Mobile polar highs over Australia : origins and effect on rainfall

• Main Authors: Hargraves, C., Bryant, Edward A
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: Research Online 2005
• Subjects: mobile polar highs; southeastern Australia; rainfall; forecasting; Life Sciences; Physical Sciences and Mathematics; Social and Behavioral Sciences; Antarctic; Lambert Glacier; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://ro.uow.edu.au/scipapers/58; https://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1061&context=scipapers

Mobile Polar Highs (MPHs) are masses of cold air that move out aperiodically from the Antarctic Icecap and eventually cross Australia. Their movement from the Weddell Sea and the Lambert Glacier was monitored between 26 March and 20 July 2004 using daily satellite images and synoptic charts. Their l...