A 25-year climatology of low-tropospheric temperature and humidity inversions for contrasting synoptic regimes at Neumayer Station, Antarctica.

ABSTRACT: A 25-year set of daily radiosonde data was used to investigate temperature and humidity inversions at Neumayer Station, coastal Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica. For the first time, inversions were studied differentiating between different synoptic conditions and different height levels. It was shown that, generally, inversions occurred on the majority (78%) of the days, with simultaneous occurrence of humidity and temperature inversions being observed on approximately two thirds of all days. Multiple inversions are common in all seasons for cyclonic and noncyclonic conditions, however, typically occur more frequently under cyclonic conditions. The seasonality of inversion occurrence and features, that is, inversion strength, depth and vertical gradients, was analysed statistically. Differen

SUBMITTER: Silva T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10084401 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature