Polar Lows
Mesoscale Weather Systems in the Polar Regions

A high-level edited volume about the small, high-latitude weather systems known as polar lows.

Erik A. Rasmussen (Edited by), John Turner (Edited by)

9780521183918, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 2 June 2011

628 pages
24.4 x 17 x 3.2 cm, 0.99 kg

Review of the hardback: '… seems destined to become the standard work on the subject, it must be hoped that all research and university libraries will ensure that they acquire a copy.' The Journal of Meteorology

Polar Lows which provides a comprehensive review of our understanding of the small, high-latitude weather systems known as polar lows. These often vigorous depressions are a hazard to maritime operations and high-latitude communities, yet have only been investigated in detail since the 1960s. In this volume the authors describe the climatological distribution of these lows, the observational investigations into their structure, their operational forecasting and the theoretical research into why they develop. They also discuss the experiments carried out with high-resolution numerical weather forecast models that have shown that some polar lows can be predicted a day or more in advance. The book has been written by a number of experts within the field and has been carefully edited to form an integrated, cohesive volume. It will be of value to researchers in meteorology and climatology, as well as professional weather forecasters concerned with polar regions.

Preface
1. Introduction J. Turner, E. A. Rasmussen and A. M. Carleton
2. Climatology E. A. Rasmussen, K. Ninomiya and A. M. Carleton
3. Observational studies E. A. Rasmussen, J. Turner, K. Ninomiya and I. Renfrew
4. Theoretical investigations A. van Delden, E. A. Rasmussen, J. Turner and B. Røsting
5. Numerical simulation S. Grønas, E. Raustein and G. Heinemann
6. Forecasting of polar lows J. Turner, E. A. Rasmussen and B. Røsting
7. Conclusions and future research needs J. Turner and E. A. Rasmussen
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Meteorology & climatology [RBP], Atmospheric physics [PHVJ]