Observation and modelling of gap flow and wake formation on Svalbard

• Published in: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
• Main Authors: Barstad, Idar, Adakudlu, Muralidhar
• Other Authors: Norwegian Research Council's International Polar Year programme
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2011
• Subjects: Barents Sea; Nordaustlandet; Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; Hinlopen Strait; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.782; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fqj.782; https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/qj.782

Abstract Aircraft observations, satellite information and model simulations are presented for an episode with significant local disturbances in the vicinity of Spitsbergen, on the Svalbard archipelago in the Barents Sea. Relative weak upstream winds from the east gave rise to strong local winds in t...