On the atmosphere for astronomers above Dome C, Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Sadibekova, T., Fossat, E., Genthon, C., Krinner, G., Aristidi, E., Agabi, K., Azouit, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2006
• Subjects: Antarctic; Concordia Station; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102006000484; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102006000484

This paper describes a comparison between balloon radio-soundings made in summer at the Concordia station, Dome C, Antarctica and coincident model-based meteorological analyses. The comparison allows the assessment of the reliability of the analyses in summer. This allows the use of the winter analy...