The vertical structure of precipitation at two stations in East Antarctica derived from micro rain radars

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: C. Durán-Alarcón, B. Boudevillain, C. Genthon, J. Grazioli, N. Souverijns, N. P. M. van Lipzig, I. V. Gorodetskaya, A. Berne
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2019
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Antarctic; The Antarctic; East Antarctica; Austral; Dumont d'Urville; Dumont-d'Urville; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-247-2019; https://doaj.org/article/3346acf6f1be4063a34e8c6a2fc30df6

Precipitation over Antarctica is the main term in the surface mass balance of the Antarctic ice sheet, which is crucial for the future evolution of the sea level worldwide. Precipitation, however, remains poorly documented and understood mainly because of a lack of observations in this extreme envir...