Synoptic conditions and atmospheric moisture pathways associated with virga and precipitation over coastal Adélie Land in Antarctica

Jullien, Nicolas; Vignon, Étienne; Sprenger, Michael; Aemisegger, Franziska; Berne, Alexis

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1685-2020

Articles | Volume 14, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1685-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1685-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 5

Research article

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27 May 2020

Research article |

| 27 May 2020

Synoptic conditions and atmospheric moisture pathways associated with virga and precipitation over coastal Adélie Land in Antarctica

Nicolas Jullien, Étienne Vignon, Michael Sprenger, Franziska Aemisegger, and Alexis Berne

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Final revised paper (published on 27 May 2020)
Preprint (discussion started on 11 Dec 2019)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Feb 2020
- AC1: 'Response to review n°1', Étienne Vignon, 08 Apr 2020
- AC3: 'Response to review n°1, final version', Étienne Vignon, 08 Apr 2020
RC2: 'Review of "Synoptic conditions and atmospheric moisture pathways associated to virga and precipitation over coastal Adélie Land in Antarctica"', Sergi Gonzalez, 10 Mar 2020
- AC2: 'Response to review n°2 by S. Gonzalez', Étienne Vignon, 08 Apr 2020
- AC4: 'Response to review n°2 by S. Gonzalez, final version', Étienne Vignon, 08 Apr 2020
AC3: 'Response to review n°1, final version', Étienne Vignon, 08 Apr 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (16 Apr 2020) by Tobias Sauter

AR by Étienne Vignon on behalf of the Authors (16 Apr 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (21 Apr 2020) by Tobias Sauter

Short summary

Although snowfall is the main input of water to the Antarctic ice sheet, snowflakes are often evaporated by dry and fierce winds near the surface of the continent. The amount of snow that actually reaches the ground is therefore considerably reduced. By analyzing the position of cyclones and fronts as well as by back-tracing the atmospheric moisture pathway towards Antarctica, this study explains in which meteorological conditions snowfall is either completely evaporated or reaches the ground.