A Case study of a snowstorm at the Great Wall Station, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Qinghua, Yang, Lin, Zhang, Zhenhe, Xue, Zhaohui, Yin, Jianyong, Xing
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC 2010
• Subjects: Atmosphere; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Great Wall Station; Advances in Polar Science; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Science
• Online Access: http://library.arcticportal.org/2399/; http://library.arcticportal.org/2399/1/A2010-013.pdf

A case of a snowstorm at the Great Wall Station was studied using data of NCEP(National Centers for Environmental Prediction) analysis, in situ observations and surface weather charts. The storm occurred on August 29th, 2006, and brought high winds and poor horizontal visibility to the region. It wa...