Control of near-surface winds over an Antarctic ice shelf

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Main Author: King, J.C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union 1993
• Subjects: Antarctic; Ross Ice Shelf; Halley Station; Brunt Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/517866/; https://doi.org/10.1029/92JD02425

Simple models are used to assess the factors controlling near-surface winds over an Antarctic ice shelf. Observations from Halley Station and an automatic weather station situated close to the coastal slopes adjoining the Brunt Ice Shelf are presented. These suggest that katabatic flows originating...