Satellite Multi-Sensor Data Analysis of Unusually Strong Polar Lows over the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas in October 2017

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Irina Gurvich, Mikhail Pichugin, Anastasiya Baranyuk
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: multi-sensor satellite observations; polar lows; high winds; Arctic; the Chukchi Sea; reanalysis data sets; Chukchi Sea; Pacific; Merra; Chukchi; Nordic Seas; Pacific Arctic; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15010120

Polar lows (PLs) are intense mesoscale weather systems that often cause severe storm winds in the Nordic Seas but were considered as being exceedingly rare in the Pacific Arctic region before sea ice decline. Here, we explore four PLs observed on 18–22 October 2017 in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas—a...