Causes of the Antarctic region record high temperature at Signy Island, 30th January 1982

• Published in: Atmospheric Science Letters
• Main Authors: King, J. C., Bannister, D., Hosking, J. S., Colwell, S. R.
• Other Authors: British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; South Orkney Islands; Signy Island; Coronation Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asl.793; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fasl.793; https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/asl.793

Abstract On 30th January 1982, the research station on Signy Island (South Orkney Islands) reported a daily maximum temperature of 19.8 °C. This is a record maximum for any station south of 60°S. We use surface observations, atmospheric reanalyses and high‐resolution atmospheric model simulations to...