Foehn jets over the Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 141, Issue 688, 2015, Pages 698-713

  Elvidge, Andrew D ^a   Renfrew, Ian A ^a   King, John C ^b   Orr, Andrew ^b   Lachlan Cope, Tom A ^b   Weeks, Mark ^c   Gray, Sue L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Foehn; Gap flows; Larsen Ice Shelf; Met Office Unified Model; Orographic jets

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; FOEHN; GAP FLOWS; ICE SHELVES; UNIFIED MODELING;

ICE;

EID: 84928277763     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2382     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. Beran DW. 1967. Large amplitude lee waves and chinook winds. J. Appl. Meteorol. 6: 865-877.
2. Bolton D. 1980. The computation of equivalent potential temperature. Mon. Weather Rev. 108: 1046-1053.
3. Brinkmann WA. 1974. Strong downslope winds at Boulder, Colorado. Mon. Weather Rev. 102: 592-602.
4. van den Broeke M. 2005. Strong surface melting preceded collapse of Antarctic Peninsula ice shelf. Geophys. Res. Lett. 32: L12815, doi: 10.1029/2005GL023247.
5. Brown AR, Beare RJ, Edwards JM, Lock AP, Keogh SJ, Milton SF, Walters DN. 2008. Upgrades to the boundary-layer scheme in the Met Office numerical weather prediction model. Boundary-Layer Meteorol. 128: 117-132.
6. Colle BA, Mass CF. 1998. Windstorms along the western side of the Washington Cascade Mountains. Part I: A high-resolution observational and modeling study of the 12 February 1995 event. Mon. Weather Rev. 126: 28-52.
7. Davies T, Cullen MJP, Malcolm AJ, Mawson MH, Staniforth A, White AA, Wood N. 2005. A new dynamical core for the Met Office's global and regional modelling of the atmosphere. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 131: 1759-1782.
8. Dee DP, Uppala SM, Simmons AJ, Berrisford P, Poli P, Kobayashi S, Andrae U, Balmaseda MA, Balsamo G, Bauer P, Bechtold P, Beljaars ACM, van de Berg L, Bidlot J, Bormann N, Delsol C, Dragani R, Fuentes M, Geer AJ, Haimberger L, Healy SB, Hersbach H, Hólm EV, Isaksen L, Kållberg P, Köhler M, Matricardi M, McNally AP, Monge-Sanz BM, Morcrette J-J, Park B-K, Peubey C, de Rosnay P, Tavolato C, Thépaut J-N, Vitart F. 2011. The ERA-Interim reanalysis: Configuration and performance of the data assimilation system. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 137: 553-597.
9. Durran DR. 1986. Another look at downslope windstorms. Part I: The development of analogs to supercritical flow in an infinitely deep, continuously stratified fluid. J. Atmos. Sci. 43: 2527-2543.
10. Durran DR. 1990. Mountain waves and downslope winds. In Atmospheric Processes over Complex Terrain, Blumen W. (ed.) Meteorological Monographs 23: 59-81. American Meteorological Society: Boston, MA.
11. Elvidge AD, Renfrew IA, King JC, Orr A, Lachlan-Cope TA. 2014. Foehn warming distributions in nonlinear and linear flow regimes: A focus on the Antarctic Peninsula. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc (in press).
12. Fiedler EK, Lachlan-Cope TA, Renfrew IA, King JC. 2010. Convective heat transfer over thin ice covered coastal polynyas. J. Geophys. Res. 115: C10051, doi: 10.1029/2009JC005797.
13. Flamant C, Drobinski P, Nance L, Banta R, Darby L, Dusek J, Hardesty M, Pelon J, Richard E. 2002. Gap flow in an Alpine valley during a shallow south foehn event: Observations, numerical simulations and hydraulic analogue. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 128: 1173-1210.
14. Gaberšek S, Durran DR. 2004. Gap flows through idealized topography. Part I: Forcing by large-scale winds in the nonrotating limit. J. Atmos. Sci. 61: 2846-2862.
15. Garman KE, Hill KA, Wyss P, Carlsen M, Zimmerman JR, Stirm BH, Carney TQ, Santini R, Shepson PB. 2006. An airborne and wind tunnel evaluation of a wind turbulence measurement system for aircraft-based flux measurements. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol. 23: 1696-1708.
16. Hunt JCR, Snyder WH. 1980. Experiments on stably and neutrally stratified flow over a model three-dimensional hill. J. Fluid Mech. 96: 671-704.
17. King JC, Lachlan-Cope TA, Ladkin RS, Weiss A. 2008. Airborne measurements in the stable boundary layer over the Larsen Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Boundary-Layer Meteorol. 127: 413-428.
18. Kuipers Munneke P, van den Broeke MR, King JC, Gray T, Reijmer CH. 2012. Near-surface climate and surface energy budget of Larsen C ice shelf, Antarctic Peninsula. The Cryosphere 6: 353-363.
19. van Lipzig NPM, Marshall GJ, Orr A, King JC. 2008. The relationship between the Southern Hemisphere Annular Mode and Antarctic Peninsula summer temperatures: Analysis of a high-resolution model climatology. J. Climate 21: 1649-1668.
20. Liu H, Jezek KC, Li B, Zhao Z. 2001. RADARSAT Antarctic Mapping Project Digital Elevation Model. National Snow and Ice Data Center. Digital Media. National Snow and Ice Data Centre: Boulder, CO.
21. Luckman A, Elvidge AD, Jansen D, Kulessa B, Kuipers Munneke P, King JC, Berrand NE. 2014. Surface melt and ponding on Larsen C Ice Shelf and the impact of foehn winds. Antarct. Sci. (in press).
