29
Views
26
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

On the interpretation and classification of mesoscale cyclones from satellite infrared imagery

Pages 2457-2485 | Received 21 Jun 1994, Accepted 22 Feb 1995, Published online: 10 May 2007

References

  • AAKJAER , P. D. , 1992 , Polar lows afTecting Denmark . Tellus , 44A , 155 – 172 .
  • AURR , JR , A. H. , 1986 , An observational study of polar air depressions in the Australian region . Preprint volume. Second International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology , held Wellington, NZ, on 1-5 December 1986 ( Boston American Meteorological Society ), pp. 46 – 49 .
  • BONAITI , J. P. , and RAO , V. B. , 1987 , Moist baroclinic instability in the development of North Pacific and South American intermediate-scale disturbances . Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences , 44 , 2657 – 2667 .
  • BKOMWICH , D. H. , 1987 , A case study of mesoscale cyclogenesis over the southwestern Ross Sea . Antarctic Journal of the U.S. , 22 , 254 – 256 .
  • BROMWICH , D. H. , 1989 , Subsynoptic-scale cyclone developmenls in the Ross Sea sector of the Antarctic . In Polar and Arctic Lows , edited by P. F. Twitchell, E. A. Rasmussen, and K L. Davidson ( Hampton , VA A. Deepak Publishing ), pp. 331 – 345 ,
  • BROMWICH , D. H. , 1991 , Mesoscale cyclogenesis over the southwestern Ross Sea linked to strong katabatic winds . Monthly Weather Review , 119 , 1736 – 1752 .
  • BUSINGHR , S. , 1985 , The synoptic climatology of polar low outbreaks . Tellus , 37A , 419 – 432 .
  • BUSINGHR , S. , 1987 , The synoptic climatology of polar-low outbreaks over the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea . Tellus , 39A , 307 – 325 .
  • BUSINGHR , S. , and BAIK , J. J. , 1991 , An Arctic hurricane over the Bering Sea . Monthly Weather Review , 119 , 2293 – 2322 .
  • BUSINGER , S. , and REED , R. J. , 1989 , Cyclogenesis in cold air masses . Weather and Forecasting , 4 , 133 – 156 .
  • CALLAGHAN , J. , and BETTS , M. S. , 1987 , Some cases of westward moving disturbances in the Mawson-Davis area, Antarctica . Australian Meteorological Magazine , 35 , 79 – 85 .
  • CARLETON , A. M. , 1979 , A synoptic climatology of satellite-observed extratropical cyclone activity for the Southern Hemisphere winter . Archiv fur Meteorologie. Geophysik, und Bioklimatologie , B27 , 265 – 279 .
  • CARLETON , A. M. , 1981 , Monthly variability of satellite-derived cyclonic activity for the Southern Hemisphere winter . Journal of Climatology , 1 , 21 – 38 .
  • CARLETON , A. M. , 1985 , Satellite climatological aspects of the 'polar low' and 'instant occlusion '. Tellus , 37A , 433 – 450 .
  • CARLETON , A. M. , 1987 , Satellite-derived attributes of cloud vorlex systems and their application to climate studies . Remote Sensing of Environment , 2 , 271 – 296 .
  • CARLETON , A. M. , 1991 , Satellite Remote Sensing in Climatology ( London Belhaven Press ).
  • CARLETON , A. M. , and CARPENTER , D. A. , 1990 , Satellite climatology of 'polar lows' and broadscale climatic associations for the Southern Hemisphere . International Journal of Climatology , 10 , 219 – 246 .
  • CARLETON , A. M. , and FITCH , M. , 1993 , Synoptic aspects of Antarctic mesocyclones . Journal of Geophysical Research , 98 , 12997 – 13018 .
  • CARLETON , A. M. , and WHALLEY , D. , 1988 , Eddy transport of sensible heat and the life history of synoptic systems a statistical analysis for the Southern Hemisphere winter . Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics , 38 , 140 – 152 .
  • CARLETON , A. M. , MCMURDIE , L. A. , KATSAROS , K. B. , ZHAO, H.. MOGNARD, N. M,,CLAUD, C, 1995 , Satellite-derived features and associated atmospheric environments of southern ocean mesocylcone events . Global Atmosphere-Ocean System ( in press ).
  • CARRASCO , J. F. , and BROMWICH , D. H. , 1993 , Mesoscale cyclogenesis dynamics over the southwestern Ross Sea, Antarctica . Journal of Geophysical Research , 98 , 12973 – 12995 .
  • CARRASCO , J. F. , and BROMWICH , D. H. , 1994 , Climatological aspects of mesoscale cyclogenesis over the Ross Sea and Ross Ice Shelf regions of Antarctica . Monthly Weather Review , 122 , 2405 – 2425 .
  • CRAIG , G. , and CHO , H.-R. , 1989 , Baroclinic instability and CISK as the driving mechanisms for polar lows and comma clouds . Polar and Arctic Lows , edited by P. F. Twitchell, E.A. Rasmussen, and K. L. Davidson ( Hampton , VA : A. Deepak Publishing ), pp. 131 – 140 .
