Gravity Wave Excitation during the Coastal Transition of an Extreme Katabatic Flow in Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
• Main Authors: Vignon, Etienne, Picard, Ghislain, Duran-Alarcon, Claudio, Alexander, Simon P., Gallee, Hubert, Berne, Alexis
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Antarctic; Dumont d'Urville; Dumont-d'Urville; Adelie Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-19-0264.1; https://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/277494/files/Pdf.pdf; http://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/277494

The offshore extent of Antarctic katabatic winds exerts a strong control on the production of sea ice and the formation of polynyas. In this study, we make use of a combination of ground-based remotely sensed and meteorological measurements at Dumont d'Urville (DDU) station, satellite images, a...