Some Aspects of Ablation of Sastrugi and Drifts in the Area Subjected to Katabatic Winds in Antarctica (Reports of the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition)

• Main Author: Yutaka AGETA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research 1972
• Subjects: Geography (General); G1-922; Antarctic; Gow; Sastrugi; South Pole; Syowa Station; The Antarctic; Weller; Antarc*; Antarctica; South pole
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15094/00007654; https://doaj.org/article/ebd71396fe4040e08a4e34fcf3da7dc2

The observations were made on net ablation of some of sastrugi and drifts (like barchanoids) in the area subjected to strong katabatic winds between 100 and 200 km inland from the Antarctic coast near Syowa Station in September and November, 1969 and in January, 1970 by means of the stake measuremen...