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Articles | Volume 13, issue 1
Articles | Volume 13, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-247-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-247-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 13, issue 1
Research article
 | 
28 Jan 2019
Research article |  | 28 Jan 2019

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

Claudio Durán-Alarcón, Brice Boudevillain, Christophe Genthon, Jacopo Grazioli, Niels Souverijns, Nicole P. M. van Lipzig, Irina V. Gorodetskaya, and Alexis Berne

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Micro Rain Radar observations at the Princess Elisabeth station, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica N. Souverijns, I. V. Gorodetskaya, and N. P. M. van Lipzig https://ees.kuleuven.be/hydrant/aerocloud/database/quicklooks.html?instrument=mrr

Effective reflectivity, vertical velocity, spectral width and snowfall rate estimates derived from a micro rain radar (MRR) at the Dumont d'Urville station, Adelie Land, East Antarctica Claudio Durán-Alarcón, Brice Boudevillain, Christophe Genthon, Jacopo Grazioli, and Alexis Berne https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.897614

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Precipitation is the main input in the surface mass balance of the Antarctic ice sheet, but it is still poorly understood due to a lack of observations in this region. We analyzed the vertical structure of the precipitation using multiyear observation of vertically pointing micro rain radars (MRRs) at two stations located in East Antarctica. The use of MRRs showed the potential to study the effect of climatology and hydrometeor microphysics on the vertical structure of Antarctic precipitation.
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