Working Group of the Arctic Council
Figure 4.6 Development of the synoptic storm on 18 and 19 December 2015 responsible for two fatalities and considerable damage to buildings near Longyearbyen, Svalbard. The plots show archived forecasts from HIRLAM8 (Met Norway). Contours show mean sea-level pressure, green shading indicates wind gusts, and blue areas show the regions in which precipitation fell for a period of 24 hours.
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Publication:
Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic: Perspectives from the Barents Area.
Page number:
67
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Map
Caption:
Figure 4.6 Development of the synoptic storm on 18 and 19 December 2015 responsible for two fatalities and considerable damage to buildings near Longyearbyen, Svalbard. The plots show archived forecasts from HIRLAM8 (Met Norway). Contours show mean sea-level pressure, green shading indicates wind gusts, and blue areas show the regions in which precipitation fell for a period of 24 hours.
Location:
Longyearbyen, Svalbard, forecasts, pressure, wind, precipitation
Additional info:
Development of a synoptic storm
Copyright:
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), 2017
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