A climatology of polar low occurrences in the Nordic Seas and an examination of katabatic winds as a triggering mechanism.

A climatology of polar low occurrences in the Nordic Seas and an examination of katabatic winds as a triggering mechanism.

This study examines polar low formation frequency, origin region and storm tracks in the entire Nordic Sea region for a complete polar low season and identifies the prevailing synoptic situation common to polar low formation. The number of polar lows detected through TIROS-N satellite imagery betwee...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wos, Kenneth A.
Other Authors: Davidson, Kenneth L.
Language:en_US
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/23831

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