LITTLE AMERICA V MICROMETEOROLOGY PROGRAM DATA AND ANALYSIS

• Main Authors: Lettau, Heinz H., Wollaston, Sarah H., Dalrymple, Paul C.
• Other Authors: WISCONSIN UNIV-MADISON
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1967
• Subjects: Meteorology; *ANTARCTIC REGIONS; *MICROMETEOROLOGY; MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE; STABILITY; WIND; PERMAFROST; CURVE FITTING; PERIODIC VARIATIONS; WEATHER FORECASTING; CLIMATE; CORRELATION TECHNIQUES; Antarctic; Little America; Little America V; Ross Sea; South Pole; Antarc*; permafrost; South pole
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0650188; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0650188

At Little America V the temperature range of each of the 9 coldest months is large, as is the annual range. Minima are controlled by advection of cold air from the interior and maxima by advection of warmer air from the Ross Sea area. The winter lacks a distinct temperature minimum, and mid-winter r...