Surface and snowdrift sublimation at Princess Elisabeth station, East Antarctica

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Thiery, W., Gorodetskaya, I. V., Bintanja, R., Lipzig, N. P. M., Broeke, M. R., Reijmer, C. H., Kuipers Munneke, P.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Aboa; Dronning Maud Land; East Antarctica; Svea; Wasa; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-841-2012; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/6/841/2012/

In the near-coastal regions of Antarctica, a significant fraction of the snow precipitating onto the surface is removed again through sublimation – either directly from the surface or from drifting snow particles. Meteorological observations from an Automatic Weather Station (AWS) near the Belgian r...