14 Jan 2021
Working together with members of the Institute of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences at the University of Innsbruck, and within the scope of the Research Centre-Climate, Cryosphere and Atmosphere, we have published an article in the open-access EGU journal Weather and Climate Dynamics on modern precipitation characteristics in Northeast Greenland.
Title: Lagrangian detection of precipitation moisture sources for an arid region in northeast Greenland: relations to the North Atlantic Oscillation, sea ice cover, and temporal trends from 1979 to 2017
Short summary:
Precipitation and moisture sources over an arid region in northeast Greenland are investigated from 1979 to 2017 by a Lagrangian moisture source diagnostic driven by reanalysis data. Dominant winter moisture sources are the North Atlantic above 45° N. In summer local and north Eurasian continental sources dominate. In positive phases of the North Atlantic Oscillation, evaporation and moisture transport from the Norwegian Sea are stronger, resulting in more precipitation.
Available from: https://wcd.copernicus.org/articles/2/1/2021/
Citation: Schuster, L., Maussion, F., Langhamer, L., and Moseley, G. E.: Lagrangian detection of precipitation moisture sources for an arid region in northeast Greenland: relations to the North Atlantic Oscillation, sea ice cover, and temporal trends from 1979 to 2017, Weather Clim. Dynam., 2, 1–17, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2-1-2021, 2021.
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