The vertical structure of precipitation at two stations in East Antarctica derived from micro rain radars

• Main Authors: Durán-Alarcón, C., Boudevillain, B., Genthon, C., Grazioli, J., Souverijns, N., van Lipzig, N.P.M., Gorodetskaya, I.V., Berne, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; East Antarctica; Austral; Dumont d'Urville; Dumont-d'Urville; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/361953.pdf

Precipitation over Antarctica is the main term in the surface mass balance of the Antarctic ice sheet, which is crucial for the future evolution of the sea level worldwide. Precipitation, however, remains poorly documented and understood mainly because of a lack of observations in this extreme envir...