Statistics of Antarctic surface meteorology based on hourly data in 1957-2007 at Syowa Station
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Statistical characteristics of the surface meteorology are examined at Syowa Station (69°00′S, 39°35′E), which is located on an island near the coastal region of the Antarctic continent, based on operational observations made over the 50-year period from February 1957 through January 2007, which includes missing periods equivalent to 5 years. Statistics are obtained for the surface temperature, sea level pressure (SLP), and horizontal winds in terms of frequency distribution, frequency power spectra, seasonal variation, diurnal variation, inter-annual variation, and trends, using hourly observation data, and several interesting characteristics are elucidated. The mean temperature, SLP, and wind speed over the 50-year period are -10.5 °C, 986 hPa, and 6.6 m s^<-1>, respectively. The frequency distribution of temperature is far from the normal one, because less variation exists in summer at higher temperatures. The predominant wind direction is northeasterly (southwestward), and a weak secondary peak is observed in the southerly (northward) direction in the frequency distribution. The directional constancy of winds is 0.78. The frequency spectra over a wide range of 2 h to 20 years exhibit clearly isolated peaks corresponding to annual and diurnal frequencies and their higher harmonics. An important finding is that the spectral shape is proportional to a power of the frequency with a transition frequency for all physical parameters. The transition frequencies correspond to about 5 days for temperature and winds and 3 days for SLP, most likely due to cyclonic activity. A peak in the 11-year solar cycle is not identified in any spectrum. Another interesting feature is the dominance of semi-annual and semi-diurnal variations in SLP, while annual and diurnal variations are dominant for temperature and winds. Statistically significant trends are not detected for annual mean surface temperature and SLP over the 50-year period, while a positive trend is significant for wind speed. These trends are also examined as a function of the months. The inter-annual variation of SLP is well correlated with that of the Antarctic Oscillation index, indicating that Syowa Station can be regarded as a typical Antarctic station. Furthermore, statistical analysis was conducted for blizzards (severe snow storms), in terms of duration, and seasonal and inter-annual variation in frequency of occurrence. It is shown that the blizzards are dominant in the period from late March to late October. No systematic variation in blizzard frequency was observed during the 50-year period. Instead, the frequency depends largely on the year with a minimum of nine in 1988 and a maximum of 42 in 1982. As a typical example, a synoptic chart is used to show the cause of a strong snow storm on 27 May 1996, when the absolute maximum gust was observed.
著者
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SATO Kaoru
Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo
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Hirasawa Naohiko
National Institute of Polar Research
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Hirasawa Naohiko
National Inst. Of Polar Res. 9-10 Kaga 1 Itabashi Tokyo 173-8515 Jpn
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Sato Kaoru
Department Of Earth And Planetary Science The University Of Tokyo
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SATO KAORU
Department of Anesthesiology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine
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