An Aircraft-Based Study of Strong Gap Flows in Nares Strait, Greenland

• Published in: Monthly Weather Review
• Main Author: Heinemann, Günther
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: AMS (American Meteorological Society) 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Nares; Smith Sound; Alfred Wegener Institute; Nares strait; Smith sound
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/50330/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/50330/1/Heinemann.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-18-0178.1

Gap flows and the stable boundary layer were studied in northwest Greenland during the aircraft-based Investigation of Katabatic Winds and Polynyas during Summer (IKAPOS) experiment in June 2010. The measurements were performed using the research aircraft POLAR 5 of Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI; Br...