Climate and meteorological processes of the East Antarctic ice sheet between Zhongshan and Dome-A
The 1228 km over-snow traverse route between the Chinese Zhongshan Station, on the coast of Prydz Bay, and Dome-A, at 4091 m elevation the highest point of the East Antarctic ice sheet, has been the focus of CHINARE surface meteorological and climate studies since 2002. A network of seven Automatic...
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ftarcticportal:oai:generic.eprints.org:2598 2023-12-03T10:08:34+01:00 Climate and meteorological processes of the East Antarctic ice sheet between Zhongshan and Dome-A Lingen, Bian Allison, Ian Cunde, Xiao Yongfeng, Ma Liang, Fu Minghu, Ding 2016-06 application/pdf http://library.arcticportal.org/2598/ http://library.arcticportal.org/2598/1/A17021400003.pdf en eng Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC http://library.arcticportal.org/2598/1/A17021400003.pdf Lingen, Bian and Allison, Ian and Cunde, Xiao and Yongfeng, Ma and Liang, Fu and Minghu, Ding (2016) Climate and meteorological processes of the East Antarctic ice sheet between Zhongshan and Dome-A. Advances in Polar Science, 27 (2). pp. 90-101. Atmosphere Space Article PeerReviewed 2016 ftarcticportal 2023-11-08T23:54:41Z The 1228 km over-snow traverse route between the Chinese Zhongshan Station, on the coast of Prydz Bay, and Dome-A, at 4091 m elevation the highest point of the East Antarctic ice sheet, has been the focus of CHINARE surface meteorological and climate studies since 2002. A network of seven Automatic Weather Stations has been deployed along this section, including at Dome-A itself, and some of these have now provided nearly-hourly data for over a decade. Atmospheric boundary layer turbulence and radiation observations have been made over the near-coastal ice sheet inland of Zhongshan and surface turbulence measurements using an ultrasonic anemometer system have also been made in the deep interior of the ice sheet. Summer GPS radiosonde soundings of the atmospheric boundary layer have been made at Kunlun Station, near Dome-A. In this paper these observations are combined to provide a comprehensive overview of the meteorological regime of this region of the ice sheet, its climate variability, and as a reference for future study of climate change. This includes investigation of the variation of surface climate features with elevation and distance from the coast, the height and structure of the boundary layer over the ice sheet, and seasonal and regional changes in ice/snow–air interactions, including turbulent and radiative energy fluxes. The air temperature and snow temperature between the coastal Zhongshan and Dome-A on the inland plateau have not changed significantly in the past decade compared with the inter-annual variability. Article in Journal/Newspaper Advances in Polar Science Antarc* Antarctic Ice Sheet Polar Science Polar Science Prydz Bay Arctic Portal Library Antarctic Prydz Bay East Antarctic Ice Sheet Zhongshan ENVELOPE(76.371,76.371,-69.373,-69.373) Zhongshan Station ENVELOPE(76.371,76.371,-69.373,-69.373) |
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The 1228 km over-snow traverse route between the Chinese Zhongshan Station, on the coast of Prydz Bay, and Dome-A, at 4091 m elevation the highest point of the East Antarctic ice sheet, has been the focus of CHINARE surface meteorological and climate studies since 2002. A network of seven Automatic Weather Stations has been deployed along this section, including at Dome-A itself, and some of these have now provided nearly-hourly data for over a decade. Atmospheric boundary layer turbulence and radiation observations have been made over the near-coastal ice sheet inland of Zhongshan and surface turbulence measurements using an ultrasonic anemometer system have also been made in the deep interior of the ice sheet. Summer GPS radiosonde soundings of the atmospheric boundary layer have been made at Kunlun Station, near Dome-A. In this paper these observations are combined to provide a comprehensive overview of the meteorological regime of this region of the ice sheet, its climate variability, and as a reference for future study of climate change. This includes investigation of the variation of surface climate features with elevation and distance from the coast, the height and structure of the boundary layer over the ice sheet, and seasonal and regional changes in ice/snow–air interactions, including turbulent and radiative energy fluxes. The air temperature and snow temperature between the coastal Zhongshan and Dome-A on the inland plateau have not changed significantly in the past decade compared with the inter-annual variability. |
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Lingen, Bian Allison, Ian Cunde, Xiao Yongfeng, Ma Liang, Fu Minghu, Ding |
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Climate and meteorological processes of the East Antarctic ice sheet between Zhongshan and Dome-A |
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Climate and meteorological processes of the East Antarctic ice sheet between Zhongshan and Dome-A |
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Climate and meteorological processes of the East Antarctic ice sheet between Zhongshan and Dome-A |
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Climate and meteorological processes of the East Antarctic ice sheet between Zhongshan and Dome-A |
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Climate and meteorological processes of the East Antarctic ice sheet between Zhongshan and Dome-A |
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climate and meteorological processes of the east antarctic ice sheet between zhongshan and dome-a |
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http://library.arcticportal.org/2598/ http://library.arcticportal.org/2598/1/A17021400003.pdf |
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ENVELOPE(76.371,76.371,-69.373,-69.373) ENVELOPE(76.371,76.371,-69.373,-69.373) |
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Antarctic Prydz Bay East Antarctic Ice Sheet Zhongshan Zhongshan Station |
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Advances in Polar Science Antarc* Antarctic Ice Sheet Polar Science Polar Science Prydz Bay |
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http://library.arcticportal.org/2598/1/A17021400003.pdf Lingen, Bian and Allison, Ian and Cunde, Xiao and Yongfeng, Ma and Liang, Fu and Minghu, Ding (2016) Climate and meteorological processes of the East Antarctic ice sheet between Zhongshan and Dome-A. Advances in Polar Science, 27 (2). pp. 90-101. |
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