• Evaluation of a sub-kilometre NWP system in an Arctic fjord-valley system in winter 

      Valkonen, Teresa Maaria; Stoll, Patrick; Batrak, Yurii; Køltzow, Morten Andreas Ødegaard; Schneider, Thea Maria; Stigter, Emmy E.; Aashamar, Ola B.; Støylen, Eivind; Jonassen, Marius Opsanger (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-28)
      Terrain challenges the prediction of near-surface atmospheric conditions, even in kilometre-scale numerical weather prediction (NWP) models. In this study, the ALADIN-HIRLAM NWP system with 0.5 km horizontal grid spacing and an increased number of vertical levels is compared to the 2.5-km model system similar to the currently operational NWP system at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. The ...
    • The impact of Arctic late summer sea ice variability on mid-latitude autumn and winter weather. 

      Stoll, Patrick (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-11-18)
      The influence of Arctic summer sea ice area on autumn and winter climate in the extra-tropic Northern hemisphere is investigated. During the last decades, the Arctic has warmed more than twice the global average rate, a phenomenon called the Arctic Amplification (AA). AA involves a remarkable decrease of the Arctic sea ice cover and a decrease of the latitudinal temperature gradient. Both are supposed ...
    • An objective global climatology of polar lows based on reanalysis data 

      Stoll, Patrick; Graversen, Rune; Noer, Gunnar; Hodges, Kevin (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-04-16)
      Here we present an objective global climatology of polar lows. In order to obtain objective detection criteria, the efficacy of several parameters for separating polar lows from other cyclones has been compared. The comparison and the climatology are based on the ERA‐Interim reanalysis from 1979 ‐ 2016 and the high‐resolution Arctic System Reanalysis from 2000 ‐ 2012. The most effective parameters ...
    • Polar Lows - Moist Baroclinic Cyclones in Four Different Vertical Wind Shear Environments 

      Stoll, Patrick; Spengler, Thomas; Terpstra, Annick; Graversen, Rune (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-01-15)
      Polar lows are intense mesoscale cyclones that develop in polar marine air masses. Motivated by the large variety of their proposed intensification mechanisms, cloud structure, and ambient sub-synoptic environment, we use self-organising maps to classify polar lows. The method is applied to 370 polar lows in the north-eastern Atlantic, which were obtained by matching mesoscale cyclones from ...