Record low surface air temperature at Vostok Station, Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Main Authors: Turner, John, Anderson, Philip, Lachlan-Cope, Thomas, Colwell, Steve, Phillips, Tony, Kirchgaessner, Amélie, Marshall, Gareth J., King, John C., Bracegirdle, Tom, Vaughan, David G., Lagun, Victor, Orr, Andrew
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2009
• Subjects: Meteorology and Climatology; Vostok Station; Dome Argus; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica Journal
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/9656/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/9656/1/jgrd15635.pdf; https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2009JD012104

The lowest recorded air temperature at the surface of the Earth was a measurement of −89.2°C made at Vostok station, Antarctica, at 0245 UT on 21 July 1983. Here we present the first detailed analysis of this event using meteorological reanalysis fields, in situ observations and satellite imagery. S...