Changes in atmospheric water content associated with an unusual high snowfall during June 2004 at Maitri station (Schirmacher Oasis, East Antarctica) and the role of South West Indian ridge geodynamics

• Published in: Natural Hazards
• Main Authors: Akilan, A., Abdul Azeez, K., Schuh, H., Padhy, S., Subhadra, N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Antarctic; East Antarctica; Indian; Maitri; Maitri Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; polar night
• Online Access: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_1750889

We study changes in the atmospheric water vapour associated with the unusual snowfall during June 2004 polar night at the Indian Antarctica station Maitri (MAIT), located ~70 km inland of the East Antarctic north coast. The GPS-derived Zenith Total Delay data for the 2004 polar night are used to eva...