Satellite image of Great Arctic Cyclone of 2012 (center) which was an unusually strong storm which formed over Siberia on August 2, 2012 and tracked into the center of the Arctic Ocean, where it slowly dissipated.
Type
Extratropical cyclone Polar low
Formed
August 2, 2012
Dissipated
August 14, 2012
Highest winds
1-minute sustained: 80 mph (130 km/h)
Lowest pressure
962 hPa (28.41 inHg)
Fatalities
None
Damage
None
Areas affected
Siberia, Alaska, Arctic, Canadian Arctic Archipelago
The Great Arctic Cyclone,[1] or "Great Arctic Cyclone of 2012," was a powerful extratropical cyclone that was centered on the Arctic Ocean in early August 2012. Cyclones of this magnitude are rare in the Arctic summer, although common in the winter. The Great Arctic Cyclone was the strongest summer storm in the Arctic and the 13th strongest storm observed at any time in the Arctic, since satellite observations began in 1979.[2][3]
Although the Great Arctic Cyclone did not cause the record melting of sea ice which occurred in 2012, turbulence from the storm is believed to have contributed to melting of sea ice, due to mechanical ice breakup and the rise of warmer saltier water from below;[4] however the main oceanic heat source, associated with inflowing Atlantic water, remained isolated from the turbulence.[5]
^"Arctic storm part 1: in progress". Arctic Sea Ice Blog. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
^Michael D. Lemonick (December 27, 2012). "Great Arctic Cyclone in Summer 'Unprecedented'". Climate Central. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
^Simmonds, Ian; Irina Rudeva (December 2012). "The great Arctic cyclone of August 2012". Geophysical Research Letters. 39 (23): L23709. Bibcode:2012GeoRL..3923709S. doi:10.1029/2012GL054259.
^Hannah Hickey. "Cyclone did not cause 2012 record low for Arctic sea ice". University of Washington. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
^Lincoln, B., Rippeth, T., Lenn, Y-D., Timmermans, M-L., Willaims, W. & Bacon, S (2016). Wind-driven mixing at intermediate depths in an ice-free Arctic Ocean, Geophysical Research Letters, 43(18), 9749-9756
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