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Polar lows as arctic hurricanes

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Pages 1-17 | Received 12 Oct 1987, Accepted 10 Mar 1988, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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Marta Moreno-Ibáñez, René Laprise & Philippe Gachon. (2021) Recent advances in polar low research: current knowledge, challenges and future perspectives. Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography 73:1, pages 1-31.
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JØRn Kristiansen, Silje Lund SØRland, Trond Iversen, Dag BjØRge & Morten ØDegaard KØLtzow. (2011) High-resolution ensemble prediction of a polar low development. Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography 63:3, pages 585-604.
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C. Claud, B.M. Funatsu, G. Noer & J.-P. Chaboureau. (2009) Observation of polar lows by the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit: potential and limitations. Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography 61:2, pages 264-277.
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O. Saetra, T. Linders & J.B. Debernard. (2008) Can polar lows lead to a warming of the ocean surface?. Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography 60:1, pages 141-153.
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Sergey K. Gulev, Olga Zolina & Youri Reva. (2000) Synoptic and subsynoptic variability in the North Atlantic as revealed by the Ocean Weather Station data. Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography 52:3, pages 323-329.
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Ian A. Renfrew, G.W.K. Moore & Aashish A. Clerk. (1997) Binary interactions between polar lows. Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography 49:5, pages 577-594.
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J. Mailhot, D. Hanley, B. Bilodeau & O. Hertzman. (1996) A numerical case study of a polar low in the Labrador Sea. Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography 48:3, pages 383-402.
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John M. Forsythe & Thomas H. Vonder Haar. (1996) A warm core in a polar low observed with a satellite microwave sounding unit. Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography 48:2, pages 193-208.
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Mark D. Albright, Richard J. Reed & David W. Ovens. (1995) Origin and structure of a numerically simulated polar low over Hudson Bay. Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography 47:5, pages 834-848.
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Erik A. Rasmussen, Torben S. Pedersen, Leif T. Pedersen & John Turner. (1992) Polar lows and arctic instability lows in the Bear Island region. Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography 44:2, pages 133-154.
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Thor Erik Nordeng & Erik A. Rasmussen. (1992) A most beautiful polar low. A case study of a polar low development in the Bear Island region. Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography 44:2, pages 81-99.
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Edgar L. Andreas. (1990) Time constants for the evolution of sea spray droplets. Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology 42:5, pages 481-497.
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Thor Erik Nordeng. (1990) A model-based diagnostic study of the development and maintenance mechanism of two polar lows. Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography 42:1, pages 92-108.
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