A climatology of strong wind events at McMurdo station, Antarctica

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2667-2681

  Chenoli, Sheeba Nettukandy ^a   Turner, John ^a,b   Samah, Azizan Abu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Bimodal wind direction; Interannual variability; Mean sea level pressure; Southern annular mode; Strong wind events; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURES; SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODE; STRONG WINDS; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND SPEED;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; SEA LEVEL; WIND EFFECTS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPOSPHERE; VORTEX; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO STATION; ROSS ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84885480839     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3617     Document Type: Article

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