Publications

2011

Irvine EA, Gray SL, Methven J. 2011. Targeted observations of a polar low in the Norwegian Sea.
Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 137: 1688–1699.

 

Harden, B. E., I. A. Renfrew and G. N. Petersen, 2011: A climatology of wintertime barrier winds off southeast Greenland, J. Climate, 24, 4701-4717.

 

Moore, G.W.K., R.S. Pickart, and I.A. Renfrew, 2011: Complexities in the climate of the Subpolar North Atlantic: A case study from 2007, Q. J. Royal Meteorol. Soc., 137, 757-767.

 

Irvine, E.A. S. L. Gray, J. Methven, I.A. Renfrew, 2011: Forecast impact of targeted observations: Sensitivity to observation error and proximity to steep orography, Mon. Wea. Rev., 139, 69-78 .

2010

Irvine, E.A., S. L. Gray, J. Methven, 2010: Can 4D-Var use Dynamical Information from Targeted Observations of a Baroclinic Structure?, Q. J. Royal Meteorol. Soc., 136, 1396-1407.

 

Sproson, D. A. J., I. A. Renfrew and K.. J. Heywood, 2010: A Parameterization of Greenland's tip jets suitable for ocean or coupled climate models, J. Geophysical Res. (Oceans),,115, C08022, doi:10.1029/2009JC006002.

2009

Renfrew I.A and J. E. Kristjánsson, 2009: Guest Editorial - The Greenland Flow Distortion experiment, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 135, 1917-1918.

 

Renfrew I.A, Outten S.D, and Moore G.W.K, 2009: An easterly tip jet off Cape Farewell, Greenland. Part I: Aircraft observations. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 135, 1919-1933.

  Outten S.D, Renfrew I.A, and Petersen G.N, 2009: An easterly tip jet off Cape Farewell, Greenland. II: Simulations and dynamics. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc.135, 1934-1949. Note unfortunately there is a sign error in the flux-divergence term which affects Figs 10-12. An erratum includes corrected versions of these figures. The main conclusions of this work are unaffected.
  Petersen G.N, Renfrew I.A, and Moore G.W,. 2009: An overview of barrier winds off Southeastern Greenland during GFDex. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 135, 1950-1967.
  McInnes H, Kristjánsson J.E, Schyberg H, and Røsting B, 2009: An assessment of a Greenland lee cyclone during the Greenland Flow Distortion experiment - an observational approach. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 135, 1968-1985.
  Kristjánsson J.E, Thorsteinsson S, and Røsting B, 2009: Phase-locking of a rapidly developing extratropical cyclone by Greenland's orography. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 135, 1986-1998.
  Våge K, Spengler T, Davies H.C, and Pickart R.S, 2009: Multi-event analysis of the westerly Greenland tip jet based upon 45 winters in ERA-40. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc.135, 1999-2011.
  Irvine E.A, Gray S.L, Methven J, Renfrew I.A, Bovis K, and Swinbank R, 2009: The impact of targeted observations made during the Greenland Flow Distortion Experiment. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc.135, 2012-2029.
 

Petersen G.N, and Renfrew I.A, 2009: Aircraft-based observations of air-sea fluxes over Denmark Strait and the Irminger Sea during high wind speed conditions. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 135, 2030-2045.

  Renfrew I.A, Petersen G.N, Sproson D.A.J, Moore G.W.K, Adiwidjaja H, Zhang S, and North R, 2009: A comparison of aircraft-based surfacelayer observations during high wind speed conditions over Denmark Strait and the Irminger Sea with meteorological analyses and QuikSCAT winds. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 135, 2046-2066.
  Haine T.W.N, Zhang S, Moore G.W.K, and Renfrew I.A, 2009:On the impact of high-resolution, high-frequency meteorological forcing on Denmark-Strait ocean circulation. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 135,2067-2085.

2008

Moore G. W. K, Pickart R. S, and Renfrew I. A, 2008: Buoy observations from the windiest location in the world ocean, Cape Farewell, Greenland, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L18802
  Sproson D. A. J., Renfrew I. A, and Heywood K. J, 2008: Atmospheric conditions associated with oceanic convection in the south-east Labrador Sea, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L06601
 

Renfrew I.A, Moore G.W.K, Kristjánsson J.E, Ólafsson H, Gray S.L, Petersen G.N, Bovis K, Brown P, Fore I, Haine T.W.N, Hay C, Irvine E.A, Oghuishi T, Outten S.D, Pickart R, Shapiro M.A, Sproson D, Swinbank R, Wooley A, and Zhang S, 2008: The Greenland Flow Distortion experiment. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 88: 1307–1324.

2005

 

 

Moore G. W. K. and Renfrew I. A, 2005: Tip jets and barrier winds: A QuikSCAT climatology of high wind speed events around Greenland, J. Climate, 18, 3713-3725. Note: A printing error has meant Fig. 11 is a repeat of Fig. 9 - the correction is available here.