The near-surface wind field over the Antarctic continent

van Lipzig, N.P.M.; Turner, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6111-5122; Colwell, S.R.; Van Den Broeke, M.R.. 2004 The near-surface wind field over the Antarctic continent. International Journal of Climatology, 24 (15). 1973-1982. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.1090

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Abstract/Summary

A 14 year integration with a regional atmospheric model has been used to determine the near-Surface climatological wind field over the Antarctic ice sheet at a horizontal grid spacing of 55 km. Previous maps of the near-Surface wind field were generally based on models ignoring the large-scale pressure-gradient forcing term in the momentum equation. Presently. state-of-the-art atmospheric models include all pressure-gradient forcing terms. Evaluation of our model output against in situ data shows that the model is able to represent realistically the observed increase in wind speed going, front the interior to the coast, as well as the observed wind direction at South Pole and Dumont d'Urville and the bimodal wind distribution at Halley.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.1090
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > Antarctic Science in the Global Context (2000-2005) > Antarctic Climate Processes
ISSN:	0899-8418
Additional Keywords:	wind field, Antarctica, atmospheric modelling
NORA Subject Terms:	Meteorology and Climatology Atmospheric Sciences
Date made live:	16 Mar 2012 12:03 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12503

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