Climatic conditions at Arctowski Station (King George Island, West Antarctica) in 2013–2017 against the background of regional changes

• Main Authors: Joanna Plenzler, Tomasz Budzik, Dariusz Puczko, Robert J. Bialik
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polish Academy of Sciences 2019
• Subjects: antarctica; south shetlands; admiralty bay; meterological measurments; climate change; Geology; QE1-996.5; King George Island; West Antarctica; Admiralty Bay; Arctowski; Arctowski Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.24425/ppr.2019.126345; https://doaj.org/article/ca1c123c3a554bcc8fe47445b44de40f

Meteorological conditions at Arctowski Station during 2013–2017 were presented against the background of regional climate changes, especially air temperature decline. Air temperature, relative air humidity, air pressure, solar radiation, wind speed and direction, snow cover and precipitation were collected with an automatic weather station and manual measurements and were further analysed. The obtained results were compared with data from previous years and with data from other stations located on King George Island. Our observations confirm that the vicinity of Arctowski Station experienced a decrease in air temperature during summer, which supports the hypothesis of regional cooling.