Aircraft-based investigation of boundary layer structures over the North Water Polynya and in summertime katabatic winds over northwest Greenland

• Main Authors: Ernsdorf, Thomas, Heinemann, Günther, Drüe, Clemens
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Smith Sound; Alfred Wegener Institute; glacier; Ice Sheet; Sea ice; Smith sound
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/26463/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/26463/1/2012_Ernsdorf-Heinemann-Druee.pdf; http://polarlow.met.no/workshop/PolarLow2012/Heinemann2.pdf

The experiment IKAPOS (Investigation of Katabatic winds and Polynyas during Summer) was performed in June 2010. It was targeted at the summertime katabatic wind system in coastal areas of northwest Greenland and at atmosphere/sea-ice/ocean exchange processes over the North Water (NOW) Polynya. The k...