22. Marshall GJ. 2002. Trends in Antarctic geopotential height and temperature: A comparison between radiosonde and NCEP-NCAR reanalysis data. J. Clim. 15: 659-674.
23. Marshall GJ, Orr A, van Lipzig NP, King JC. 2006. The impact of a changing Southern Hemisphere Annular Mode on Antarctic Peninsula summer temperatures. J. Clim. 19: 5388-5404.
24. Mayr GJ, Armi L, Gohm A, Zängl G, Durran DR, Flamant C, Gaberšek S, Mobbs S, Ross A, Weissmann M. 2007. Gap flows: Results from the Mesoscale Alpine Programme. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 133: 881-896.
25. Morris EM, Vaughan DG. 2003. Spatial and temporal variation of surface temperature on the Antarctic Peninsula and the limit of viability of ice shelves. In Antarctic Peninsula Climate Variability: Historical and Paleoenvironmental Perspectives, Domack E, Leventer A, Burnett A, Bindschadler R, Convey P, Kirby M. (eds.) Antarctic Research Series 79: 61-68. AGU: Washington, DC.
26. Ólafsson H. 2005. The heat source of the foehn. Hrvatski Meteorološki Časopis 40: 542-545.
27. Ólafsson H, Bougeault P. 1996. Nonlinear flow past an elliptic mountain ridge. J. Atmos. Sci. 53: 2465-2489.
28. Ólafsson H, Bougeault P. 1997. The effect of rotation and surface friction on orographic drag. J. Atmos. Sci. 54: 193-210.
29. Orr A, Marshall GJ, Hunt JC, Sommeria J, Wang CG, van Lipzig NP, Cresswell D, King JC. 2008. Characteristics of summer airflow over the Antarctic Peninsula in response to recent strengthening of westerly circumpolar winds. J. Atmos. Sci. 65: 1396-1413.
30. Orr A, Phillips T, Webster S, Elvidge AD, Weeks M, Hosking JS, Turner J. 2014. Met Office Unified Model high-resolution simulations of a strong wind event in Antarctica. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., doi: 10.1002/qj.2296.
31. Overland JE, Walter BA Jr. 1981. Gap winds in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Mon. Weather Rev. 109: 2221-2233.
32. Pan F, Smith RB. 1999. Gap winds and wakes: SAR observations and numerical simulations. J. Atmos. Sci. 56: 905-923.
33. Rignot E, Casassa G, Gogineni P, Krabill W, Rivera A, Thomas R. 2004. Accelerated ice discharge from the Antarctic Peninsula following the collapse of Larsen B Ice Shelf. Geophys. Res. Lett. 31: L18401, doi: 10.1029/2004GL020697.
34. Rignot E, Box JE, Burgess E, Hanna E. 2008. Mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet from 1958 to 2007. Geophys. Res. Lett. 35: L20502, doi: 10.1029/2008GL035417.
35. Scambos TA, Hulbe C, Fahnestock M, Bohlander J. 2000. The link between climate warming and break-up of ice shelves in the Antarctic Peninsula. J. Glaciol. 46: 516-530.
36. Sheppard PA. 1956. Airflow over mountains. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 82: 528-529.
37. Smith RB. 1979. The influence of mountains on the atmosphere. Adv. Geophys. 21: 87-230.
38. Smith RB. 1980. Linear theory of stratified hydrostatic flow past an isolated mountain. Tellus 32: 348-364.
39. Smith RB. 1989. Mountain-induced stagnation points in hydrostatic flow. Tellus A 41: 270-274.
40. Stark JD, Donlon CJ, Martin MJ, McCulloch ME. 2007. 'OSTIA: An operational, high resolution, real time, global sea surface temperature analysis system.' Proceedings of Oceans '07 IEEE Conference, 'Marine Challenges: Coastline to Deep Sea', 18-21 June 2007, Aberdeen, UK.
41. Trombetti F, Tampieri F. 1987. An application of the dividing-streamline concept to the stable airflow over mesoscale mountains. Mon. Weather Rev. 115: 1802-1806.
42. Vaughan DG, Doake CSM. 1996. Recent atmospheric warming and retreat of ice shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula. Nature 379: 328-331.
43. Vaughan DG, Marshall GJ, Connolley WM, King JC, Mulvaney R. 2001. Devil in the detail. Science 293: 1777-1779.
44. Vaughan DG, Marshall GJ, Connolley WM, Parkinson C, Mulvaney R, Hodgson DA, King JC, Pudsey CJ, Turner J. 2003. Recent rapid regional climate warming on the Antarctic Peninsula. Clim. Change 60 243-274.
45. Webster S, Uddstrom M, Oliver H, Vosper S. 2008. A high-resolution modelling case study of a severe weather event over New Zealand. Atmos. Sci. Lett. 9: 119-128.
46. Wernli BH, Davies HC. 1997. A Lagrangian-based analysis of extratropical cyclones. I: The method and some applications. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 123: 467-489.
47. Whiteman CD. 2000. Mountain Meteorology: Fundamentals and applications. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Oxford University Press: New York, NY.
48. WMO. 1992. International Meteorological Vocabulary (2nd edn), WMO-No. 182. World Meteorological Organization: Geneva, Switzerland.
49. Zängl G. 2002. Idealized numerical simulations of shallow foehn. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 128: 431-450.
50. Zängl G. 2003. Deep and shallow south foehn in the region of Innsbruck: Typical features and semi-idealized numerical simulations. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys. 83: 237-261.
51. Zängl G, Chimani B, Häberli C. 2004. Numerical simulations of the foehn in the Rhine Valley on 24 October 1999 (MAP IOP 10). Mon. Weather Rev. 132: 368-389.