• Assessment of Atmospheric Reanalyses With Independent Observations in the Weddell Sea, the Antarctic 

      Jonassen, Marius Opsanger; Valisuo, Ilona; Vihma, Timo; Uotila, Petteri; Makshtas, Alexander, P.; Launiainen, Jouko (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Surface layer and upper‐air in situ observations from two research vessel cruises and an ice station in the Weddell Sea from 1992 and 1996 are used to validate four current atmospheric reanalysis products: ERA‐Interim, ...
    • Atmospheric Climatologies Over Isfjorden, Svalbard 

      Frank, Lukas; Jonassen, Marius Opsanger; Skogseth, Ragnheid; Vihma, Timo Pekka (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      The Isfjorden region at the west coast of Spitsbergen is the most easily accessible area in the Svalbard Archipelago, making it a perfect outdoor laboratory for Arctic research. Due to its location in the high Arctic ...
    • The BLLAST field experiment: Boundary-Layer late afternoon and sunset turbulence 

      Lothon, Marie; Louhou, Fabienne; Pino, David; Couvreux, Fleur; Pardyjak, Erik; Reuder, Joachim; Vilà-Guerau De Arellano, Jordi; Durand, Pierre; Hartogensis, Oscar K.; Legain, Dominique; Augustin, Patrick V.; Gioli, Beniamino; Lenschow, Donald H.; Faloona, Ian C.; Yagüe, Carlos; Alexander, Daniel C.; Angevine, Wayne M.; Bargain, Erwan; Barrié, Joël; Bazile, Eric; Bezombes, Yannick; Blay-Carreras, Estel; Van De Boer, Anneke; Boichard, Jean Luc; Bourdon, Anne; Butet, Alain; Campistron, Bernard A.; De Coster, Olivier; Cuxart, Joan; Dabas, Alain M.; Darbieu, Clara; Deboudt, Karine; Delbarre, Hervé; Derrien, Solène; Flament, Pascal; Fourmentin, Marc; Garai, Anirban; Gibert, Fabien; Graf, Alexander T.; Gröbner, Julian; Guichard, Françoise; Jiménez, Mantonia Antonia; Jonassen, Marius Opsanger; Van Den Kroonenberg, Aline C.; Magliulo, Vincenzo; Martin, Sabrina; Martinez, Daniel; Mastrorillo, Laurence; Moene, Arnold F.; Molinos, Francisco Lendinez; Moulin, Emilie; Pietersen, Henk P.; Piguet, Bruno; Pique, Eric; Román-Cascón, Carlos; Rufin-Soler, Caroline; Saïd, Frédérique; Sastre-Marugán, Mariano; Seity, Yann; Steeneveld, Gert Jan; Toscano, Piero; Traullé, Olivier; Tzanos, Diane; Wacker, Stefan; Wildmann, Norman; Zaldei, Alessandro (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-10-16)
      Due to the major role of the sun in heating the earth's surface, the atmospheric planetary boundary layer over land is inherently marked by a diurnal cycle. The afternoon transition, the period of the day that connects the ...
    • Evaluation of a sub-kilometre NWP system in an Arctic fjord-valley system in winter 

      Valkonen, Teresa Maaria; Stoll, Patrick; Batrak, Yurii; Køltzow, Morten Andreas Ødegaard; Schneider, Thea Maria; Stigter, Emmy E.; Aashamar, Ola B.; Støylen, Eivind; Jonassen, Marius Opsanger (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Terrain challenges the prediction of near-surface atmospheric conditions, even in kilometre-scale numerical weather prediction (NWP) models. In this study, the ALADIN-HIRLAM NWP system with 0.5 km horizontal grid spacing ...
    • Evaluation of three numerical weather prediction models for the Weddell Sea region for the Austral winter 2013 

      Jonassen, Marius Opsanger; Nygård, Tiina; Vihma, Timo Pekka (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      It is widely recognized that numerical weather prediction (NWP) results for the Antarctic are relatively poor compared to the mid-latitudes. In this study, we evaluate output from three operational NWP systems: the ECMWF, ...
    • Exploring the potential of the RPA system SUMO for multipurpose boundary-layer missions during the BLLAST campaign 

      Reuder, Joachim; Båserud, Line; Jonassen, Marius Opsanger; Kral, Stephan; Müller, Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-06-24)
      In June and July 2011 the RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft System) SUMO (Small Unmanned Meteorological Observer) performed a total number of 299 scientific flights during the BLLAST (Boundary Layer Late Afternoon and Sunset ...
    • First results of turbulence measurements in a wind park with the Small Unmanned Meteorological Observer SUMO 

