Analyses on the air and snow temperatures near ground with observations of an AWS at Dome A, the summit of Antarctic Plateau

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1430-1436

  Chen, Bai Lian ^a,c   Zhang, Ren He ^b   Xiao, Cun De ^b,d   Bian, Lin Gen ^b   Zhang, Ting Jun ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

10 m firn temperature; Antarctic Plateau; Dome A; Near ground temperature; Surface temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952253223     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-0099-1     Document Type: Article

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