In Situ VTOL Drone-Borne Observations of Temperature and Relative Humidity over Dome C, Antarctica

• Published in: Drones
• Main Authors: Philippe Ricaud, Patrice Medina, Pierre Durand, Jean-Luc Attié, Eric Bazile, Paolo Grigioni, Massimo Del Guasta, Benji Pauly
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: drone; VTOL; planetary boundary layer; free troposphere; Concordia station; Antarctica; temperature; relative humidity; Antarctic; Concordia Station; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7080532

The Antarctic atmosphere is rapidly changing, but there are few observations available in the interior of the continent to quantify this change due to few ground stations and satellite measurements. The Concordia station is located on the East Antarctic Plateau (75° S, 123° E, 3233 m above mean sea...