  • DOUGLAS , M. W. , FEDOR , L. S. , and SHAPIRO , M. A. , 1991 , Polar low structure over the northern Gulf of Alaska based on research aircraft observations . Monthly Weather Review , 119 , 32 – 54 .
  • DOUGLAS , M. W. , SHAPIRO , M. A. , FEDOR , L. S. , and SAUKKONEN , L. , 1995 , Research aircraft observations of a polar low at the East Greenland ice edge . Monthly Weather Review , 123 , 5 – 15 .
  • ESE , T. , KANESTROM , I. , and PEDERSEN , K. , 1988 , Climatology of polar lows over the Norwegian and Barents Seas . Tellus , 40A , 248 – 255 .
  • FETT , R. W. , 1989 , Polar low development associated with boundary layer fronts in the Greenland, Norwegian, and Barents seas . In Polar and Arctic Lows , edited by P. F. Twitchell, E. A. Rasmussen, and K. L. Davidson ( Hampton , VA A. Deepak Publishing ), pp. 313 – 322 .
  • FITCH , M. J. , and CARLETON , A. M. , 1992 , Antarctic mesocyclone regimes from satellite and conventional data . Tellus , 44A , 180 – 196 .
  • FORBES , G. S. , and LOTTES , W. D. , 1985 , Classification of mesoscale vortices in polar airstreams and the influence of the large-scale environment on their evolutions . Tellus , 37 A, 132 – 155 .
  • GRONAS , S. , FOSS , A. , and LYSTAD , M. , 1987 , Numerical simulations of polar lows in the Norwegian Sea . Tellus , 39A , 334 – 353 .
  • HEINEMANN , G. , 1990 , Mesoscale vortices in the Weddell Sea region (Antarctica) . Monthly Weather Review , 118 , 779 – 793 .
  • KELLY , G. A. M. , FORGAN , B. W. , POWERS , P. E. ,LE MARSHALL , J. F. , 1982 , Mesoscale observations from a polar orbiting satellite vertical sounder . In Nowcasting , edited by K. A. Browning ( New York Academic Press ), pp. 107 – 121 .
  • LEIGHTON , R. M. , 1994 , Monthly anticyclonicity and cyclonicity in the Southern Hemisphere averages for January, April, July, and October . International Journal of Climatology , 14 , 33 – 45 .
  • LOVEJOY , S. , and SCHERTZER , D. , 1990 , Multifractals, universality classes and satellite and radar measurements of cloud and rain fields . Journal of Geophysical Research , 95 , 2021 – 2034 .
  • LYONS , S. W. , 1983 , Characteristics of intense Antarctic depressions near the Drake Passage . Preprint volume. First International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology , held at San Jose dos Campos. Brazil, on 31 July-6 August 1983 ( Boston American Meteorological Society ), pp. 238 – 240 .
  • MILLS , G. A, , and SEAMAN , R. S. , 1990 , The BMRC regional data assimilation system . Monthly Weather Review , 118 , 1217 – 1237 .
  • MYRBERG , K. , KOISTINEN , J. , and JARVENOJA , S. , 1990 , A study of non-forecasted cyclogenesis in a polar air mass over the Baltic Sea . Tellus , 42A , 165 – 173 .
  • NORDENG , T. E. , and RASMUSSEN , E. A. , 1992 , A most beautiful polar low. A case study ofa polar low development in the Bear Island region . Tellus , 44A , 81 – 99 .
  • RABBI; , A. , 1987 , A polar low over the Norwegian Sea 29 February-1 March 1984 . Tellus , 39A , 326 – 333 .
  • RASMUSSEN , E. , 1981 , An investigation ofa polar low with a spiral cloud structure . Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences , 38 , 1785 – 1792 .
  • RASMUSSEN , E. , 1985 , A case Study ofa polar low development over the Barents Sea . Tellus , 37A , 407 – 418 .
  • RASMUSSEN , E. A. , 1989 , A comparative study of tropical cyclones and polar lows . In Polar and Arctic Lows , edited by P. F. Twitchell, E. A. Rasmussen, and K.. L. Davidson ( Hampton , VA A. Deepak Publishing ), pp. 47 – 80 .
  • RASMUSSEN , E. , and ZICK , C, 1987 , A subsynoptic vortex over the Mediterranean with some resemblance to polar lows . Tellus, 39A, 408 – 425 .
  • RASMUSSEN , E. , PEDERSEN , T. S. , PEDERSEN , L. T. , and TURNER , J. , 1992 , Polar lows and arctic instability lows in the Bear Island region . Tellus , 44A , 133 – 154 .
  • RASMUSSEN , E. A. , TURNER , J. , and TWITCHELL , P. F. , 1993 , Report of a workshop on applications of new forms of satellite data in polar low research . Bulletin, American Meteorological Society , 74 , 1057 – 1073 .
  • REED , R. J. , 1979 , Cyclogenesis in polar air streams . Monthly Weather Review , 107 , 38 – 52 .
