Polar lows and arctic instability lows in the Bear Island region

• Published in: Tellus A
• Main Authors: Rasmussen, Erik A., Pdesersen, Torben S., Pedersen, Leif T., Turner, John
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: International Meteorological Institute, Stockholm 1992
• Subjects: Arctic; Barents Sea; Norwegian Sea; Bear Island; Dome The
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/518871/; https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0870.1992.t01-1-00004.x

The study of the “polar low episode” over the northern parts of the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea from 12 December 1982 to 16 December 1982 is continued. The role of baroclinic instability in the initial formation of a polar low near the ice edge is considered, including a discussion based on a...