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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3775-2018
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Research article
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30 Nov 2018
Research article |
| 30 Nov 2018
Evaluation of the CloudSat surface snowfall product over Antarctica using ground-based precipitation radars
Niels Souverijns
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Alexandra Gossart
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Stef Lhermitte
Department of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
Irina V. Gorodetskaya
CESAM – Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Department of Physics, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Jacopo Grazioli
Environmental Remote Sensing Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology, MeteoSwiss, Locarno-Monti, Switzerland
Alexis Berne
Environmental Remote Sensing Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Claudio Duran-Alarcon
Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble INP, IGE, Grenoble, France
Brice Boudevillain
Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble INP, IGE, Grenoble, France
Christophe Genthon
Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble INP, IGE, Grenoble, France
Claudio Scarchilli
Technical Unit for Energy and Environmental Modeling UTMEA, ENEA, Rome, Italy
Nicole P. M. van Lipzig
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- How Does Ground Clutter Affect CloudSat Snowfall Retrievals Over Ice Sheets? C. Palerme et al. 10.1109/LGRS.2018.2875007
- Microphysics of Snowfall Over Coastal East Antarctica Simulated by Polar WRF and Observed by Radar É. Vignon et al. 10.1029/2019JD031028
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- Constraining Reanalysis Snowfall Over the Arctic Ocean Using CloudSat Observations A. Cabaj et al. 10.1029/2019GL086426
- How much snow falls in the world's mountains? A first look at mountain snowfall estimates in A-train observations and reanalyses A. Daloz et al. 10.5194/tc-14-3195-2020
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- Seasonal Estimates and Uncertainties of Snow Accumulation from CloudSat Precipitation Retrievals G. Duffy et al. 10.3390/atmos12030363
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Latest update: 06 Jun 2023
Short summary
Snowfall observations over Antarctica are scarce and currently limited to information from the CloudSat satellite. Here, a first evaluation of the CloudSat snowfall record is performed using observations of ground-based precipitation radars. Results indicate an accurate representation of the snowfall climatology over Antarctica, despite the low overpass frequency of the satellite, outperforming state-of-the-art model estimates. Individual snowfall events are however not well represented.
Snowfall observations over Antarctica are scarce and currently limited to information from the...
