Observation and simulation of mountain wave turbulence above Iceland: Turbulence intensification due to wave interference

• Published in: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
• Main Authors: Wilms, Henrike, Bramberger, Martina, Dörnbrack, Andreas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2020
• Subjects: Verkehrsmeteorologie; Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre; Langjökull; Hofsjökull; Iceland
• Online Access: https://elib.dlr.de/135251/; https://elib.dlr.de/135251/1/qj.3848.pdf; https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/qj.3848

The High‐Altitude LOng Range research aircraft (HALO) encountered strong turbulence above Iceland at 13.8 km altitude on 13 October 2016. The generation of turbulence along the flight path is studied through numerical simulations in combination with the aircraft insitu observations. From the insitu...