METEOROLOGICAL PROCESSES IN THE SURFACE LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE IN ANTARCTICA

Unique conditions of the atmospheric circulation and of the radiation balance in Antarctica greatly affect the meteorological regime of this continent. These unusual peculiarities revealed in the data concerning the distribution of the principal meteorological elements are based on observations made...

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Main Author: Rusin,N. P.
Other Authors: WEATHER BUREAU WASHINGTON D C
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1960
Subjects:
AIR
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0661016
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Summary:Unique conditions of the atmospheric circulation and of the radiation balance in Antarctica greatly affect the meteorological regime of this continent. These unusual peculiarities revealed in the data concerning the distribution of the principal meteorological elements are based on observations made by USSR, French, and Australian Antarctic Expeditions at weather stations during the years 1956-1957; these data are presented in Tables. (Author) Sponsored by Army Electronic Proving Ground, Fort Huachuca, Ariz. Trans. of mono. Sovremennye Problemy Meteorologii Prizemnogo Sloya Vozdukha. Sbornik Statei, Leningrad, 1958 p5-25.