Spatial Probability Characteristics of Waves Generated by Polar Lows in Nordic and Barents Seas

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Maria Yurovskaya, Vladimir Kudryavtsev, Bertrand Chapron
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2023
• Subjects: polar lows; wind waves generation; significant wave height; abnormally high waves; wave predictions; Science; Q; North Cape
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15112729; https://doaj.org/article/77e7b62bebb74b6dacb3c1348b5ba7ee

Polar lows (PLs) are mesoscale, up to 1000 km, rather short lifetime (less than 15–30 h) cyclonic atmospheric systems formed in polar latitudes and associated with cold outbreak events. Strong winds, higher than 15 m/s, can then generate high surface waves which may pose danger to marine and coastal...