The impact of resolution on the representation of southeast Greenland barrier winds and katabatic flows

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 3011-3018

  Moore, G W K ^a   Renfrew, I A ^b   Harden, B E ^c   Mernild, S H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

Author keywords

air sea ice interaction; barrier winds; flow distortion; Greenland; katabatic flow; mesoscale meteorology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; SEA ICE;

FLOW DISTORTION; GREENLAND; ICE INTERACTIONS; KATABATIC FLOW; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY;

WIND;

FLOW MODELING; KATABATIC FLOW; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84929503715     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL063550     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Bromwich, D. H., A. B. Wilson, L. Bai, G. E. K. Moore, and, P. Bauer, (2015), Contrasting the regional Arctic System Reanalysis with the global ERA-Interim Reanalysis, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., doi: 10.1002/qj.2527, in press.
2. Carstensen, L. S., and, B. V. Jørgensen, (2010), Weather and climate data from Greenland 1958-2009 Rep, Danish Meteorological Institute.
3. Condron, A., and, I. A. Renfrew, (2013), The impact of polar mesoscale storms on northeast Atlantic Ocean circulation, Nat. Geosci., 6 (1), 34-37.
4. Dee, D. P., et al., (2011), The ERA-Interim Reanalysis: Configuration and performance of the data assimilation system, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 137 (656), 553-597.
5. Doyle, J. D., M. A. Shapiro, Q. Jiang, and, D. L. Bartels, (2005), Large-amplitude mountain wave breaking over Greenland, J. Atmos. Sci., 62 (9), 3106-3126.
6. Haine, T. W. N., S. Zhang, G. W. K. Moore, and, I. A. Renfrew, (2009), On the impact of high-resolution, high-frequency meteorological forcing on Denmark Strait ocean circulation, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 135 (645), 2067-2085.
7. Harden, B. E., and, I. A. Renfrew, (2012), On the spatial distribution of high winds off southeast Greenland, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L14806, doi: 10.1029/2012GL052245.
8. Harden, B. E., I. A. Renfrew, and, G. N. Petersen, (2011), A climatology of wintertime barrier winds off southeast Greenland, J. Clim., 24 (17), 4701-4717.
9. Harden, B. E., R. S. Pickart, and, I. A. Renfrew, (2014a), Offshore transport of dense water from the east Greenland Shelf, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 44 (1), 229-245.
10. Harden, B. E., F. Straneo, and, D. A. Sutherland, (2014b), Moored observations of synoptic and seasonal variability in the east Greenland Coastal Current, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 119 (12), 8838-8857, doi: 10.1002/2014JC010134.
11. Heinemann, G., and, T. Klein, (2002), Modelling and observations of the katabatic flow dynamics over Greenland, Tellus Ser. A-Dyn. Meteorol. Ocean., 54 (5), 542-554.
12. Hines, K. M., D. H. Bromwich, L.-S. Bai, M. Barlage, and, A. G. Slater, (2011), Development and testing of Polar WRF. Part III: Arctic land, J. Clim., 24 (1), 26-48.
13. Liu, A. Q., G. W. K. Moore, K. Tsuboki, and, I. A. Renfrew, (2006), The effect of the sea-ice zone on the development of boundary-layer roll clouds during cold air outbreaks, Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 118 (3), 557-581.
14. Manley, G., (1938), Meteorological observations of the British East Greenland expedition, 1935-36, at Kangerdlugssua, 68° 10′N, 31° 44′W, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 64 (275), 253-276.
15. Mernild, S. H., B. U. Hansen, B. H. Jakobsen, and, B. Hasholt, (2008), Climatic conditions at the Mittivakkat Glacier catchment (1994-2006), Ammassalik Island, SE Greenland, and in a 109-year perspective (1898-2006), Geografisk Tidsskrift-Dan. J. Geogr., 108 (1), 51-72.
16. Moore, G. W. K., (2003), Gale force winds over the Irminger Sea to the east of Cape Farewell, Greenland, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30 (17), 1894, doi: 10.1029/2003GL018012.
17. Moore, G. W. K., (2012), A new look at Greenland flow distortion and its impact on barrier flow, tip jets and coastal oceanography, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L22806, doi: 10.1029/2012GL054017.
18. Moore, G. W. K., (2013), The Novaya Zemlya Bora and its impact on Barents Sea air-sea interaction, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40 (13), 3462-3467, doi: 10.1002/grl.50641.
19. Moore, G. W. K., (2014), Mesoscale structure of Cape Farewell tip jets, J. Clim., 27 (23), 8956-8965.
20. Moore, G. W. K., and, I. A. Renfrew, (2005), Tip jets and barrier winds: A QuikSCAT climatology of high wind speed events around Greenland, J. Clim., 18 (18), 3713-3725.
21. Murray, T., et al., (2010), Ocean regulation hypothesis for glacier dynamics in southeast Greenland and implications for ice sheet mass changes, J. Geophys. Res., 115, F03026, doi: 10.1029/2009JF001522.
22. Oltmanns, M., F. Straneo, G. W. K. Moore, and, S. H. Mernild, (2014), Strong downslope wind events in Ammassalik, southeast Greenland, J. Clim., 27 (3), 977-993.
23. Oltmanns, M., F. Straneo, H. Seo, and, G. W. K. Moore, (2015), The role of wave dynamics and small-scale topography for downslope wind events in southeast Greenland, J. Atmos. Sci., in press.
24. Patoux, J., and, R. A. Brown, (2001), Spectral analysis of QuikSCAT surface winds and two-dimensional turbulence, J. Geophys. Res., 106 (D20), 23,995-24,005, doi: 10.1029/2000JD000027.
25. Petersen, G. N., and, I. A. Renfrew, (2009), Aircraft-based observations of air-sea fluxes over Denmark Strait and the Irminger Sea during high wind speed conditions, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 135 (645), 2030-2045.
26. Petersen, G. N., I. A. Renfrew, and, G. W. K. Moore, (2009), An overview of barrier winds off southeastern Greenland during the Greenland flow distortion experiment, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 135 (645), 1950-1967.
27. Rasmussen, L., (1989), Greenland winds and satellite imagery, Vejret-Dan. Meteorol. Soc., 32-37.
28. Renfrew, I. A., et al., (2008), The Greenland flow distortion experiment, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 89 (9), 1307-1324.
29. Skamarock, W. C., (2004), Evaluating mesoscale NWP models using kinetic energy spectra, Mon. Weather Rev., 132 (12), 3019-3032.
30. Straneo, F., G. S. Hamilton, D. A. Sutherland, L. A. Stearns, F. Davidson, M. O. Hammill, G. B. Stenson, and, A. Rosing-Asvid, (2010), Rapid circulation of warm subtropical waters in a major glacial fjord in east Greenland, Nat. Geosci., 3 (3), 182-186.
31. Våge, K., T. Spengler, H. C. Davies, and, R. S. Pickart, (2009), Multi-event analysis of the westerly Greenland tip jet based upon 45 winters in ERA-40, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 135 (645), 1999-2011.
32. van As, D., et al., (2014), Katabatic winds and piteraq storms: Observations from the Greenland ice sheet, Geol. Surv. Den. Greenl. Bull., 31, 83-86.