Strong-wind events and their impact on the near-surface climate at Kohnen Station on the Antarctic Plateau

Antarctic Science

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 507-519

  Van As, Dirk ^a,b   Van Den Broeke, Michiel R ^a   Helsen, Michiel M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Albedo; Blocking highs; Clouds; Storm events; Surface roughness length; Temperature deficit layer

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLOUD COVER; PLATEAU; SEA LEVEL; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; STORM; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND;

ANTARCTIC PLATEAU; ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EAST ANTARCTICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TASMAN SEA; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 35848945093     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095410200700065X     Document Type: Article

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