Boundary layer meteorology

North Sea Methane

Offshore gas fields worldwide are major sources of methane emissions. Developing reliable methods to locate emissions and pinpoint sources is critical for quantifying the volume of methane emissions from gas …

‘Sounds of Space’

Using a Very Low Frequency receiver at Halley Research Station we can pick up radio waves made by our planet. We use these waves to investigate the science of space …

Orographic Flows and the Climate of the Antarctic Peninsula (OFCAP)

OFCAP is an integrated programme of field observations, analysis and modelling aimed at understanding how the westerly winds in the Antarctic Peninsula interact with the mountains and influence the climate …

Joint Airborne Study of the Peninsula Region (JASPER)

JASPER brings together two of the best equipped Polar meteorology instrumented aircraft and teams to study boundary layer meteorology in the Antarctic Peninsula and Weddell Sea. A joint project between …

Aerosol-Cloud and Climate interations in the Arctic

Developing a better understanding of cloud and aerosol processes in the Arctic in order to improve climate models.

Space Weather Observatory

Assessing Space Weather impacts

Environmental baseline monitoring for shale gas development in the UK: identification and geochemical characterisation of local source emissions of methane to atmosphere

15 March, 2020

An assessment of the Polar Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) model representation of near-surface meteorological variables over West Antarctica

1 February, 2016

Year-round records of sea salt, gaseous and particulate inorganic bromine in the atmospheric boundary layer at coastal (Dumont d’Urville) and central (Concordia) East Antarctic sites

27 January, 2016

The atmospheric boundary layer structure over the open and ice-covered Baltic Sea: in situ measurements compared to simulations with the regional model REMO

1 November, 2014

Sources of uncertainty in projections of 21st century westerly wind changes over the Amundsen Sea, West Antarctica, in CMIP5 climate models

1 October, 2014

Large mixing ratios of atmospheric nitrous acid (HONO) at Concordia (East Antarctic plateau) in summer: a strong source from surface snow?

19 September, 2014

Downslope föhn winds over the Antarctic Peninsula and their effect on the Larsen Ice Shelves

16 September, 2014

The atmospheric HCHO budget at Dumont d’Urville (East Antarctica): Contribution of photochemical gas-phase production versus snow emissions

16 December, 2013

The diurnal variability of atmospheric nitrogen oxides (NO and NO2 above the Antarctic Plateau driven by atmospheric stability and snow emissions

15 March, 2013

Atmospheric chemistry and physics in the atmosphere of a developed megacity (London): an overview of the REPARTEE experiment and its conclusions

1 January, 2012

Halogen activation via interactions with environmental ice and snow in the polar lower troposphere and other regions

1 January, 2012

On the effective aerodynamic and scalar roughness length of Weddell Sea ice

16 October, 2011

The multi-seasonal NOy budget in coastal Antarctica and its link with surface snow and ice core nitrate: results from the CHABLIS campaign

1 January, 2011

Measurement and interpretation of gas phase formaldehyde concentrations obtained during the CHABLIS campaign in coastal Antarctica

1 January, 2008

On the vertical distribution of boundary layer halogens over coastal Antarctica: implications for O3, HOx, NOx and the Hg lifetime

1 January, 2008

Seasonal variation of peroxyacetylnitrate (PAN) in coastal Antarctica measured with a new instrument for the detection of sub-part per trillion mixing ratios of PAN

1 January, 2007

An analysis of the oxidation potential of the South Pole boundary layer and the influence of stratospheric ozone depletion

1 January, 2003

A comparison of surface layer and surface turbulent flux observations over the Labrador Sea with ECMWF analyses and NCEP reanalyses

1 January, 2002

A simple model of the convective internal boundary layer and its application to surface heat flux estimates within polynyas

1 January, 2000

A climatological study of internal gravity waves in the atmospheric boundary layer overlying the Brunt Ice Shelf, Antarctica

1 January, 2000

The use of a simultaneous physical retrieval scheme for satellite derived atmospheric temperatures: Weddell Sea, Antarctica

1 January, 1992

On the characteristics of eddies in the stable atmospheric boundary layer

1 June, 1991

Observations of internal gravity waves in the Antarctic boundary layer using a microbarograph array. (preprint)

1 January, 1991

Some measurements of turbulence over an antarctic ice shelf

1 January, 1990

Acoustic sounding of the atmospheric boundary layer at Halley, Antarctica

1 December, 1989

The Stable Antarctic Boundary Layer Experiment at Halley station

1 October, 1989

The Antarctic drainage flow: implications for hemispheric flow on the Southern Hemisphere

1 September, 1989

Low-level wind profiles at an Antarctic coastal station

1 June, 1989

Studies of atmospheric internal gravity waves at Halley station, Antarctica, using radiosondes

1 March, 1989

A general method for the linear stability analysis of stratified shear flows

1 January, 1989

Cross-spectral properties of large eddies in the stably-stratified atmospheric boundary layer

1 January, 1989

Internal gravity waves in the atmospheric boundary layer

1 January, 1989

Studies of internal gravity waves at Halley Base, Antarctica, using wind observations

1 July, 1988

Observations of internal gravity waves in the stably-stratified atmospheric boundary layer

1 January, 1988

Some measurements of turbulence length scales in the stably-stratified surface layer

1 January, 1988

Installation and performance of the STABLE instrumentation at Halley

1 January, 1988

Observations of an internal gravity wave in the lower troposphere at Halley, Antarctica

1 April, 1987

Short-term fluctuations in heavy metal concentrations in Antarctic snow

1 January, 1981

Meteorological Observations at Fossil Bluff, Alexander Island

1 June, 1963

A group of people standing on top of a mountain.

New insight into what weakens Antarctic ice shelves

25 April, 2017

New research describes for the first time the role that warm, dry winds play in influencing the behaviour of Antarctic ice shelves. Presenting this week at a European conference scientists …

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