Daily cycle of the surface layer and energy balance on the high Antarctic Plateau

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: VAN AS, DIRK, VAN DEN BROEKE, MICHIEL, VAN DE WAL, RODERIK
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2005
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Dronning Maud Land; Kohnen; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s095410200500252x; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S095410200500252X

This paper focuses on the daily cycle of the surface energy balance and the atmospheric surface layer during a detailed meteorological experiment performed near Kohnen base in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, in January and February 2002. Temperature, specific humidity, wind speed and the turbul...