Polar Lows Over the Eastern Part of the Eurasian Arctic: The Sea-Ice Retreat Consequence

• Published in: IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
• Main Authors: Zabolotskikh, Elizaveta V., Gurvich, Irina A., Chapron, Bertrand
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Ieee-inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc 2016
• Subjects: Arctic; geoscience; mesoscale cyclones; Chukchi Sea; East Siberian Sea; Kara Sea; Laptev Sea; Chukchi; laptev; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00358/46870/48388.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1109/LGRS.2016.2593487; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00358/46870/

With the sea-ice decline over the eastern part of the Eurasian Arctic (EEA), polar mesocyclones (MCs) and their most intensive representatives-polar lows (PLs)-can occur over more open-water areas. Visible and infrared MODIS images, active and passive microwave spaceborne instruments, and ERA Interi...