Extreme warm events in the South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean: Compounding influence of atmospheric rivers and föhn conditions

• Published in: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
• Main Authors: Lu, Hua, Orr, Andrew, King, John, Phillips, Tony, Gilbert, Ella, Colwell, Steve, Bracegirdle, Thomas J.
• Other Authors: British Antarctic Survey, Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, Natural Environment Research Council
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2023
• Subjects: Antarctic; Coronation Island; Drake Passage; Orcadas; Pacific; Signy Station; South Orkney Islands; Southern Ocean; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.4578; https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/qj.4578

Abstract Extreme warm events in the South Orkney Islands (SOIs) are investigated using synoptic observations from Signy and Orcadas stations for 1947–1994 and 1956–2019 respectively. Defining the extremes as temperatures exceeding the 95th percentile of the temperature distribution, we reveal the ch...