The coreless winter at Scott Base, Antarctica

• Published in: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
• Main Author: Thompson, D. C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1969
• Subjects: Ross Sea; South Pole; Scott Base; Antarc*; Antarctica; South pole
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.49709540413; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fqj.49709540413; https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/qj.49709540413

Abstract The temporary early‐winter reversal of the downward trend in monthly mean surface air temperatures, which has been noted for other stations in the Ross Sea – South Pole region, is a particularly marked and persistent feature at Scott Base. An examination of temperature records shows that this reversal in the trend is probably due to a more frequent destruction of the low‐level surface inversion in these months, rather than a temporary increase in the level of warm air advection into the region.