High resolved snow height measurements at Neumayer Station, Antarctica, 2013 ...

• Main Authors: Raffel, Bonnie, König-Langlo, Gert
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2014
• Subjects: DATE/TIME; Snow height; Signal strength; Monitoring station; Snow Height Sensor, Jenoptik, SHM 30; Neumayer_based; NEUMAYER III; Meteorological Long-Term Observations @ AWI AWI_Meteo; Antarc*; Antarctica; National Snow and Ice Data Center; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.831283; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.831283

Antarctica is a continent with a strong character. High wind speeds, very low temperatures and heavy snow storms. All these parameters are well known due to observations and measurements, but precipitation measurements are still rare because the number of manned stations is very limited in Antarctica.In such a polar snow region many wind driven phenomena associated with snow fall exist like snow drift, blowing snow or sastrugi. Snow drift is defined as a layer of snow formed by the wind during a snowstorm. The horizontal visibility is below eye level. Blowing snow is specified as an ensemble of snow particles raised by the wind to moderate or great heights above the ground; the horizontal visibility at eye level is generally very poor (National Snow And Ice Data Center (NSIDC), 2013). Sastrugi are complex, fragile and sharp ridges or grooves formed on land or over sea ice. They arise from wind erosion, saltation of snow particles and deposition. To get more details about these procedures better instruments ...