      Reuder, Joachim; Jonassen, Marius Opsanger (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-01)
      The Small Unmanned Meteorological Observer (SUMO), equipped with a miniaturized 5-hole probe for turbulent flow measurements with 100 Hz temporal resolution, has for the first time been operated in and around a wind farm. ...
    • The Iceland Greenland seas project 

      Renfrew, Ian Alasdair; Pickart, RS; Våge, Kjetil; Moore, GWK; Bracegirdle, TJ; Elvidge, AD; Jeansson, Emil; Lachlan-Cope, T; McRaven, LT; Papritz, L; Reuder, Joachim; Sodemann, Harald; Terpstra, Annick; Waterman, S; Valdimarsson, H; Weiss, A; Almansi, M; Bahr, F; Brakstad, Ailin; Barrell, C; Brooke, JK; Brooks, BJ; Brooks, IM; Brooks, ME; Bruvik, Erik Magnus; Duscha, Christiane; Fer, Ilker; Golid, Heidi M.; Hallerstig, Matilda; Hessevik, Idar; Huang, J; Houghton, L; Jonsson, S; Jonassen, Marius Opsanger; Jackson, Kristin; Kvalsund, Karsten; Kolstad, Erik Wilhelm; Konstali, Kjersti; Kristiansen, Jørn; Ladkin, R; Lin, P; MacRander, A; Mitchell, A; Olafsson, H; Pacini, A; Payne, C; Palmason, B; Perez-Hernandez, MD; Peterson, Algot Kristoffer; Petersen, GN; Pisareva, MN; Pope, JO; Seidl, Andrew; Semper, Stefanie; Sergeev, D; Skjelsvik, Silje; Søiland, Henrik; Smith, D; Spall, MA; Spengler, Thomas; Touzeau, Alexandra; Tupper, G; Weng, Yongbiao; Williams, KD; Yang, X; Zhou, Shenjie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The Iceland Greenland Seas Project (IGP) is a coordinated atmosphere–ocean research program investigating climate processes in the source region of the densest waters of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. ...
    • The impact of assimilating data from a remotely piloted aircraft on simulations of weak-wind orographic flow 

      Ágústsson, Hálfdán; Ólafsson, Haraldur; Jonassen, Marius Opsanger; Rögnvaldsson, Ólafur (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Orographic winds near a 914 m high mountain in Southwest-Iceland are explored using unique observations made aloft with a small remotely piloted aircraft, as well as with traditional observations and high-resolution ...
    • Impact of Assimilation of Radiosonde and UAV Observations from the Southern Ocean in the Polar WRF Model 

      Sun, Qizhen; Vihma, Timo; Jonassen, Marius Opsanger; Zhang, Zhanhai (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Weather forecasting in the Southern Ocean and Antarctica is a challenge above all due to the rarity of observations to be assimilated in numerical weather prediction (NWP) models. As observations are expensive and logistically ...
    • Innovative strategies for observations in the Arctic atmospheric boundary layer (ISOBAR)—The Hailuoto 2017 Campaign 

      Kral, Stephan; Reuder, Joachim; Vihma, Timo; Suomi, Irene; O’Connor, Ewan; Kouznetsov, Rostislav D.; Wrenger, Burkhard; Rautenberg, Alexander; Urbancic, Gabin; Jonassen, Marius Opsanger; Båserud, Line; Maronga, Bjørn; Mayer, Stephanie; Lorenz, Torge; Holtslag, Albert A.M.; Steeneveld, Gert-Jan; Seidl, Andrew; Müller, Martin; Lindenberg, Christian; Langohr, Carsten; Voss, Hendrik; Bange, Jens; Hundhausen, Marie; Hilsheimer, Philipp; Schygulla, Markus (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-07-16)
      The aim of the research project “Innovative Strategies for Observations in the Arctic Atmospheric Boundary Layer (ISOBAR)” is to substantially increase the understanding of the stable atmospheric boundary layer (SBL) through ...
    • The Innovative Strategies for Observations in the Arctic Atmospheric Boundary Layer Project (ISOBAR) — Unique fine-scale observations under stable and very stable conditions 

      Kral, Stephan; Reuder, Joachim; Vihma, Timo Pekka; Suomi, Irene; Haualand, Kristine Flacké; Urbancic, Gabin; Greene, Brian R.; Steeneveld, Gert Jan; Lorenz, Torge; Maronga, Bjørn; Jonassen, Marius Opsanger; Ajosenpää, Hada; Båserud, Line; Chilson, Phillip B.; Holtslag, Albert A. M.; Jenkins, Alastair David; Kouznetsov, Rostislav; Mayer, Stephanie; Pillar-Little, Elizabeth A.; Rautenberg, Alexander; Schwenkel, Johannes; Seidl, Andrew; Wrenger, Burkhard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      The Innovative Strategies for Observations in the Arctic Atmospheric Boundary Layer Program (ISOBAR) is a research project investigating stable atmospheric boundary layer (SBL) processes, whose representation still poses ...
    • IWIN: the Isfjorden Weather Information Network 

