Case studies of the wind field around Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, using unmanned aircraft
| Autor: | Martin Schön, Irene Suomi, Barbara Altstädter, Bram van Kesteren, Kjell zum Berge, Andreas Platis, Birgit Wehner, Astrid Lampert, Jens Bange |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Polar Research, Vol 41, Pp 1-15 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0800-0395 1751-8369 |
| DOI: | 10.33265/polar.v41.7884 |
| Popis: | The wind field in Arctic fjords is strongly influenced by glaciers, local orography and the interaction between sea and land. Ny-Ålesund, an important location for atmospheric research in the Arctic, is located in Kongsfjorden, a fjord with a complex local wind field that influences measurements in Ny-Ålesund. Using wind measurements from UAS (unmanned aircraft systems), ground measurements, radiosonde and reanalysis data, characteristic processes that determine the wind field around Ny-Ålesund are identified and analysed. UAS measurements and ground measurements show, as did previous studies, a south-east flow along Kongsfjorden, dominating the wind conditions in Ny-Ålesund. The wind measured by the UAS in a valley 1 km west of Ny-Ålesund differs from the wind measured at the ground in Ny-Ålesund. In this valley, we identify a small-scale catabatic flow from the south to south-west as the cause for this difference. Case studies show a backing (counterclockwise rotation with increasing altitude) of the wind direction close to the ground. A katabatic flow is measured near the ground, with a horizontal wind speed up to 5 m s-1. Both the larger-scale south-east flow along the fjord and the local katabatic flows lead to a highly variable wind field, so ground measurements and weather models alone give an incomplete picture. The comparison of UAS measurements, ground measurements and weather conditions analysis using a synoptic model is used to show that the effects measured in the case studies play a role in the Ny-Ålesund wind field in spring. |
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