Mesoscale Cyclogenesis Dynamics Over the Southwestern

• Main Authors: Ross Sea Antarctica, Jorge F. Carrasco, Dawd, H. Bromwich
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Byrd; Byrd Glacier; East Antarctica; Franklin Island; Polar Plateau; Ross Ice Shelf; Ross Sea; Terra Nova Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.669.1487; http://polarmet.osu.edu/PMG_publications/carrasco_bromwich_jgr_1993.pdf

Previous work has shown that frequent mesoscale cyclogenesis adjacent to Franklin Island is linked to the strong and persistent katabatic winds from East Antarctica which funnel into Terra Nova Bay and then blow out over the southwestern Ross Sea. Four mesoscale cyclones that formed near Terra Nova...