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Ocean-ice-atmosphere processes


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[ In press/accepted | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | Submitted | Ph.d. theses ]
Esau, I., and S. Sorokina, 2009: The Arctic planetary boundary layer climatology. In press Atmospheric Turbulence: Prediction, Measurement, and Effects. Frank Columbus (Ed.), Nova Science Publishers.

Fer, I., R. Skogseth, and F. Geyer, 2009: Mixing in the Marginal Ice Zone near the Yermak Plateau. Part I: Hydrography and Internal Waves. To appear in J. Phys. Oceanogr. [ preprint ]

Sandø, A.B., J.E.Ø. Nilsen, Y. Gao, and K. Lohmann, 2009: The importance of heat transports and local air-sea heat fluxes to the Barents Sea climate variability. In press J. Geophys. Res. [ preprint ]

Zilitinkevich, S.S., and I. Esau, 2009: Planetary boundary layer feedbacks in climate system and triggering global warming in the night, in winter and at high latitudes. To appear in Geography, Environment and Sustainability.

[ In press/accepted | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | Submitted | Ph.d. theses ]
Fer, I., G. Voet, K.S. Seim, B. Rudels, and K. Latarius, 2010: Intense mixing of the Faroe Bank Channel overflow. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L02604, doi:10.1029/2009GL041924. [ reprint ]

Geyer, F., I. Fer, and L.H. Smedsrud, 2010: Structure and forcing of the overflow at the Storfjorden sill and its connection to the Arctic coastal polynya in Storfjorden. Ocean Sci., 6, 401-411. [ reprint ]

Sirevaag, A., M.G. McPhee, J.H. Morison, W.J. Shaw, and T.P. Stanton, 2010: Wintertime Mixed Layer Measurements at Maud Rise, Weddell Sea. J. Geophys. Res., 115, C02009, doi:10.1029/2008JC005141. [ reprint ]

Smedsrud, L.H., R. Ingvaldsen, J.E.Ø. Nilsen, and Ø. Skagseth, 2010: Heat in the Barents Sea: transport, storage and surface fluxes. Ocean Sci., 6, 219-234. [ reprint ]

Voet, G., D. Quadfasel, K.A. Mork, and H. Søiland, 2010: The mid-depth circulation of the Nordic Seas derived from profiling float observations. Tellus A, doi:10.1111/j.1600-0870.2010.00444.x. [ reprint ]

[ In press/accepted | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | Submitted | Ph.d. theses ]
Darelius, E., L.H. Smedsrud, S. Østerhus, A. Foldvik and T. Gammelsrød, 2009: The structure and variability of the Filchner Overflow plume. Tellus A, 61, 446-464.

Eldevik, T., J.E.Ø. Nilsen, D. Iovino, K.A. Olsson, A.B. Sandø, and H. Drange, 2009: Observed sources and variability of Nordic seas overflow. Nature Geoscience, 2, 406-410, doi: 10.1038/NGEO518. [ reprint ]

Esau, I., 2009: Large-eddy simulations of geophysical turbulent flows with applications to planetary boundary layer research. Proceedings of 5th conference on computational mechanics "MekIT'09", Trondheim, 26-27 May. B. Skallerud and H.I. Andersson (Eds.), Tapir Academic Press, 7-37.

Esau, I., 2009: Comment on "Do stable atmospheric layers exist?" by S. Lovejoy et al., Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L11811, doi:10.1029/2008GL034231.

Fer, I., 2009: Weak vertical diffusion allows maintenance of cold halocline in the central Arctic. Atmos. Ocean. Sci. Lett., 2(3), 148-152. [ reprint ]

Geyer, F., I. Fer, and T. Eldevik, 2009: Dense overflow from an Arctic fjord: mean seasonal cycle, variability and wind influence. Cont. Shelf Res., 29, 2110-2121. [ reprint ]

Holbrook, W.S., I. Fer, and R.W. Schmitt, 2009: Images of internal tides near the Norwegian continental slope. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, doi:10.1029/2009GL038909. [ reprint ]

Hunegnaw, A., F. Siegismund, R. Hipkin, and K.A. Mork, 2009: Absolute flow field estimation for the Nordic Seas from combined gravimetric, altimetric and in situ data. J. Geophys. Res., 114(C), doi:10.1029/2008JC004797.

