TY - JOUR
T1 - Antarctic mesocyclone regimes from satellite and convectional data
AU - Fitch, M.
AU - Carleton, A. M.
PY - 1992/1/1
Y1 - 1992/1/1
N2 - This analysis indicates that during active or outbreak periods, a negative thickness anomaly ("cold pool') is located northeast of the Ross Sea, and mesoscale vortices tend to occur on the poleward side of that anomaly. In addition, an enhanced trough-ridge pattern is evident for the Ross Sea sector compared with the composite pattern for inactive, or dearth, periods. The active periods of mesoscale vortices appear to originate from Antarctica, possibly via the persistent katabatic outflows from the ice sheet, rather than from teleconnections to lower latitudes. -from Authors
AB - This analysis indicates that during active or outbreak periods, a negative thickness anomaly ("cold pool') is located northeast of the Ross Sea, and mesoscale vortices tend to occur on the poleward side of that anomaly. In addition, an enhanced trough-ridge pattern is evident for the Ross Sea sector compared with the composite pattern for inactive, or dearth, periods. The active periods of mesoscale vortices appear to originate from Antarctica, possibly via the persistent katabatic outflows from the ice sheet, rather than from teleconnections to lower latitudes. -from Authors
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0026483005
SN - 0280-6495
VL - 44 A
SP - 180
EP - 196
JO - Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography
JF - Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography
IS - 2
ER -