Polar Low Workshop

• Published in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
• Main Authors: Heinemann, Günther, Claud, Chantal, Spengler, Thomas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Meteorological Society 2019
• Subjects: Antarctic; Arctic; Norway; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/48981/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/48981/1/bams-d-18-0103.1.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0103.1

The workshop on polar lows (PLs) and mesoscale weather extremes attracted 30 scientists from China, France, Germany, Japan, Norway, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States to present the most recent findings on PL research and to summarize our present understanding of PLs and mesocyclones (MCs) as well as mesoscale weather extremes in the Arctic and Antarctic (see sidebar for the definition of PLs). The workshop had the following main themes: PL studies using satellite data and in situ observations, climatological aspects, PLs in reanalyses and model simulations, environments for PL genesis and operational aspects, polar mesoscale weather phenomena, and air–ocean–ice interactions. The workshop was concluded by a roundtable discussion resulting in recommendations for future research and actions.