Atmospheric conditions over West Greenland in 2017

• Main Author: Cisewski, Boris
• Other Authors: Scienti Council Meeting - June 2018
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization 2018
• Subjects: Text; ddc:570; Greenland; Nuuk; Fyllas Bank
• Online Access: https://www.openagrar.de/receive/openagrar_mods_00042322; https://www.openagrar.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/openagrar_derivate_00016149/dn059988.pdf

An overview of the atmospheric conditions over West Greenland in 2017 is presented. In winter 2016/2017, the NAO index was positive (+1.47) for the fourth consecutive winter. The annual mean air temperature at Nuuk weather station in West Greenland was -0.8°C in 2017, which was 0.6°C above the long-term mean (1981-2010). The current report is restricted on the meteorological conditions because the ICES/NAFO oceanographic sections across Fyllas Bank and Cape Desolation had to be abandoned due to severe weather conditions in autumn 2017.