Towards continuous measurements of snow drift and sublimation in polar environments

• Main Authors: Huwald, H., Sigmund, A., Allegri, B., Colety, B., Frischholz, Y., Kolinski, J., Lehning, M.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: East Antarctica; Queen Maud Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; polar night
• Online Access: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5020971

In polar regions, and specifically in continental Antarctica, the local surface mass and energy balances can be largely controlled by snow transport in form of drifting and blowing snow particles, and sublimation both from the snow or ice surface and from the airborne snow particles. Adverse conditi...