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https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-3-483-2022
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Research article
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11 Apr 2022
Research article |
| 11 Apr 2022
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A global climatology of polar lows investigated for local differences and wind-shear environments
Patrick Johannes Stoll
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Department of Physics and Technology, Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Improving Arctic Polar Low Forecasting through FY-3D MWHS-II Radiance Assimilation during Winter 2020–2021 Q. Xie et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13351-025-4168-4
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- Modulation of Polar Low Activity by the Madden‐Julian Oscillation Z. Wang et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL103719
- The Value of Sentinel-1 Ocean Wind Fields Component for the Study of Polar Lows E. Khachatrian & P. Asemann https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16203755
- Do Polar Lows Leave an Infrasonic Signature? A Machine Learning Investigation S. Oger et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-026-04120-x
- The impact of polar lows on the underlying ocean varies significantly by location T. Lin & L. Wu https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02972-0
- Analysis of the Development Mechanisms of a Polar Low over the Norwegian Sea Simulated with the Canadian Regional Climate Model M. Moreno-Ibáñez et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14060998
- Extreme Wind Speeds in the Atlantic Sector of the Arctic: Statistics and Circulation Models A. Kislov et al. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433824700531
- Subseasonal Predictions of Polar Low Activity Using a Hybrid Statistical‐Dynamical Approach K. Boyd et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL102145
- Spatiotemporal Patterns of Polar Low Activity Over the Southern Ocean H. Farjami & A. Kazemi https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JD039832
- Numerical simulation of a severe blowing snow event over the Prydz Bay Region J. Ding et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-629-2026
- Warm Core and Deep Convection in Medicanes: A Passive Microwave-Based Investigation G. Panegrossi et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15112838
- A Meso-scale Low System with a Multi-scale Structure, Developed over the East Sea on 20 January 2017: Sensitivity Experiments Y. Kim & J. Lee https://doi.org/10.9798/KOSHAM.2022.22.2.1
- Arctic cyclones have become more intense and longer-lived over the past seven decades X. Zhang et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01003-0
- Polar low research: recent developments and promising courses of research M. Moreno-Ibáñez https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2024.1368179
- IMPMCT: a dataset of Integrated Multi-source Polar Mesoscale Cyclone Tracks in the Nordic Seas R. Fang et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-6049-2025
- Arctic and Sub‐Arctic Mechanisms Explaining Observed Increasing Northward Flow Through the Bering Strait and Why Models May Be Getting It Wrong C. Peralta‐Ferriz & R. Woodgate https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL104697
- Influence of mesoscale sea surface temperature anomaly on polar lows T. Lin et al. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad9ec6
- Improving Arctic Polar Low Forecasting through FY-3D MWHS-II Radiance Assimilation during Winter 2020–2021 Q. Xie et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13351-025-4168-4
- Modulation of North Atlantic Polar Low Activity and Associated Flow Patterns by Sudden Stratospheric Warmings C. Chang et al. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0905.1
- Marine Operations in the Norwegian Sea and the Ice-Free Part of the Barents Sea with Emphasis on Polar Low Pressures O. Gudmestad https://doi.org/10.3390/w16223313
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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.
Polar lows are small but intense cyclones and constitute one of the major natural hazards in the...
