Profiles of katabatic flows in summer and winter over Coats Land, Antarctica

• Published in: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
• Main Authors: Renfrew, Ian A., Anderson, Philip S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Royal Meteorological Society 2006
• Subjects: Meteorology and Climatology; Brunt Ice Shelf; Coats Land; Halley Research Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/106/; https://doi.org/10.1256/qj.05.148

Observations from a novel autonomous Doppler sodar wind profiling system are described and analysed. These include the first continuous wintertime soundings of katabatic winds over Antarctica - a continent with which they are synonymous. During 2002 and 2003 over 2600 wind profiles were taken during...