Weather and climate of the Antarctic:
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| adam_text | Titel: Weather and climate of the Antarctic
Autor: Schwerdtfeger, Werner
Jahr: 1984
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CONTENTS
Preface....................................................................VII
Acknowledgements ..........................................................IX
Various abbreviations, symbols, and units.................XIII
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................1
1. Topography of Antarctica, and extent of the surrounding ice belt. ... 2
2. Meteorological observations and instrumentation ........................5
3. Polar day and night....................................................10
CHAPTER 2. RADIATION AND TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS NEAR THE SURFACE..........12
1. Different radiation regimes ............................................12
2. Year-to-year and short time variations of radiative energy fluxes ... 18
2.1. Variations of global radiation ..................................18
2.2. Variations of albedo and effective shortwave radiation ..........20
2.3. Variations of Angstrom ratio and effective longwave radiation. . 21
2.4. Variations of net radiation.........................25
3. The pointed summer and the coreless winter on the high plateau..........26
4. The great temperature inversion of the lower troposphere................30
5. Cold air in the surface boundary layer over ice shelves................39
CHAPTER 3. SURFACE WINDS..................................................41
1. Inversion winds........................................................44
1.1. Description......................................................44
1.2. Analysis........................................................49
1.3. Comparison of the results of two models..........................53
1.4. Applicci^foriTto the east antarctic plateau........................56
1.5. Wind variability and extremes on the plateau....................58
1.6. Additional remarks..............................................60
2. East antarctic katabatic winds..........................................63
2.1. Definitions......................................................63
2.2. Ordinary katabatic winds ........................................65
2.3. Extraordinary katabatic winds....................................72
2.4. A numerical model of the Adélie Land winds......................76
2.5. Comments on forecasting..........................................78
3. Barrier winds..........................................................78
3.1. Remarks on two characteristic regions............................78
3.2. The origin of barrier winds......................................82
3.3. The winds on the east side of the Antarctic Peninsula............86
3.4. An extended period of barrier winds..............................89
3.5. Barrier and Foehn winds related..................................90
3.6. The winds on the western Ross Ice Shelf..........................94
3.7. Minor barrier effects............................................99
4. Other remarkable types of surface winds ................................100
4.1. A foehn storm at MATIENZ0....................100
4.2. Foehn and barrier winds favoring the drift of ice........104
4.3. Appearance of inertial flow patterns ............................105
4.4. Crossing of air streams on the Adelaide Piedmont........109
4.5. Bimodal wind regimes......................110
5. Blowing snow..............................114
6. The windchill problem.........................118
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CHAPTER 4. ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION AND ITS DISTURBANCES ..................120
1. The circumpolar vortex....................... • • 120
1.1. Position and vertical structure of the vortex over the continent 125
1.2. Characteristics of the circumpolar vortex in subpolar latitudes. 129
1.3. The stratospheric vortex....................132
2. Cyclones and anticyclones over the southern ocean and the coastal
regions of Antarctica ..................................................136
2.1. Cyclones, limitations of analysis................139
2.2. About the vertical extent of some cyclonic disturbances
in coastal regions.......................146
2.3. Cyclonic disturbances extending across mountains ................146
2.4. Early autumn storms in the northwestern Weddel 1 Sea.......150
2.5. The fateful snowstorm of December 1911.............153
2.6. Blocking and other anticyclones.................156
2.7. Fronts, air masses, and jetstreams...............158
3. Atmospheric pressure systems over the Antarctic Plateau ................164
3.1. Problems of terrain elevation and pressure reduction ............164
3.2. Vertical thermal structure related to surface pressure ..........165
CHAPTER 5. H20, AS GAS, LIQUID, AND SOLID................168
1. The water vapor content of polar air.................168
2. The transport of H2O poleward across the coastline...........173
2.1. Meridional water vapor transport ................................174
2.2. Results of ten stations.....................177
3. Clouds and fogs............................178
3.1. Cloudiness...........................178
3.2. Low clouds over the high plateau................181
3.3. Fogs..............................182
3.4. Visibility...........................185
4. Precipitation.............................186
4.1. Plentiful precipitation on the northwest side of the Antarctic
Peninsula............................187
4.2. Ice crystal precipitation on the plateau............138
4.3. Precipitation, deposition, and sublimation on the high plateau . 194
5. Accumulation..............................196
5.1. Measurements..........................197
5.2. Results.............................199
CHAPTER 6. SELECTED PROBLEMS OF ANTARCTIC CLIMATOLOGY ....................203
1. The antarctic ice mass budget.....................203
2. Ice supply and climate.........................205
2.1. Ice in the South Atlantic....................206
2.2. Ice supply and temperature anomalies ............................212
3. Temperature fluctuations........................213
3.1. Annual temperature series....................214
3.2. Seasonal variations.......................219
4. Periodic variations of pressure ........................................221
5. A brief comparison of south- and north-polar climates ..................223
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APPENDIX.................................228
A 1 Index of meteorological stations in the Antarctic ....................228
A 2 List of annual mean temperatures at selected stations........230
A 3 Monthly and annual average values: ..................................232
Temperature for 54 stations
Radiation for 8 stations
Pressure at sea level for 1 station
A 4 A modified Ekman solution applied to the inversion wind ..............236
A 5 A formulation of the inversion wind, used for the two-layer model
shown in Section 3.1,3......................239
References................................242
Subject Index...............................258
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