      Frank, Lukas; Jonassen, Marius Opsanger; Remes, Teresa Maaria; Schalamon, Florina Roana; Stenlund, Agnes (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      In an effort led by the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), with support from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET Norway), the Isfjorden Weather Information Network (IWIN) is under development in the Isfjorden ...
    • Multi-scale variability of winds in the complex topography of southwestern Norway 

      Jonassen, Marius Opsanger; Ólafsson, Haraldur; Reuder, Joachim; Olseth, Jan Asle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-01-02)
      Multi-scale variability of winds in the complex terrain of southwestern Norway is investigated using up to 20yr of observations from nine automatic weather stations and reanalysis data. Significant differences between the ...
    • Potential and limitations in estimating sensible-heat-flux profiles from consecutive temperature profiles using remotely-piloted aircraft systems 

      Båserud, Line; Reuder, Joachim; Jonassen, Marius Opsanger; Bonin, Timothy; Chilson, Phillip B.; Jiménez, Maria A.; Durand, Pierre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Profiles of the sensible heat flux are key to understanding atmospheric-boundary-layer (ABL) structure and development. Based on temperature profiling by a remotely-piloted aircraft system (RPAS), the Small Unmanned ...
    • Present Temperature, Precipitation, and Rain‐on‐Snow Climate in Svalbard 

      Wickström, Siiri; Jonassen, Marius Opsanger; Cassano, John J.; Vihma, Timo Pekka (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      The Svalbard Archipelago has undergone rapid warming in the recent decades leading to warmer and wetter winter conditions. This study relates the present (2013–2018) 2 m temperature, precipitation, and rain-on-snow (ROS) ...
    • Proof of concept for turbulence measurements with the RPAS SUMO during the BLLAST campaign 

      Båserud, Line; Reuder, Joachim; Jonassen, Marius Opsanger; Kral, Stephan; Bakhoday Paskyabi, Mostafa; Lothon, Marie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-10-06)
      The micro-RPAS (remotely piloted aircraft system) SUMO (Small Unmanned Meteorological Observer) equipped with a five-hole-probe (5HP) system for turbulent flow measurements was operated in 49 flight missions during the ...
    • Simulations of the Bergen orographic wind shelter 

      Jonassen, Marius Opsanger; Ólafsson, Haraldur; Valved, Aslaug Skålevik; Reuder, Joachim; Olseth, Jan Asle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-10-10)
      Even though the coast of western Norway is very windy, the centre of Bergen is rather calm. To gain further understanding of this wind shelter, we study the flow in the complex topography of Bergen during two south-westerly ...
    • Still Arctic? — The changing Barents Sea 

      Gerland, Sebastian; Ingvaldsen, Randi Brunvær; Reigstad, Marit; Sundfjord, Arild; Bogstad, Bjarte; Chierici, Melissa; Hop, Haakon; Renaud, Paul Eric; Smedsrud, Lars Henrik; Stige, Leif Christian; Årthun, Marius; Berge, Jørgen; Bluhm, Bodil Annikki Ulla Barbro; Borgå, Katrine; Bratbak, Gunnar; Divine, Dmitry V; Eldevik, Tor; Eriksen, Elena; Fer, Ilker; Fransson, Agneta; Gradinger, Rolf Rudolf; Granskog, Mats A.; Haug, Tore; Husum, Katrine; Johnsen, Geir; Jonassen, Marius Opsanger; Jørgensen, Lis Lindal; Kristiansen, Svein; Larsen, Aud; Lien, Vidar Surén; Lind, Sigrid; Lindstrøm, Ulf Ove; Mauritzen, Cecilie; Melsom, Arne; Mernild, Sebastian H.; Müller, Malte; Nilsen, Frank; Primicerio, Raul; Søreide, Janne; van der Meeren, Gro Ingleid; Wassmann, Paul (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      The Barents Sea is one of the Polar regions where current climate and ecosystem change is most pronounced. Here we review the current state of knowledge of the physical, chemical and biological systems in the Barents Sea. ...
    • Unravelling the March 1972 northwest Greenland windstorm with high-resolution numerical simulations 

      Tollinger, Mathias; Gohm, Alexander; Jonassen, Marius Opsanger (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-08-07)
      Thule Air Base in northwest Greenland experienced an extreme windstorm during the night of 8/9 March 1972. The event is not among official WMO records because the anemometer broke after recording the highest gust of 93 m s−1. ...