Regional weather & extreme events

Antarctic Climate over the last millennia

The Antarctic Peninsula and West Antarctica have warmed dramatically in recent decades, with some climate records indicating that these are among the most rapidly warming regions on Earth. The Antarctic …

West Antarctica wind strength and atmospheric circulation

Changes in wind strength and circulation patterns above the Antarctic Peninsula are linked to its warming and increased upwelling of warm circumpolar deep water, resulting in accelerated melting and thinning …

Filchner Ice Shelf System, Antarctica

Understanding the contribution that polar ice sheets make to global sea-level rise is recognised internationally as urgent. The mission of this five-year project is to capture new observations and data …

Response of the Asian summer monsoons to idealized precession and obliquity forcing in a set of GCMs

15 May, 2018

Sensitivity of simulated summer monsoonal precipitation in Langtang Valley, Himalaya to cloud microphysics schemes in WRF

27 June, 2017

Characteristics of the modelled meteoric freshwater budget of the western Antarctic Peninsula

1 May, 2017

Sensitivity of an apparently hurricane-like polar low to sea surface temperature

1 January, 2017

The microphysics of clouds over the Antarctic Peninsula – Part 1: Observations

1 December, 2016

Re-examining the roles of surface heat flux and latent heat release in a “hurricane-like” polar low over the Barents Sea

1 July, 2016

The signatures of large-scale patterns of atmospheric variability in Antarctic surface temperatures

16 April, 2016

Future circulation changes off West Antarctica: Sensitivity of the Amundsen Sea Low to projected anthropogenic forcing

26 January, 2016

Met Office unified model high resolution simulations of a strong wind event in Antarctica

1 October, 2014

Variability of sea-ice in the northern Weddell Sea during the 20th century

12 August, 2014

Antarctic Thresholds – Ecosystem Resilience and Adaptation” (AnT-ERA), a new SCAR-biology programme

9 October, 2013

Quantifying the predictability of the timing of jökulhlaups from Merzbacher Lake, Kyrgyzstan

1 October, 2013

The influence of the Amundsen–Bellingshausen Seas low on the climate of West Antarctica and its representation in coupled climate model simulations

1 September, 2013

Persistent regimes and extreme events of the North Atlantic atmospheric circulation

28 May, 2013

Monitoring of Eyjafjallajokull volcanic aerosol by the new European Skynet Radiometers (ESR) network

1 January, 2012

On self-similar and multifractal models for the scaling of extreme bursty fluctuations in space plasmas

1 January, 2012

Documentation and verification of the world extreme wind gust record: 113.3 m s–1 on Barrow Island, Australia, during passage of tropical cyclone Olivia

1 January, 2012

Complexity and extreme events in geosciences: an overview

1 January, 2012

An analysis of precipitation data from the Antarctic base Faraday/Vernadsky

1 January, 2011

Antarctic clouds

1 January, 2010

An analysis of cloud observations from Vernadsky, Antarctica

1 January, 2010

The dynamics of a polar low assessed using potential vorticity inversion

1 January, 2009

Historical SAM variability. Part I: Century-length seasonal reconstructions

1 January, 2009

Strong wind events in the Antarctic

1 January, 2009

Super-volcanic eruptions: noctilucent clouds

1 January, 2009

On the annual and semi-annual cycles of precipitation across Antarctica

1 January, 2009

Marine cold-air outbreaks in the North Atlantic: temporal distribution and associations with large-scale atmospheric circulation

1 January, 2009

Comment on “Was the 2003 European summer heat wave unusual in a global context?” by Thomas N. Chase et al

1 January, 2008

Antarctic climate change – why it matters to us

1 January, 2008

Antarctic sea ice thickness and snow-to-ice conversion from atmospheric reanalysis and passive microwave snow depth

1 January, 2008

Marine cold-air outbreaks in the future: an assessment of IPCC AR4 model results for the Northern Hemisphere

1 January, 2008

Synoptic-scale weather systems, fronts and jets

1 January, 2007

Temperature

1 January, 2007

Wind

1 January, 2007

Polar lows and other high latitude weather systems

1 January, 2007

Workshop on the Antarctic wind field

1 January, 2007

Meteorological observing

1 January, 2007

The SCAR READER Project: toward a high-quality database of mean Antarctic meteorological observations

1 January, 2004

The relationship between variations of the atmospheric electric field in the southern polar region and thunderstorm activity

1 January, 2004

Precipitation over the interior East Antarctic Ice Sheet related to midlatitude blocking-high activity

1 January, 2004

Lidar observations of polar mesospheric clouds at Rothera, Antarctica (67.5 degrees S, 68.0 degrees W)

