South Pole Atmospheric Bores

• Main Author: Ashcroft, Mikaela
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@USU 2017
• Subjects: Amundsen Scott South Pole Station; Amundsen-Scott; Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station; South Pole; Antarc*; Antarctica; South pole
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/researchweek/ResearchWeek2017/Session5Poster/9

Bores are a natural wave phenomenon that occur in both the atmosphere and the oceans. They are relatively rare and appear as a sharp leading wave front followed by several trailing wave crests that grow in number as the bore propagates. Bores are one particular form of atmospheric “Gravity Waves” an...