A global climatology of polar lows investigated for local differences and wind-shear environments

Stoll, Patrick Johannes

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-3-483-2022

Articles | Volume 3, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-3-483-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-3-483-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 3, issue 2

Research article

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11 Apr 2022

Research article |

| 11 Apr 2022

A global climatology of polar lows investigated for local differences and wind-shear environments

Patrick Johannes Stoll

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Status: closed

RC1:
'Comment on wcd-2021-60', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Oct 2021

Please find attached my comments.

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2021-60-RC1
- AC1: 'See the attached document', Patrick Stoll, 12 Jan 2022
  
  The comment was uploaded in the form of a supplement: https://wcd.copernicus.org/preprints/wcd-2021-60/wcd-2021-60-AC1-supplement.pdf
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2021-60-AC1
RC2:
'Comment on wcd-2021-60', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Nov 2021

My comments are in the attached file. Please find it.

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2021-60-RC2
- AC2: 'See the attached document', Patrick Stoll, 12 Jan 2022
  
  The comment was uploaded in the form of a supplement: https://wcd.copernicus.org/preprints/wcd-2021-60/wcd-2021-60-AC2-supplement.pdf
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2021-60-AC2

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Patrick Stoll on behalf of the Authors (12 Jan 2022) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (19 Jan 2022) by Helen Dacre

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (24 Jan 2022)

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (14 Feb 2022)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (14 Feb 2022) by Helen Dacre

AR by Patrick Stoll on behalf of the Authors (23 Feb 2022) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (25 Feb 2022) by Helen Dacre

Short summary

Polar lows are small but intense cyclones and constitute one of the major natural hazards in the polar regions. To be aware of when and where polar lows occur, this study maps polar lows globally by utilizing new atmospheric datasets. Polar lows develop in all marine areas adjacent to sea ice or cold landmasses, mainly in the winter half year. The highest frequency appears in the Nordic Seas. Further, it is found that polar lows are rather similar in the different ocean sub-basins.