The diurnal temperature variation during the polar night

Abstract It is well known that if special types of days are considered separately, systematic diurnal temperature variations may be found to exist at polar stations even during the dark season. In the present paper it is shown that, in all probability, this phenomenon is of trivial nature and that a...

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Published in:Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
Main Author: Hisdal, V.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1960
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.49708636711
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Summary:Abstract It is well known that if special types of days are considered separately, systematic diurnal temperature variations may be found to exist at polar stations even during the dark season. In the present paper it is shown that, in all probability, this phenomenon is of trivial nature and that a perfectly simple explanation of its origin is possible.