Characterization of the boundary layer at Dome C (East Antarctica) during the OPALE summer campaign

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 6225-6236

  Gallee H ^a   Preunkert, S ^a   Argentini, S ^b   Frey, M M ^c   Genthon, C ^a   Jourdain, B ^a   Pietroni, I ^b   Casasanta, G ^b   Barral, H ^a   Vignon, E ^a   Amory, C ^a   Legrand, M ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; SUMMER; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENCE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ANTARCTICA; DOME CONCORDIA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84930938893     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-6225-2015     Document Type: Article

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