Snow surface height variations on the Antarctic ice sheet in Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica: 1 year of data from an automatic weather station

• Main Authors: Qin, DH, Xiao, CD, Ian, A, Bian, LG, Ren, JW, Yan, M
• Other Authors: Qin, DH (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Lab Ice Core & Cold Reg Environm, Cold & Arid Reg Environm & Engn Inst, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China., Chinese Acad Sci, Lab Ice Core & Cold Reg Environm, Cold & Arid Reg Environm & Engn Inst, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China., Peking Univ, Coll Phys, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China., Australian Antarctic Div & Antarctic Climate & Ec, Hobart, Tas 7001, Australia., Chinese Acad Meteorol Sci, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China., Polar Res Inst China, Shanghai 200129, Peoples R China.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: DRONNING MAUD LAND; EAST ANTARCTICA; POLAR PLATEAU; MASS-BALANCE; ACCUMULATION; SUBLIMATION; Antarctic; Davis Station; Davis-Station; Dronning Maud Land; East Antarctica; Polar Plateau; Princess Elizabeth Land; The Antarctic; Annals of Glaciology; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/400322

The net surface snow accumulation on the Antarctic ice sheet is determined by a combination of precipitation, sublimation and wind redistribution. We present a 1 year record of hourly snow-height measurements that shows its seasonal variability. The measurements were made with an ultrasonic sensor m...