Surface and snowdrift sublimation at Princess Elisabeth station, East Antarctica

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Thiery, W., Gorodetskaya, I. V., Bintanja, R., Van Lipzig, N. P. M., Van den Broeke, M. R., Reijmer, C. H., Kuipers Munneke, P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2012
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Aboa; Dronning Maud Land; East Antarctica; Svea; Wasa; Antarc*; Antarctica; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-841-2012; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00024699; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00024654/tc-6-841-2012.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/6/841/2012/tc-6-841-2012.pdf

In the near-coastal regions of Antarctica, a significant fraction of the snow precipitating onto the surface is removed again through sublimation – either directly from the surface or from drifting snow particles. Meteorological observations from an Automatic Weather Station (AWS) near the Belgian r...