Jeansson, E., K.A. Olsson, M.-J. Messias, Y. Kasajima, and T. Johannessen, 2009: Evidence of Greenland Sea water in the Iceland Basin. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, doi:10.1029/2009GL037988

Mork, K.A., and Ø. Skagseth, 2008: Volume, heat, and freshwater fluxes towards the Arctic from combined altimetry and hydrography in the Norwegian Sea. Ocean Sci. Discuss., 6, 2357-2388. [ reprint ]

Orre, S., J.N. Smith, V. Alfimov, and M. Bentsen, 2009: Simulating transport of 129I and idealized tracers in the northern North Atlantic Ocean. Environ. Fluid Mech., doi:10.1007/s10652-009-9138-3.

Rossby, T., M. Prater, and Søiland, H., 2009: Pathways of inflow and dispersion of warm waters in the Nordic seas. J. Geophys. Res., 115(C), doi:10.1029/2008JC005073.

Sirevaag, A., 2009: Turbulent exchange coefficients for the ice/ocean interface in case of rapid melting. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L04606, doi:10.1029/2008GL036587. [ reprint ]

Sirevaag, A., and I. Fer, 2009: Early Spring Oceanic Heat Fluxes and Mixing Observed from Drift Stations North of Svalbard. J. Phys. Oceanog., 39, 3049-3069. [ reprint ]

Skogseth, R., F. Nilsen, and L.H. Smedsrud, 2009: Supercooled Water in an Arctic Polynya : Observations and Modeling. J. Glaciology, 55, 43-52. [ reprint ]

Wilkinson, J. P., and 14 co-authors including S. de la Rosa and L.H. Smedsrud, 2009: Ice Tank Experiments Highlight Changes in Sea Ice Types. Eos Trans. AGU. 90(10), doi:10.1029/2009EO100002.

[ In press/accepted | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | Submitted | Ph.d. theses ]
Ardhuin, F., A.D. Jenkins, and K.A. Belibassakis, 2008: Commentary on "The Three-Dimensional Current and Surface Wave Equations" by George Mellor. J. Phys. Oceanog., 38, 1340-1350. [ preprint ]

Byrkjedal, Ø., I. Esau, and N.-G. Kvamstø, 2008: Sensitivity of simulated wintertime Arctic atmosphere to vertical resolution in the ARPEGE/IFS model. Climate Dynamics, 30, 687-201.

Canuto, V.M., Y. Cheng, A.M. Howard, and I. Esau, 2008: Stably stratified flows: A model with no Ri(cr). J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 2437-2447.

Daae, K.L., I. Fer, E.P. Abrahamsen, 2008: Mixing on the Continental Slope of the Southern Weddell Sea. J. Geophys. Res., 114(C), doi:10.1029/2008JC005259. [ reprint ]

Darelius, E., 2008: Topographic steering of dense overflows: laboratory experiments with V-shaped ridges and canyons. Deep Sea Res. I, 55, 1921-1034. [ preprint ]

Esau, I., 2008: Formulation of the Planetary Boundary Layer Feedback in the Earth's Climate System. Computational Technologies, 13, 95-103.

Fer, I., and B. Ådlandsvik, 2008: Descent and mixing of the overflow plume from Storfjord in Svalbard: an idealized numerical model study, Ocean Sci., 4, 115-132. [ reprint ]

Gascard, J.C., and K.A. Mork, 2008: Climatic importance of large scale and mesoscale circulation in the Lofoten Basin deduced from lagrangian observations during ASOF. In Arctic - Subarctic Ocean Fluxes: Defining the role of the Northern Seas in Climate. Dickson B., J. Meincke and P. Rhines (Eds.), Springer Verlag. [ preprint, figures ]

Holliday, S.P., L. Hughes, S. Bacon, A. Beszczynska-Moller, B. Hansen, A. Lavin, H. Loeng, K.A. Mork, S. Østerhus, T. Sherwin, W. Walczowski, 2008: Reversal of the 1960s - 1990s Freshening Trend in the North Atlantic and Nordic Seas. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, doi:10.1029/2007GL032675.

