSION; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ANTARCTICA, ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA; WEDDEL SEA;

EID: 0031777746     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0088(19980315)18:3<253::aid-joc248>3.0.co;2-3     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Astapenko, P.D. 1964. ' Atmospheric Processes in the High Latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere', Section II of the IGY Programme (Meteorology) No. 3, Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem 1964, Oldbourne Press, London, 286 pp.
2. Berbery, E.H. and Vera, C.S. 1996. 'Characteristics of the Southern Hemisphere winter storm track with filtered and unfiltered data', J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 468-481.
3. Businger, S. and Reed, R.J. 1989. 'Polar lows', in Twitchell, P.P., Rasmussen, E. and Davidson, K.L. (eds.), Polar and Arctic Lows, A. Deepak, Hampton, VA, pp. 3-45.
4. Carleton, A.M. 1979. 'A synoptic climatology of satellite observed extratropical cyclone activity for the Southern Hemisphere winter', Arch. Meteorol. Geophys. Bioklimatol., 27, 26-79.
5. Carleton, A.M. 1995, 'On the interpretation and classification of mesoscale cyclones from satellite infrared imagery', Int. J. Rem. Sens., 16, 2457-2485.
6. Carleton, A.M. and Carpenter, D.A. 1990. 'Satellite climatology of 'polar lows' and broadscale climatic associations for the southern hemisphere', Int. J. Climatol., 10, 219-246.
7. Chen, S., Zhang, L. and Lu, C. 1990. 'Statistical analysis of cyclone tracks in western Antarctic region', Acta Meteorol. Sin., 4, 74-80.
8. Jones, D.A. and Simmonds, I. 1993. 'A climatology of Southern Hemisphere extratropical cyclones', Climate Dyn., 9, 131-145.
9. Lamb, H.H. and Britton, G.P. 1955. 'General atmospheric circulation and weather variations in the Antarctic', Geogr. J., 121, 334-349.
10. Marshall, G.J. and Turner, J. 1997. 'The surface windfields of Antarctic mesocyclones derived from ERS-1 scatterometer data', J. Geophys. Res., 102, 13907-13921.
11. Mayes, P.R. 1985. 'Secular variations in cyclone frequencies near the Drake Passage, southwest Atlantic', J. Geophys. Res., 90, 5829-5839.
12. Murray, R.J. and Simmonds, I. 1991, 'A numerical scheme for tracking cyclone centres from digital data. Part I: development and operation of the scheme', Aust. Meterol, Mag., 39, 155-166.
13. Orlanski, I. 1975. 'A rational subdivision of scales for atmospheric processes', Bull. Am. Meorol. Soc., 56, 527-530.
14. Parish, T.R. 1992. 'On the interaction between Antarctic katabatic winds and tropospheric motions in the high southern latitudes', Aust. Meteorol. Mag., 40, 149-167.
15. Pearson, G.M. and Stewart, R.E. 1994. 'A diagnostic study of an apparent instant occlusion cyclogenesis event during Erica', Atmos. Ocean, 32, 259-284.
16. Physick, W.L. 1981. 'Winter depression tracks and climatological jet streams in the southern hemisphere during the FGGE year', Q. J. R. Meterol. Soc., 107, 883-898.
17. Rasmussen, E. 1985. 'A case study of a polar low development over the Barents Sea', Tellus, 37A, 407-418.
18. Schwerdtfeger, W. 1984. Weather and Climate of the Antarctic, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 261 pp.
19. Simmonds, I. and Law, R. 1995. 'Associations between Antarctic katabatic flow and the upper level winter vortex', Int. J. Climatol., 15, 403-421.
20. Sinclair, M.R. 1994. 'An objective cyclone climatology for the Southern Hemisphere', Mon. Wea. Rev., 122, 2239-2256.
21. Sinclair, M.R. 1995. 'A climatology of cyclogenesis for the Southern Hemisphere', Mon. Wea. Rev., 123, 1601-1619.
22. Stearns, C.R., Young, J.T. and Sinkula, B. 1995. 'Two years of IR images south of 40°S every three hours', in Proceedings, Fourth Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, Dallas, Texas, 15-20 January, 1995, American Meterological Society, Boston, MA, p. 112.
23. Streten, N.A. and Troup, A.J. 1973, 'A synoptic climatology of satellite observed cloud vortices over the Southern Hemisphere', Q. J. R. Meterol. Soc., 99, 56-72.
24. Taljaard, J.J. 1967. 'Development, distribution and movement of cyclones and anticyclones in the Southern Hemisphere during the IGY', J. Appl. Meteorol., 6, 973-987.
25. Turner, J. and Thomas, J.P. 1994. 'Summer-season mesoscale cyclones in the Bellingshausen-Weddell region of the Antarctic and links with the synoptic-scale environment', Int. J. Climatol, 14, 871-894.
26. Turner, J., Lachlan-Cope, T.A. and Thomas, J.P. 1993a. 'A comparison of Arctic and Antarctic mesoscale vortices', J. Geophys. Res., 98, 13019-13034.
27. Turner, J., Lachlan-Cope, T.A., Warren, D.E. and Duncan, C.N. 1993b. 'A mesoscale vortex over Halley Station, Antarctica', Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 1317-1336.
28. Turner, J., Bromwich, D., Colwell., S. Dixon, Gibson, T., Hart, T., Heinemann, G., Hutchinson, H., Jacka, K., Leonard, S., Lieder, M., Marsh, L., Pendlebury, S., Phillpot, H., Pook, M. and Simmonds, I. 1996a. 'The Antarctic first regional observing study of the troposphere (FROST) project', Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 77, 2007-2032.
29. Turner, J., Corcoran, G., Cummins, S., Lachlan-Cope, T. and Leonard, S. 1996b. 'Seasonal variability of mesocyclone activity in the Bellingshausen/Weddell region of Antarctica', The Global Atmosphere and Ocean System, 5, 73-97.
30. van Loon, H. 1967. 'The half-yearly oscillations in middle and high Southern latitudes and the coreless winter', J. Atmos. Sci., 24, 472-486.
31. van Loon, H. 1972. 'Temperature, pressure and wind in the Southern Hemisphere', in Newton, C.W. (ed), Meteorology of the Southern Hemisphere, Vol. 18, No. 35, Meteorological Monographs, American Meteorological Society, Boston, pp. 25-100.
32. Wattam, S. and Turner, J. 1995. 'Weather forecasting for aviation and marine operations in the Antarctic Peninsula region', Meteorol. Appl., 2, 323-332.