  • REED , R. J. , and BLIER , W. , 1986 , A further study of comma cloud development in the eastern Pacific . Monthly Weather Review , 114 , 1696 – 1708 .
  • REED , R, J. , and DUNCAN , C. N. , 1987 , Baroclinic instability as a mechanism for the serial development of polar lows a case study . Tellus , 39 , 376 – 384 .
  • REYNOLDS , M. , 1983 , Occurrence and structure of mesoscale fronts and cyclones near Icy Bay, Alaska . Monthly Weather Review , 111 , 1938 – 1948 .
  • SARDIH , J. M. ,WARNER. T. T., 1985 , A numerical study of the development mechanisms of polar lows . Tellus , 37A , 460 – 477 .
  • SHAMAN , R. , STEINLE , P. , BOURKE , W. , and HART , T. , 1993 , The impact of manually derived Southern Hemisphere sea level pressure daia upon forecasts from a global model . Weather and Forecasting , 8 , 363 – 368 .
  • SHAPIRO , M. A. , and FEDOR , L. S. , 1989 , A case study of an ice-edge boundary layer front and polar low development over the Norwegian and Barents seas . In Polar and Arctic Lows , edited by P. F. Twitchell, E. A. Rasmussen, and K. L. Davidson ( Hampton , VA A. Deepak Publishing ), pp. 257 – 277 .
  • SHAPIRO , M. A. , FEDOR , L. S. , and HAMPEL , T. , 1987 , Research aircraft measurements ofa polar low over the Norwegian Sea . Tellus , 39A , 272 – 306 .
  • SINCLAIR , M. R. , 1986 , Investigation of polar air stream cyclogenesis in the New Zealand area using quasi-Lagrangian diagnostics . Preprint volume . Second International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology , held at Wellington, NZ, on 1-5 December 1986 ( Boston American Meteorological Society ), pp. 50 – 51 .
  • SINCLAIR , M. R. , and CONG , X. , 1992 , Polar airstream cyclogenesis in the Australasian region a composite study using ECMWF analyses . Monthly Weather Review , 120 , 1950 – 1972 .
  • SMITH , W. L. , 1991 , Atmospheric soundings from satellites-false expectation or the key to improved weather prediction? Quarterly Journal of the Roval Meteorological Society , 117 , 267 – 297 .
  • STRETEN , N. A. , and KHLLAS , W. R. , 1973 , Aspects of cloud pattern signatures of depressions in maturity and decay . Journal of Applied Meteorology , 12 , 23 – 27 .
  • STRETEN , N. A. , and TROUP , A. J. , 1973 , A synoptic climatology of satellite-observed cloud vortices over the Southern Hemisphere . Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society . 99 , 56 – 72 .
  • TROUP , A. J. , and STRETEN , N. A. , 1972 , Satellite-observed Southern Hemisphere cloud vortices in relation to conventional observations . Journal of Applied Meteorology , 11 , 909 – 917 .
  • TURNER , J. , and Row , M. , 1989 , Mesoscale vortices in the British Antarctic Territory . In Polar and Arctic Lows , edited by P. F. Twitchell, E. A. Rasmussen, and K. L. Davidson ( Hampton , VA A. Deepak Publishing ), pp. 347 – 356 .
  • TURNER , J. , and THOMAS , J. P. , 1994 , Summer-season mesoscale cyclones in the Bellingshausen-Weddell region of the Antarctic and links with the synoptic-scale environment . International Journal of Climatology , 14 , 871 – 894 .
  • TURNER , J. , LACHLAN-COPE. T., and RASMUSSEN , E. A. , 1991 . Polar lows. Weather , 46 , 107 – 114 .
  • TURNER , J. , LACHLAN-COPE , T. A. , and THOMAS , J. P. , 1993 a , A comparison of Arctic and Antarctic mesoscale vortices . Journal of Geophysical Research , 98 , 13019 – 13034 .
  • TURNER , J. , LACHLAN-COPE , T. A. , WARREN , D. E. , and DUNCAN , C. N. , 1993 b , A mesoscale vortex over Halley Station, Antarctica , Monthly Weather Review , 121 , 1317 – 1336 .
  • WILHELMSEN , K. , 1985 , Climatological study of gale-producing polar lows near Norway . Tellus , 37A , 451 – 459 .
  • YARNAL , B. , and HENDERSON , K. C, 1989 , A climatology of polar low cyclogenetic regions over the North Pacific Ocean . Journal of Climate , 2 , 1476 – 1491 .
  • ZICK , C, 1983 , Method and results of an analysis of comma cloud development by means of vorticily fields from upper tropospheric satellite wind data . Meieorologische Rundschau , 36 , 69 – 84 .
  • ZILLMAN , J. W. , GRIERSMITH , D. , LE MARSHALL , J. , and GAUNTLETT , D. J. , 1990 , Remote sensing applications in the Australian Bureau of Meteorology . International Journal of Remote Sensing , II , 1979 – 1997 .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.