Air‐Sea Interactions and Water Mass Transformation During a Katabatic Storm in the Irminger Sea

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Gutjahr, O., Jungclaus, J. H., Brüggemann, N., Haak, H., Marotzke, J., Jungclaus, J. H.; 2 The Ocean in the Earth System Max Planck Institute for Meteorology Hamburg Germany, Brüggemann, N.; 1 Institut für Meereskunde Universität Hamburg Hamburg Germany, Haak, H.; 2 The Ocean in the Earth System Max Planck Institute for Meteorology Hamburg Germany, Marotzke, J.; 2 The Ocean in the Earth System Max Planck Institute for Meteorology Hamburg Germany
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: ddc:551.5; storm‐resolving global climate model; katabatic winds; air‐sea interaction; ICON; water mass transformation; DYAMOND Winter; Greenland; Irminger Sea; Ammassalik; North Atlantic Deep Water; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC018075; http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gldocs-11858/10216

We use a global 5‐km resolution model to analyze the air‐sea interactions during a katabatic storm in the Irminger Sea originating from the Ammassalik valleys. Katabatic storms have not yet been resolved in global climate models, raising the question of whether and how they modify water masses in th...