Iovino, D., F. Straneo, and M. A. Spall, 2008: On the effect of a sill on dense water formation in a marginal sea. J. Mar. Res., 66, 325-345. [ reprint ]

Jeansson, E., S. Jutterstrom, B. Rudels, L.G. Anderson, K.A. Olsson, E.P. Jones, W.M. Smethie Jr., and J.H. Swift, 2008: Sources to the East Greenland Current and its contribution to the Denmark Strait overflow. Prog. Oceanog., 78, 12-28.

Jutterstrom, S. and E. Jeansson, 2008: Anthropogenic carbon in the East Greenland Current. Prog. Oceanog., 78, 29-36.

Jutterstrom, S., E. Jeansson, L.G. Anderson, R.G.J. Bellerby, E.P. Jones, W.M. Smethie Jr., and J.H. Swift, 2008: Evaluation of anthropogenic carbon in the Nordic Seas using observed relationships of N, P and C versus CFCs. Prog. Oceanog., 78, 78-84.

Kahnert, M., A.D. Sandvik, M. Biryulina, J.J. Stamnes, and K. Stamnes, 2008: Impact of ice particle shape on short wave radiative forcing: A case study for an arctic ice cloud. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 109, 1196-1218.

Marnela, M., B. Rudels, B., K.A. Olsson, L.G. Anderson, E. Jeansson, D.J. Torres, M.-J. Messias, J.H. Swift, and A.J. Watson, 2008: SF6 and volume transports through Fram strait. Prog. Oceanog., 78, 1-11.

Messias, M.-J., A.J. Watson, T. Johannessen, K.I.C. Oliver, K.A. Olsson, E. Fogelqvist, J. Olafsson, S. Bacon, J. Balle, N. Bergman, G. Budeus, M. Danielsen, J.-C- Gascard, E. Jeansson, S.R. Olafsdottir, K. Simonsen, T. Tanhua, K. Van Scoy, J.R. Ledwell, 2008: The Greenland Sea Tracer Experiment 1996-2002: horizontal mixing and transport of Greenland Sea Intermediate Water. Prog. Oceanog., 78, 85-105.

Oliver, K.I.C., T. Eldevik, D.P. Stevens and A. Watson, 2008: A Greenland Sea perspective on the dynamics of post-convective eddies. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 38, 2755-2771. [ preprint ]

Orre, S., Y. Gao, H. Drange, and E. Deleersnijder, 2008: Diagnosing ocean tracer transport from Sellafield and Dounreay by equivalent diffusion and age. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 25, 805-814. [ reprint ]

Skagseth, Ø., T. Furevik, R. Ingvaldsen, H. Loeng, K.A. Mork, K.A. Orvik, and V. Ozhigin, 2008: Volume and heat transports to the Arctic Ocean via the Norwegian and Barents Seas. In Arctic - Subarctic Ocean Fluxes: Defining the role of the Northern Seas in Climate. Dickson B., J. Meincke and P. Rhines (Eds.), Springer Verlag. [ preprint ]

Skogseth, R., L.H. Smedsrud, F. Nilsen, and I. Fer, 2008: Observations of hydrography and downflow of brine-enriched shelf water in the Storfjorden polynya, Svalbard. J. Geophys. Res., 113(C), doi:10.1029/2007JC004452. [ preprint ]

Smedsrud, L.H., A. Sorteberg, and K. Kloster, 2008: Recent and future changes of the Arctic Sea Ice Cover. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, doi:10.1029/2008GL034813. [ reprint ]

Søiland, H., W.P. Budgell, and Ø Knutsen, 2008: The physical oceanographic conditions along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge north of the Azores in June-July 2004. Deep Sea Res. II, 55, 29-44.

