A comparison of aircraft‐based surface‐layer observations over Denmark Strait and the Irminger Sea with meteorological analyses and QuikSCAT winds

• Published in: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
• Main Authors: Renfrew, I. A., Petersen, G. N., Sproson, D. A. J., Moore, G. W. K., Adiwidjaja, H., Zhang, S., North, R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2009
• Subjects: Denmark Strait; Greenland; North Atlantic; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.444; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fqj.444; https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/qj.444

Abstract A compilation of aircraft observations of the atmospheric surface layer is compared with several meteorological analyses and QuikSCAT wind products. The observations are taken during the Greenland Flow Distortion Experiment, in February and March 2007, during cold‐air outbreak conditions an...