The role of synoptic-scale features and advection in prolonged warming and generation of different forms of precipitation at Dome Fuji station, Antarctica, following a prominent blocking event

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 6916-6928

  Hirasawa, Naohiko ^a   Nakamura, Hisashi ^b   Motoyama, Hideaki ^a   Hayashi, Masahiko ^c   Yamanouchi, Takashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antarctic; blocking; precipitation; synoptic scale warming

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; INVERSION LAYERS; MOISTURE; OCEAN CURRENTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TROPOSPHERE;

ANTARCTIC; ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION; BLOCKING; EAST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; SYNOPTIC-SCALE WARMING; TEMPERATURE INVERSION LAYERS; TROPOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

DOMES;

ADVECTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTICYCLONE; BOUNDARY LAYER; GLOBAL WARMING; HIGH PRESSURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRESSURE EFFECT; ROSSBY WAVE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE INVERSION; TROPOSPHERE;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 84880914095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50532     Document Type: Article

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