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The coreless winter at Scott Base, Antarctica
Author(s) -
Thompson D. C.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49709540413
Subject(s) - advection , climatology , surface air temperature , warm front , inversion (geology) , geology , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , oceanography , geography , seismology , climate change , physics , tectonics , thermodynamics
The temporary early‐winter reversal of the downward trend in monthly mean surface air temperatures, which has been noted for other stations in the Ross Sea – South Pole region, is a particularly marked and persistent feature at Scott Base. An examination of temperature records shows that this reversal in the trend is probably due to a more frequent destruction of the low‐level surface inversion in these months, rather than a temporary increase in the level of warm air advection into the region.