Development of a synoptic climatology for the northeast Gulf of Alaska.

Abstract

The subjective, sea level pressure-based, synoptic climatologies of Sorkina and Putnins have been specialized for the coastal region of southern Alaska. The subjective and automated approaches point to 4 persistent patterns: the Aleutian low, the low over the southern Gulf of Alaska, high pressure centered over the E Gulf of Alaska, and high pressure centered over the W Gulf of Alaska. -from Authors