The Nature of the Ny-Ålesund Wind Field Analysed by High-Resolution Windlidar Data
In this work we present windlidar data for the research village Ny-Ålesund located on Svalbard in the European Arctic ( <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>78.923</mn><mo>°</mo></mrow&...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:31bb780b82b54d2989d13224f6f36787 2023-05-15T15:12:41+02:00 The Nature of the Ny-Ålesund Wind Field Analysed by High-Resolution Windlidar Data Sandra Graßl Christoph Ritter Alexander Schulz 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14153771 https://doaj.org/article/31bb780b82b54d2989d13224f6f36787 EN eng MDPI AG https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/14/15/3771 https://doaj.org/toc/2072-4292 doi:10.3390/rs14153771 2072-4292 https://doaj.org/article/31bb780b82b54d2989d13224f6f36787 Remote Sensing, Vol 14, Iss 3771, p 3771 (2022) windlidar wind field wind channelling jets Ny-Ålesund Svalbard Science Q article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14153771 2022-12-30T21:13:15Z In this work we present windlidar data for the research village Ny-Ålesund located on Svalbard in the European Arctic ( <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>78.923</mn><mo>°</mo></mrow></semantics></math> N, <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>11.928</mn><mo>°</mo></mrow></semantics></math> E) from 2013 to 2021. The data have a resolution of 50 m and 10 min with an overlapping height of about 150 m. The maximum range depends on the meteorologic situation. Up to 1000 m altitude the data availability is better than <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>71</mn><mo>%</mo></mrow></semantics></math> . We found that the highest wind speeds occur in November and December, the lowest ones in June and July, up to 500 m altitude the wind is channelled strongly in ESE to NW direction parallel to the fjord axis and the synoptic conditions above 1000 m altitude already dominate. While the fraction of windy days ( <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>v</mi><mo>></mo><mn>10</mn><mspace width="3.33333pt"></mspace><mfrac><mi mathvariant="normal">m</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">s</mi></mfrac></mrow></semantics></math> ) varies significantly from month to month, there is no overall trend of the wind visible in our data set. We define gusts and jets by the requirement of wind maxima <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>v</mi><mo>></mo><mn>2</mn><mspace width="3.33333pt"></mspace><mfrac><mi ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Ny Ålesund Ny-Ålesund Svalbard Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Svalbard Ny-Ålesund Remote Sensing 14 15 3771 |
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In this work we present windlidar data for the research village Ny-Ålesund located on Svalbard in the European Arctic ( <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>78.923</mn><mo>°</mo></mrow></semantics></math> N, <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>11.928</mn><mo>°</mo></mrow></semantics></math> E) from 2013 to 2021. The data have a resolution of 50 m and 10 min with an overlapping height of about 150 m. The maximum range depends on the meteorologic situation. Up to 1000 m altitude the data availability is better than <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>71</mn><mo>%</mo></mrow></semantics></math> . We found that the highest wind speeds occur in November and December, the lowest ones in June and July, up to 500 m altitude the wind is channelled strongly in ESE to NW direction parallel to the fjord axis and the synoptic conditions above 1000 m altitude already dominate. While the fraction of windy days ( <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>v</mi><mo>></mo><mn>10</mn><mspace width="3.33333pt"></mspace><mfrac><mi mathvariant="normal">m</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">s</mi></mfrac></mrow></semantics></math> ) varies significantly from month to month, there is no overall trend of the wind visible in our data set. We define gusts and jets by the requirement of wind maxima <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>v</mi><mo>></mo><mn>2</mn><mspace width="3.33333pt"></mspace><mfrac><mi ... |
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The Nature of the Ny-Ålesund Wind Field Analysed by High-Resolution Windlidar Data |
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The Nature of the Ny-Ålesund Wind Field Analysed by High-Resolution Windlidar Data |
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The Nature of the Ny-Ålesund Wind Field Analysed by High-Resolution Windlidar Data |
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The Nature of the Ny-Ålesund Wind Field Analysed by High-Resolution Windlidar Data |
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The Nature of the Ny-Ålesund Wind Field Analysed by High-Resolution Windlidar Data |
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nature of the ny-ålesund wind field analysed by high-resolution windlidar data |
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