Cloud and precipitation properties from ground-based remote-sensing instruments in East Antarctica

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: I. V. Gorodetskaya, S. Kneifel, M. Maahn, K. Van Tricht, W. Thiery, J. H. Schween, A. Mangold, S. Crewell, N. P. M. Van Lipzig
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2015
• Subjects: geo; envir; Dronning Maud Land; East Antarctica; Princess Elisabeth Base; Antarc*; Antarctica; DML; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-285-2015; http://www.the-cryosphere.net/9/285/2015/tc-9-285-2015.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/d456eec12d4343d0b72aff9e0b9dc9eb

A new comprehensive cloud–precipitation–meteorological observatory has been established at Princess Elisabeth base, located in the escarpment zone of Dronning Maud Land (DML), East Antarctica. The observatory consists of a set of ground-based remote-sensing instruments (ceilometer, infrared pyromete...