Meteorological regimes and accumulation patterns at Utsteinen, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica: Analysis of two contrasting years

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1700-1715

  Gorodetskaya, I V ^a   Van Lipzig, N P M ^a   Van Den Broeke, M R ^b   Mangold, A ^c   Boot, W ^b   Reijmer, C H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antarctica; AWS; katabatic; meteorological regimes; snow accumulation; synoptic

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; SNOW; STREET CLEANING; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ANTARCTICA; AWS; KATABATIC; METEOROLOGICAL REGIMES; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SYNOPTIC;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRAINAGE; GEOACCUMULATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METEOROLOGY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; QUEEN MAUD LAND;

EID: 84879981534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50177     Document Type: Article

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