Glacier winds and parameterisation of the related surface heat fluxes

• Main Authors: Oerlemans, J., Grisogono, B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Natuur- en Sterrenkunde; Greenland; Vatnajökull; glacier; Iceland
• Online Access: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/21433

The katabatic flow over glaciers is studied with data from automatic weather stations (AWS). We analyse data from the Morteratschgletscher (Switzerland), Vatnajökull (Iceland) and West Greenland, and conclude that katabatic flow is very common over melting glacier surfaces and rarely disrupted by th...