Polar lows – moist-baroclinic cyclones developing in four different vertical wind shear environments

<p>Polar lows are intense mesoscale cyclones that develop in polar marine air masses. Motivated by the large variety of their proposed intensification mechanisms, cloud structure, and ambient sub-synoptic environment, we use self-organising maps to classify polar lows. The method is applied to...

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Main Authors: P. J. Stoll, T. Spengler, A. Terpstra, R. G. Graversen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2021-01-01
Series:Weather and Climate Dynamics
Online Access:https://wcd.copernicus.org/articles/2/19/2021/wcd-2-19-2021.pdf