WMO evaluation of two extreme high temperatures occurring in February 2020 for the Antarctic Peninsula Region

• Published in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
• Main Authors: Márcio Rocha, Francelino, Carlos, Schaefer, Skansi, Maria de los Milagros, Colwell, Steve, Bromwich, David H., Jones, Phil, King, John C., Lazzara, Matthew A., Renwick, James, Solomon, Susan, Brunet, Manola, Cerveny, Randall S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Argentine; Esperanza; Esperanza Station; Seymour; Seymour Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*; permafrost
• Online Access: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/81309/; https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/81309/1/Accepted_Manuscript.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0040.1

Two reports of Antarctic region potential new record high temperature observations (18.3°C, 6 February 2020 at Esperanza station and 20.8°C, 9 February 2020 at a Brazilian automated permafrost monitoring station on Seymour Island) were evaluated by a World Meteorological Organization (WMO) panel of...