Søiland, H., M. Prater and T. Rossby, 2008: Rigid topographic control of currents in the Nordic Seas. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, doi:10.1029/2008GL034846. [ reprint ]

Tanhua, T., K.A. Olsson, and E. Jeansson, 2008: Tracer evidence of the origin and variability of Denmark Strait Overflow Water. In Arctic - Subarctic Ocean Fluxes: Defining the role of the Northern Seas in Climate. Dickson B., J. Meincke and P. Rhines (Eds.), Springer Verlag. [ preprint ]

Zilitinkevich, S.S., T. Elperin, N. Kleorin, I. Rogachevskii, I. Esau, T. Mauritsen, and M. W. Miles, 2008: Turbulence energetics in stably stratified geophysical flows: strong and weak mixing regimes. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 134, 793-799. [ reprint ]

Wahlin, A.K., E. Darelius, C. Cenedese and G. Lane-Serff, 2008: Mixing in density currents induced by submarine canyons and ridges. Deep Sea Res. I, 55, 737-750.

[ In press/accepted | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | Submitted | Ph.d. theses ]
Cottier, F.R., F. Nilsen, M.E. Inall, S. Gerland, V. Tverberg, and H. Svendsen, 2007: Wintertime warming of an Arctic shelf in response to large-scale atmospheric circulation. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L10607, doi:10.1029/2007GL029948.

Darelius, E. and A.K. Wahlin, 2007: Downward flow of dense water leaning on a submarine ridge. Deep Sea Res. I, 6, 1173-1188.

Esau, I., 2007: Amplification of turbulent exchange over wide Arctic leads: Large-eddy simulation study. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D08109, doi:10.1029/2006JD007225.

Esau, I., and Ø. Byrkjedal, 2007: Application of large eddy simulation database to optimization of first order closures for neutral and stably stratified boundary layers. Boundary Layer Meteorology, 125, 207-225.

Esau, I., and A. Grachev, 2007: Turbulent Prandtl Number in Stably Stratified Atmospheric Boundary Layer: Intercomparison between LES and SHEBA Data. e-WindEng, 6, 1-17. [ preprint ]

Fer, I., and K. Widell, 2007: Early spring turbulent mixing in an ice-covered Arctic fjord during transition to melting. Cont. Shelf Res., 27, 1980-1999. [ reprint ]

Fer, I. and A. Sundfjord (2007). Observations of upper ocean boundary layer dynamics in the marginal ice zone. J. Geophys. Res., 112, C04012, doi:10.1029/2005JC003428. [ reprint ]

Jenkins, A.D., 2007: Interaction of waves, surface currents, and turbulence: the application of surface-following coordinate systems. Journal of Ocean University of China, 6, 319-331.

Jenkins, A.D., 2007: The Interaction of Ocean Surface Processes, Waves, and Turbulence in the Adjacent Boundary Layers. Transport at the air-sea interface. Springer Verlag 2007. 145-158.

Jenkins, A.D., 2007: On turbulent flux observations from moving measurement platforms. Proceeding of The Sixteenth International Offshore and Polar engineering Conference 2007, 3(17), 1876-1879.

Mauritsen, T., G. Svensson, S.S. Zilitinkevich, I. Esau, L. Enger, and B. Grisogono, 2007: A total turbulent energy closure model for neutral and stably stratified atmospheric boundary layers. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 4117-4130.

