Statistics of Antarctic surface meteorology based on hourly data in 1957-2007 at Syowa Station

Polar Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-15

  Sato, Kaoru ^a   Hirasawa, Naohiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antarctic meteorology; Blizzard; Climate; Diurnal variation; Frequency spectra; Inter annual variation; Seasonal variation; Trend

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; METEOROLOGY; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; SYOWA STATION;

EID: 35048902712     PISSN: 18739652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polar.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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