Recent advances in polar low research: Current knowledge, challenges and future perspectives

M Moreno-Ibáñez, R Laprise… - Tellus A: Dynamic …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Polar lows (PLs) are high-latitude intense maritime mesoscale weather systems that develop
over open water near the sea ice margin or near snow-covered continents during cold air …

Synergistic forcing of the troposphere and stratosphere on explosively developing cyclones over the North Pacific during cold season

S Qian, H Hu, KI Hodges, XQ Yang… - Geophysical Research …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The mid‐latitude extreme weather disasters are often associated with explosively
developing cyclones (ECs). Based on different vertical development characteristics, 4,608 …

Higher ocean wind speeds during marine cold air outbreaks

EW Kolstad - Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Marine cold air outbreaks (MCAOs) are large‐scale events in which cold air masses are
advected over open ocean. It is well‐known that these events are linked to the formation of …

Air moisture climatology and related physical processes in the Antarctic on the basis of ERA5 reanalysis

T Naakka, T Nygård, T Vihma - Journal of Climate, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Atmospheric moisture is a key component in the water cycle and radiative transfer. In this
study, a comprehensive picture of air moisture climatology and related physical processes is …

Deep convolutional neural networks capabilities for binary classification of polar mesocyclones in satellite mosaics

M Krinitskiy, P Verezemskaya, K Grashchenkov… - Atmosphere, 2018 - mdpi.com
Polar mesocyclones (MCs) are small marine atmospheric vortices. The class of intense MCs,
called polar lows, are accompanied by extremely strong surface winds and heat fluxes and …

Spatiotemporal patterns of polar low activity over the Southern Ocean

H Farjami, AF Kazemi - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Polar Lows (PLs) are intense maritime meso‐scale cyclones that form over cold
ocean regions in high latitudes. They affect the weather and climate of Antarctica and the …

[HTML][HTML] Features of extreme precipitation at Progress Station, Antarctica

L Yu, Q Yang, T Vihma, S Jagovkina, J Liu… - Journal of …, 2018 - journals.ametsoc.org
Observed daily precipitation data were used to investigate the characteristics of precipitation
at Antarctic Progress Station and synoptic patterns associated with extreme precipitation …

Southern Ocean mesocyclones and polar lows from manually tracked satellite mosaics

P Verezemskaya, N Tilinina, S Gulev… - Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A new reference data set of mesocyclone activity over the Southern Ocean has been
developed from the manual analysis of high‐resolution infrared satellite mosaics for winter …

[HTML][HTML] The extratropical transition of Hurricane Debby (1982) and the subsequent development of an intense windstorm over Finland

TK Laurila, VA Sinclair, H Gregow - Monthly weather review, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
The Extratropical Transition of Hurricane Debby (1982) and the Subsequent Development of an
Intense Windstorm over Finland in: Monthly Weather Review Volume 148 Issue 1 (2020) Jump …

Polar lows

A Terpstra, S Watanabe - Oxford research encyclopedia of climate …, 2020 - oxfordre.com
Polar lows are intense maritime mesoscale cyclones developing in both hemispheres
poleward of the main polar front. These rapidly developing severe storms are accompanied …