Ten years of temperature and wind observation on a 45-m tower at Dome C, East Antarctic plateau
International audience Abstract. Long-term, continuous in situ observations of the near-surface atmospheric boundary layer are critical for many weather and climate applications. Although there is a proliferation of surface stations globally, especially in and around populous areas, there are notabl...
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International audience Abstract. Long-term, continuous in situ observations of the near-surface atmospheric boundary layer are critical for many weather and climate applications. Although there is a proliferation of surface stations globally, especially in and around populous areas, there are notably fewer tall meteorological towers with multiple instrumented levels. This is particularly true in remote and extreme environments such as the Eastern Antarctic plateau. In the article, we present and analyze 10 years of data from 6 levels of meteorological instrumentation mounted on a 42-m tower located at Dome C, East Antarctica near the Concordia research station, producing a unique climatology of the near-surface atmospheric environment (Genthon et al., 2021,a,b). Monthly temperature and wind data demonstrate the large seasonal differences in the near-surface boundary layer dynamics, depending on the presence or absence of solar surface forcing. Strong vertical temperature gradients (inversions) frequently develop in calm, winter conditions, while vertical convective mixing occurs in the summer leading to near-uniform temperatures along the tower. Seasonal variation in wind speed is much less notable at this location than the temperature variation as the winds are less influenced by the solar cycle; there are no katabatic winds as Dome C is quite flat. Harmonic analysis confirms that most of the energy in the power spectrum is at diurnal, annual and semi-annual time scales. Analysis of observational uncertainty and comparison to reanalysis data from ERA-5 indicate that wind speed is particularly difficult to measure at this location. Data are distributed on PANGAEA data repository, see data availability section. |
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Ten years of temperature and wind observation on a 45-m tower at Dome C, East Antarctic plateau |
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Ten years of temperature and wind observation on a 45-m tower at Dome C, East Antarctic plateau |
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Ten years of temperature and wind observation on a 45-m tower at Dome C, East Antarctic plateau |
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ftinsu:oai:HAL:hal-03853764v1 2024-04-28T07:57:11+00:00 Ten years of temperature and wind observation on a 45-m tower at Dome C, East Antarctic plateau Genthon, Christophe Veron, Dana Vignon, Etienne Six, Delphine Dufresne, Jean-Louis Madeleine, Jean-Baptiste Sultan, Emmanuelle Forget, François Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539) (LMD) Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Département des Géosciences - ENS Paris École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL) School of Marine Science and Policy College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment Newark (CEOE) University of Delaware Newark -University of Delaware Newark Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement (IGE) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ) Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA) Centre De Recherche et d'Enseignement sur les Systèmes Côtiers (CRESCO) Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER) 2021 https://hal.science/hal-03853764 https://hal.science/hal-03853764/document https://hal.science/hal-03853764/file/essd-2021-204.pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2021-204 en eng HAL CCSD Copernicus Publications info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.5194/essd-2021-204 hal-03853764 https://hal.science/hal-03853764 https://hal.science/hal-03853764/document https://hal.science/hal-03853764/file/essd-2021-204.pdf doi:10.5194/essd-2021-204 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 1866-3508 Earth System Science Data https://hal.science/hal-03853764 Earth System Science Data, 2021, ⟨10.5194/essd-2021-204⟩ [SDE]Environmental Sciences [SDU.STU.ME]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Meteorology info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2021 ftinsu https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2021-204 2024-04-05T00:29:47Z International audience Abstract. Long-term, continuous in situ observations of the near-surface atmospheric boundary layer are critical for many weather and climate applications. Although there is a proliferation of surface stations globally, especially in and around populous areas, there are notably fewer tall meteorological towers with multiple instrumented levels. This is particularly true in remote and extreme environments such as the Eastern Antarctic plateau. In the article, we present and analyze 10 years of data from 6 levels of meteorological instrumentation mounted on a 42-m tower located at Dome C, East Antarctica near the Concordia research station, producing a unique climatology of the near-surface atmospheric environment (Genthon et al., 2021,a,b). Monthly temperature and wind data demonstrate the large seasonal differences in the near-surface boundary layer dynamics, depending on the presence or absence of solar surface forcing. Strong vertical temperature gradients (inversions) frequently develop in calm, winter conditions, while vertical convective mixing occurs in the summer leading to near-uniform temperatures along the tower. Seasonal variation in wind speed is much less notable at this location than the temperature variation as the winds are less influenced by the solar cycle; there are no katabatic winds as Dome C is quite flat. Harmonic analysis confirms that most of the energy in the power spectrum is at diurnal, annual and semi-annual time scales. Analysis of observational uncertainty and comparison to reanalysis data from ERA-5 indicate that wind speed is particularly difficult to measure at this location. Data are distributed on PANGAEA data repository, see data availability section. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica East Antarctica Institut national des sciences de l'Univers: HAL-INSU |