1 January, 2004

The international Antarctic weather forecasting handbook

1 January, 2004

Introduction

1 January, 2003

Conclusion and further research needs

1 January, 2003

Polar lows: mesoscale weather systems in the polar regions

1 January, 2003

Theoretical investigations

1 January, 2003

Serial development of polar lows

1 January, 2003

Forecasting of polar lows

1 January, 2003

Numerical weather prediction model performance over high southern latitudes

1 January, 2003

Anomalous atmospheric circulation over the Weddell Sea, Antarctica during the austral summer of 2001/02 resulting in extreme sea ice conditions

1 January, 2002

VLF, magnetic bay, and Pi2 substorm signatures at auroral and midlatitude ground stations

1 January, 2002

Weather image. Radarsat views a cyclone over the Labrador Sea

1 January, 2002

An extreme wind event at Casey Station, Antarctica

1 January, 2001

An operational, real-time cloud detection scheme for use in the Antarctic based on AVHRR data

1 January, 2001

Meteor, South Atlantic Ocean, 22 March 1999

1 January, 2000

Are bats which pollinate and disperse forest plants particularly sensitive to disturbance? A case study of the effects of Hurricane Georges on bats of Puerto Rico

1 January, 2000

The international Antarctic weather forecasting handbook

1 January, 2000

A humidity climatology for Halley, Antarctica, based on frost-point hygrometer measurements

1 January, 1999

Mesocyclone activity over the Northeast Atlantic. Part 2: An investigation of causal mechanisms

1 January, 1999

Mesocyclone activity over the North-East Atlantic. Part 1: vortex distribution and variability

1 January, 1999

Antarctic meteorological observations on the GTS during the FROST project

1 January, 1999

Modeling of subionospheric VLF signal perturbations associated with earthquakes

1 January, 1999

Interpreting recent accumulation records through an understanding of the regional synoptic climatology: an example from the southern Antarctic Peninsula

1 January, 1998

Analysis of synoptic-scale low pressure systems within the Antarctic Peninsula sector of the circumpolar trough

1 January, 1998

Katabatic wind propagation over the western Ross Sea observed using ERS-1 scatterometer data

1 June, 1997

Variability of precipitation over the coastal western Antarctic Peninsula from synoptic observations

1 June, 1997

An assessment of UK Meteorological Office numerical weather prediction analyses and forecasts for the Antarctic

1 March, 1997

ERS scatterometer observations of katabatic winds over a polynya

1 January, 1997

Weather forecasting for aviation and marine operations in the Antarctic Peninsula region

1 January, 1995

Vector Mean Winds at the Argentine Islands, Graham Land, 1954-58

1 June, 1963

Asia’s glaciers provide buffer against drought

29 May, 2019

A new study to assess the contribution that Asia’s high mountain glaciers make to relieving water stress in the region is published this week (29 May 2019) in the journal …

Antarctic snowfall dominated by a few extreme snowstorms

25 March, 2019

A new study reveals the importance of a small number of intense storms around Antarctica in controlling the amount of snow falling across the continent.

Arctic sea ice loss in past linked to abrupt climate events

12 February, 2019

A new study on ice cores shows that reductions in sea ice in the Arctic in the period between 30-100,000 years ago led to major climate events. During this period, …

Study shows melting ice sheets will disrupt climate

7 February, 2019

Water entering the oceans from melting ice sheets could cause extreme weather and a change in ocean circulation not currently accounted for in global climate policies, a new study published …

European wind energy generation potential in a 1.5˚C world

17 May, 2018

The UK and large parts of northern Europe could become windier if global temperatures reach 1.5˚C above pre-industrial levels, according to a new study. This has implications for wind energy …

Scientists gather in Davos to highlight Arctic climate change

23 January, 2018

A team of leading Arctic scientists – including British Antarctic Survey glaciologist Dr Jeremy Wilkinson – are gathering in Davos this week at the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting (23-24 …

Penguin colony repeatedly decimated by volcanic eruptions

11 April, 2017

One of Antarctica’s biggest gentoo penguin colonies was repeatedly decimated by eruptions of the Deception Island volcano in recent millennia.

Signy research station

Signy Island is hottest place in the Antarctic

1 March, 2017

A World Meteorological Organization (WMO) committee of experts announces this week (Wed 1 March) new records for the highest temperatures recorded in the Antarctic Region. The results are part of …

NEWS STORY: Storm events link identified

17 April, 2013

Jet stream influences extreme storms A new study of Europe’s extreme storm events reveals that they often occur near the jet stream – the fast flowing air currents that flow …