Large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns during polar low events over the Nordic seas

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Main Authors: Blechschmidt, A., Bakan, S., Grassl, H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Barents Sea; Greenland; Irminger Sea; Norwegian Sea; Iceland; Nordic Seas; North Atlantic; Novaya Zemlya
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0011-F81D-A; http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0011-F81C-C

The large-scale atmospheric circulation during polar low events over the Nordic seas (the North Atlantic between Greenland and Novaya Zemlya) is investigated on the basis of a recently compiled data set that was derived purely from satellite observations. A classification system is applied that divi...