Nilsen, J.E.Ø. and F. Nilsen, 2007: The Atlantic Water Flow along the Vøring Plateau: Detecting Frontal Structures in Oceanic Station Time Series. Deep Sea Res. I, 54, 297-319. [ reprint ]

Orre, S., Y. Gao, H. Drange, J.E.Ø. Nilsen, 2007: A Reassessment of the Dispersion Properties of 99Tc in the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea. J. Mar. Sys., 68, 24-38. [ reprint ]

Reuder, J., G.O. Fagerlid, I. Barstad, and A. Sandvik, 2007: Stord Orographic Precipitation Experiment (STOPEX): an overview of phase I. Adv. Geosci., 10, 17-23. [ reprint ]

Sandvik, A., M. Biryulina, N.G. Kvamstø, J.J. Stamnes, and K. Stamnes, 2007: Observed and simulated microphysical composition of arctic clouds: Data properties and model validation. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D05205, doi:10.1029/2006JD007351. [ reprint ]

Siegismund, F., H. Drange, J. Johannessen, K.A. Mork, A. Korablev, 2007: Steric height variability in the Nordic Seas. J. Geophys. Res., 112, C12010, doi:10.1029/2007JC004221. [ reprint ]

Skogseth, R., A.D. Sandvik, and L. Asplin, 2007: Wind and tidal forcing on the meso-scale circulation in Storfjorden, Svalbard. Cont. Shelf Res., 27, 208-227. [ reprint ]

Sundfjord, A., I. Fer, Y. Kasajima, and H. Svendsen, 2007: Observations of turbulence in the marginal ice zone of the Barents Sea. J. Geophys. Res, 112, C05008, doi:10.1029/2006JC003524.

Tang, C.L., W. Perrie, A.D. Jenkins, B.M. DeTracey, Y. Hu, B. Toulany, and P.C. Smith, 2007: Observation and modelling of surface currents on the Grand Banks - A study of the wave effects on surface currents. J. Geophys. Res., 112(C), doi:10.1029/2006JC004028

Zilitinkevich, S.S., and I. Esau, 2007: Similarity theory and calculation of turbulent fluxes at the surface for the stably stratified atmospheric boundary layers. Boundary Layer Meteorology, 125, 193-205.

Zilitinkevich, S., I. Esau, and A. Baklanov, 2007: Further comments on the equilibrium height of neutral and stable planetary boundary layers. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 133, 265-271.

[ In press/accepted | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | Submitted | Ph.d. theses ]
Ardhuin, F. and A.D. Jenkins, 2006: On the interaction of surface waves and upper ocean turbulence. J. Phys. Oceanog., 36, 551-557.

Beare, R. J., M.K MacVean, A.A.M. Holtslag, J. Cuxart, I. Esau, J.-C. Golaz, M.A. Jimenez, M. Khairoutdinov, B. Kosovic, D. Lewellen, T.S. Lund, J.K. Lundquist, A. McCabe, A.F. Moene, Y. Noh, S. Raasch, and P. Sullivan, 2006: An intercomparison of large-eddy simulations of the stable boundary layer. Boundary Layer Meteorology, 118, 247-272.

Bye, J.A.T. and A.D. Jenkins, 2006: Drag coefficient reduction at very high wind speeds. J. Geophys. Res., 111, C03024, doi:10.1029/2005JC003114.

Cushman-Roisin, B. and A.D. Jenkins, 2006: On a non-local parameterisation for shear turbulence and the uniqueness of its solutions. Boundary-layer Meteorology, 118, 69-82.

Esau, I., and S.S. Zilitinkevich, 2006: Universal Dependences between Turbulent and Mean Flow Parameters in Stably and Neutrally Stratified Planetary Boundary Layers. Nonlin. Proc. Geophys., 13, 122-144.

Fer, I., 2006: Scaling turbulent dissipation in an Arctic fjord. Deep Sea Res. II, 53, 77-95. [reprint]

Geyer F., S. Østerhus, B. Hansen, and D. Quadfasel, 2006: Observations of highly regular oscillations in the overflow plume downstream of the Faroe Bank Channel. J. Geophys. Res., 111, C12020.

Hop, H., S. Falk-Petersen, H. Svendsen, V. Pavlov, and O. Pavlova, 2006: Physical and biological characteristics of the pelagic system across Fram Strait to Kongsfjorden. Prog. Oceanog., 71, 182-231.

