Effective reflectivity, vertical velocity, spectral width and snowfall rate estimates derived from a micro rain radar (MRR) at the Dumont d'Urville station, Adelie Land, East Antarctica ...

Antarctic precipitation is the main positive component in the surface mass balance of the Antarctic ice sheet, thus it is closely related to the evolution of the sea level worldwide. The lack of observations, at both surface and the vertical structure, have hindered the understanding of this importa...

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Main Authors: Durán-Alarcón, Claudio, Boudevillain, Brice, Genthon, Christophe, Grazioli, Jacopo, Berne, Alexis
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2019
Subjects:
Antarctic Precipitation
vertically-pointing micro rain radar MRR
Vertical Structure of Precipitation
Research station
Antarctic
Brice
Dumont d'Urville
Dumont d'Urville Station
Dumont-d'Urville
East Antarctica
Gorodetskaya
The Antarctic
Adelie Land
Antarc*
Antarctica
Ice Sheet
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.897614
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.897614
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Summary:Antarctic precipitation is the main positive component in the surface mass balance of the Antarctic ice sheet, thus it is closely related to the evolution of the sea level worldwide. The lack of observations, at both surface and the vertical structure, have hindered the understanding of this important component. Recently a study of the vertical structure of the precipitation in Antarctica have been carried out using micro rain radar (MRR) observations (Durán-Alarcón et al., 2019, TC) at two different sites: Dumont d'Urville (DDU) and Princess Elisabeth (PE) stations. The present collection consists in 2-years of vertical profiles of effective reflectivity (Ze), mean Doppler velocity (W), spectral width (SW) and snowfall rate (S) derived from a K-band vertically-pointing micro rain radar (MRR), obtained at DDU in the framework of the Antarctic Precipitation Remote Sensing from Surface and Space project (APRES3). The observation range of the profiles is between 300 m and 3 km above ground level, with 100m and ... : Supplement to: Durán-Alarcón, Claudio; Boudevillain, Brice; Genthon, Christophe; Grazioli, Jacopo; Souverijns, Niels; van Lipzig, Nicole P M; Gorodetskaya, Irina V; Berne, Alexis (2019): The vertical structure of precipitation at two stations in East Antarctica derived from micro rain radars. The Cryosphere, 13(1), 247-264 ...

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