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The monitoring of katabatic wind-coastal polynya interaction using AVHRR imagery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 May 2004

Jeremy H. Cotton  and
Kelvin J. Michael
Jeremy H. Cotton
Affiliation:
Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies, and Antarctic CRC, University of Tasmania, GPO Box 252c, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 7001 E-mail: [email protected]
Kelvin J. Michael
Affiliation:
Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies, and Antarctic CRC, University of Tasmania, GPO Box 252c, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 7001 E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Coastal polynyas, which form around the Antarctic coast due to persistent katabatic winds, play an important role in enhancing air-sea interaction. This paper discusses how thermal imagery from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) can be used to track the direction of katabatic winds, and hence facilitate research into air-sea interaction.

Keywords

katabatic windpolynyasea iceAVHRR
Type
Papers—Atmospheric Sciences
Information
Antarctic Science , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , December 1994 , pp. 537 - 540
Copyright
© Antarctic Science Ltd 1994

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