Weather condition characteristics at the H. Arctowski Station (South Shetlands, Antarctica) for 2006, in comparison with multi-year research results

• Authors: Piotr J. Angiel , Mariusz Potocki , Julita Biszczuk-Jakubowska

Abstracts

EN

The maritime Antarctic is characterised by highly variable weather conditions throughout the year, as well as over multi-year periods. The annual variability of weather conditions constitutes an important basis for biological and geographical studies, allowing for the monitoring of the functioning and changes of the geographical environment of the west coast of Admiralty Bay (King George Island, South Shetlands, Antarctica). Year-round meteorological observations (1.2006-12.2006) measured: atmospheric pressure, wind speed and direction, cloud cover, air temperature, relative humidity, total precipitation, snow cover, and Admiralty Bay ice cover.

Keywords

EN

Antarctica; Arctowski Station; meteorological condition; climate

• Publisher: Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 14
• Pages: 79-89

Dates

published

2010

Contributors

author

Piotr J. Angiel

• Department of Antarctic Biology, Polish Academy of Science
• The University of Western Ontario, Department of Earth Science, Canada

author

Mariusz Potocki

• Department of Antarctic Biology, Polish Academy of Science
• The University of Maine, The Climate Change Institute,, USA

author

Julita Biszczuk-Jakubowska

• Centre of Aerology, Institute of Meteorology and Water Management
• Department of Antarctic Biology, Polish Academy of Science

translator

Maciej Janicki

References

• Fedak K. Gerstmann K. Marsz A, 1985, Zatoka Admiralicji. Opis locyjny. [Admirality Bay. Sailing direction] WSM, Gdynia.
• Fourtuin J.P.F., Oerlemans J., 1990, Parameterisation of the annual surface temperature and mass balance of Antarctica, Annals of Glaciology 14, 78-84.
• Gonera P., Rachlewicz G., 1997, Snow cover at Arctowski Station, King George Island, in winter 1991, Polish Polar Research 18(1), 3-14.
• Kejna M., 1999, Air temperature on King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Polish Polar Research, 20 (3), 183-201.
• Kejna M., 2006, Zmiany klimatu w Antarktyce, [Climate changes in the Antarctic] in: Materiały pokonferencyjne: Zmiany klimatyczne w Arktyce i Antarktyce w ostatnim pięćdziesięcioleciu XX wieku i ich implikacje środowiskowe, Akademia Morska, Gdynia.
• Kejna M., Laska K., 1997, Warunki pogodowe na Stacji H. Arctowskiego (Szetlandy Pd., Antarktyka) w 1996 roku. [Weather conditions at the H.Arctowski Station (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica) in 1996], Problemy Klimatologii Polarnej 7, Gdynia, s. 91-108.
• Kejna M., Laska K. 1999, Weather conditions at Arctowski Station, King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, in 1996, Polish Polar Research, 20 (3), 203-220.
• Kruszewski G., 2002. Zlodzenie Zatoki Admiralicji - przebieg i uwarunkowania [Ice cover in Admiralty Bay - its course and conditions], Akademia Morska, Gdynia.
• Marsz A., Styszyńska A., (eds.), 2000, Główne cechy klimatu rejonu Polskiej Stacji Antarktycznej im. H. Arctowskiego, [Basic characteristics of climate in the area of the Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station], Wyższa Szkoła Morska w Gdyni, Gdynia.
• Marsz A.A., 2002, Ujemny trend rocznych sum opadowych na Stacji im. H. Arctowskiego (Wyspa Króla Jerzego, Szetlandy Południowe, Antarktyka Zachodnia), [Negative trends in annual sums of precipitation at the Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station - King George Island, South Shetland Islands, West Antarctic], Problemy Klimatologii Polarnej, 8, 63-78.
• Martianov V., Rakusa-Suszczewski S., 1989, Ten years of climate observations at the Arctowski and Bellingshausen Station (King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica), (In:) Birkenmeyer A. (Ed.), Global Change Regional Research Centres: Scientific Problems and Concept Developments, IGBP IASA UNESCO PAS Seminar, Warsaw, Jablonna, p. 80-87.
• Rachlewicz G., 1997, Mid-winter thawing in the vicinity of Arctowski Station, King George Island, Polish Polar Research 18 (1), 15-24.
• Rakusa-Suszczewski S., 2002, Landscape, climate and geoecosystem changes in Admiralty Bay, South Shetland Islands, Maritime Antarctic, (In:) Beyer L. and Bölter M. (Eds.), GeoEcology of Terrestrial Antarctic Oases. Ecological Studies 154, Springer, Berlin, 23-39.
• Zwolska I., 1999, Przebieg podstawowych elementów meteorologicznych na Stacji im. H. Arctowskiego w 1998 roku na tle danych z wielolecia 1977-1998 [The duration of basic meteorological elements at the H. Arctowski Station in 1998, in the light of multi-year data from 1977-1998], Problemy Klimatologii Polarnej, 9, 153-164.

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

2034140