A climatology of wintertime low-level jets in Nares Strait

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Kohnemann, Svenja H.E., Heinemann, Günther
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2021
• Subjects: Arctic; gap flow; atmospheric modelling; Greenland; North Water Polynya; wind; Ellesmere Island; Nares; Smith Sound; Nares strait; Polar Research; Smith sound
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3622; https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v40.3622

Intense, southward low-level winds are common in Nares Strait, between Ellesmere Island and northern Greenland. The steep topography along Nares Strait leads to channelling effects, resulting in an along-strait flow. This research study presents a 30-year climatology of the flow regime from simulati...