Screen Temperatures and 10m Temperatures

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Author: Loewe, F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1970
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; Antarctic; Greenland; Antarc*; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000023571; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000023571

At places with an annual mean temperature lower than −20°C on the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, the temperature at a depth of 10 m is close to the annual mean at the surface and at the level of the meteorological shelter. With temperatures higher than about −35°C the size and sign of the différences vary. With lower temperatures the 10 m temperature becomes increasingly lower than the air temperature, at the coldest Antarctic station, “Plateau”, by nearly 4 deg.