Wind profile radar for study of Antarctic air circulation

• Main Authors: Ragaini, E., Sarango, M., Vásquez, E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 1992
• Subjects: Atmospheric circulation; Radar; Wind; Measuring instruments; http://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.05.01; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12816/1506

After a brief discussion of meteorological methods used in the Antarctic, the paper gives an outline of a coordinated international research project whose objective is to set up a wind profiler radar station that would give meteorologists information regarding Antarctic atmospheric dynamics useful in their investigation of the causes and effects of the hole in the ozone layer. The radar instrumentation is to provide continuous readings of wind velocity at varying altitudes above the polar continent.