q 1998 American Meteorological Society A Case Study of Antarctic Katabatic Wind Interaction with Large-Scale Forcing*

• Main Authors: Thomas R. Parish, David H. Bromwich
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1996
• Subjects: Antarctic; Midwinter; Ross Ice Shelf; Ross Sea; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.668.5532; http://polarmet.osu.edu/PMG_publications/parish_bromwich_bams_1998.pdf

Surface pressure decreases of up to 20 hPa occurred over much of the Antarctic continent during a 4-day midwinter period of 1988. The widespread change in the pressure field accompanied intense cyclonic activity to the north of the ice sheet. The equatorward mass transport across the Antarctic coast...