An Investigation of Synoptic and Associated Mesoscale Patterns Leading to Significant Weather Days at McMurdo Station, Antarctica.

• Main Author: Godin,Raymond H
• Other Authors: NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CALIF
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1977
• Subjects: Meteorology; Infrared Detection and Detectors; *WEATHER; *INFRARED IMAGES; *ANTARCTIC REGIONS; STATIONS; CLOUDS; WIND; THESES; ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; RESEARCH FACILITIES; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES; WEATHER FORECASTING; STORMS; WIND DIRECTION; PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RADIOSONDES; MOISTURE; ADVECTION; VALLEYS; GLACIERS; LAND ICE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; Mesometeorology; Ice shelves; Katabatic flow; McMurdo Station(Antarctica); Ross ice shelf; Antarctic; McMurdo Station; Polar Plateau; Ross Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA046247; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA046247

Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite imagery are used to supplement conventional radiosonde and aircraft data in an investigation of synoptic and associated mesoscale weather patterns leading to significant weather at McMurdo S...