Present weather sensor tests for measuring drifting snow

• Main Authors: Bellot, H., Trouvilliez, A., Naaim-Bouvet, F., Genthon, C., Gallée, H.
• Other Authors: CEMAGREF GRENOBLE ETGR, UNIVERSITE DE GRENOBLE I CNRS LGGE FRA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: NEIGE AEROSOL; TRANSPORT DE NEIGE PAR LE VENT; BILAN DE MASSE; PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIQUE; BLOWING SNOW; DRIFTING SNOW; PRESENT WEATHER SENSOR; SNOW PARTICULE COUNTER; ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION; WEIGHT BREAKDOWN; Dumont d'Urville; Dumont-d'Urville; Lac Blanc; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctique*
• Online Access: https://irsteadoc.irstea.fr/cemoa/PUB00032346

In Antarctica, blowing snow accounts for a major component of the surface mass balance near the coast. Measurements of precipitation and blowing snow are scarce, and therefore collecting data would allow testing numerical models on mass flux over this region. A present weather station (PWS), Biral V...