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ARCTIC COOL AIR POOL [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2002-01-21
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Atmospheric Physics
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- arctic cold pool
1, record 1, English, arctic%20cold%20pool
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- cold pool 2, record 1, English, cold%20pool
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
With regard to the Pacific side of the Arctic Basin, Overland et al. (1997) report that the position of the tropospheric cold pool is approximately centered over the Canadian Arctic and the Beaufort Sea, displaced from the North Pole by orographic effects of the North American mountain ranges. The result is advection of atmospheric heat and moisture into the Greenland and Barents seas, and the eastern Arctic. The position of this arctic cold pool in turn affects the position of the arctic front and the atmospheric circulation in the western Pacific. 1, record 1, English, - arctic%20cold%20pool
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
There are at least three distinct types of cold pool: 1. Large (in areal extent), slow-moving vortices at latitudes poleward of roughly 50deg N & S. They are often over, or immediately downwind of the source regions of polar or arctic air masses, in such areas as the Canadian Arctic or Siberian Russia. They take up the characteristics of quasi-permanent features, often appearing on monthly, or even seasonal average maps. The column of very cold (dense) air associated with this version of the cold pool, is reinforced by net outgoing radiation which produces a highly stable, bitterly cold near-surface environment, with a surface ridge or anticyclone on MSLP charts. 2. Once cold air from the source region as detailed in (1.) above is caught up in the circulation of mid-latitude depressions, the characteristics of the air mass are altered ... 3. A pool of cold air can also become "detached" at lower latitudes ... 2, record 1, English, - arctic%20cold%20pool
Record 1, Key term(s)
- arctic cold air pool
- arctic cool air pool
- arctic cool pool
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Physique de l'atmosphère
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- goutte froide
1, record 1, French, goutte%20froide
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- goutte froide de type arctique 1, record 1, French, goutte%20froide%20de%20type%20arctique
feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
En 1992, deux auteurs anglais, Price et Vaughan, publièrent une étude statistique des gouttes froides, en séparant 3 types : les gouttes froides de type arctique, de type polaire et de type subtropicale, en fonction du courant-jet au voisinage duquel eut lieu le détachement stratosphérique. 1, record 1, French, - goutte%20froide
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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