Isachsen, P.E., C. Mauritzen, and H. Svendsen, 2006: The Arctic Mediterranean overturning circulation: can its strength be diagnosed from regional sea surface buoyancy fluxes? Deep Sea Res. I, 54, 22-41.

Jenkins, A.D. and J.A.T. Bye, 2006: Some aspects of the work of V.W. Ekman. Polar Record, 42, 15-22.

Orre, S., B. Gjevik, and J.H. LaCasce, 2007: Characterizing chaotic dispersion in a coastal tidal model. Cont. Shelf. Res., 26, 1360-1374. [ reprint ]

Smedsrud, L.H., P. Budgell, A.D. Jenkins, and B. Ådlandsvik, 2006: Fine-scale sea-ice modelling of the Storfjorden polynya, Svalbard. Annals of Glaciology, 44, 73-79. [ reprint ]

Smedsrud, L.H., A. Jenkins, D.M. Holland, and O.A. Nøst, 2006: Modeling ocean processes below Fimbulisen, Antarctica. J. Geophys. Res., 111, C01007, doi:10.1029/2005JC002915. [ reprint ]

Smedsrud, L.H. and R. Skogseth, 2006: Field measurements of Arctic grease ice properties and processes. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 44, 171-183. [reprint]

Svendsen, H., Rosland, R., S. Myking, J.A. Vargas, O.G. Lizano, and E.J. Alfaro, 2006: A physical-oceanographic study of Golfo Dulce, Coasta Rica. Rev. Biol. Trop., 54, 147-170.

Widell, K., I. Fer, and P.M. Haugan, 2006: Salt release from warming sea ice. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L12501, doi:10.1029/2006GL026262. [ reprint ]

Zilitinkevich, S. S., J.C.R. Hunt, A.A. Grachev, I.N. Esau, D.P. Lalas, E. Akylas, M. Tombrou, C.W. Fairall, H.J.S. Fernando, A. Baklanov, S.M. Joffre, 2006: The influence of large convective eddies on the surface layer turbulence. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 132, 1423-1456.

[ In press/accepted | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | Submitted | Ph.d. theses ]
Alexeev, V.A., I. Esau, I.V. Polyakov, S.J. Byam, and S. Sorokina, 2009: Vertical structure of recent Arctic warming from observed data and reanalysis products, submitted Climatic Change.

Eakin, D., W.S. Holbrook, and I. Fer, 2009: Seismic reflection imaging of large-amplitude lee waves in the Caribbean Sea. Submitted Geophys. Res. Lett..

Eldevik, T., and J.E.Ø. Nilsen, 2010: Constraining the Arctic/Atlantic thermohaline circulation. Submitted to Nature Geoscience.

Fer, I., and F. Geyer, 2009: Mixing in the Marginal Ice Zone near the Yermak Plateau. Part II: Tidal forcing. Submitted J. Phys. Oceanogr. [ preprint ]

Holbrook, W.S., I. Fer, R.W. Schmitt, W.F. Fortin, and J.M. Klymak, 2009: Estimating Turbulent Dissipation in the Ocean from Seismic Reflection Images. Submitted Geophys. Res. Lett..

Nandi, P., W.S. Holbrook, R.W. Schmitt, I. Fer, and P. Paramo, 2009: Weak internal wave activity reveals a thermohaline staircase in the Western Tropical North Atlantic. Submitted Geophys. Res. Lett..

Årthun, M., and C. Schrum, 2010: Ocean surface heat flux variability in the Barents Sea. Submitted J. Mar. Syst..
[ In press/accepted | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | Submitted | Ph.d. theses ]
Darelius, E., 2007: On the influence of small-scale topography on dense plumes, with a special focus on the Filchner Overflow Plume.

Geyer, F., 2010: Overflow and topographically induced mixing on the Svalbard shelf.

Iovino, D., 2007: On the Nordic Seas' role in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.

Orre, S., 2008: Circulation features in the northern North Atlantic Ocean inferred from simulated radioactive tracers.

Sirevaag, A., 2009: Small-scale dynamics of the under-ice boundary layer.
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