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Cloud and precipitation properties from ground-based remote-sensing instruments in East Antarctica
I. V. Gorodetskaya
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven – University of Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium
S. Kneifel
Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
K. Van Tricht
Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven – University of Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium
W. Thiery
Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven – University of Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium
J. H. Schween
Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
A. Mangold
Observations Department, Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, Uccle, Belgium
S. Crewell
Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
N. P. M. Van Lipzig
Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven – University of Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium
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Our paper presents a new cloud-precipitation-meteorological observatory established in the escarpment zone of Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. The site is characterised by bimodal cloud occurrence (clear sky or overcast) with liquid-containing clouds occurring 20% of the cloudy periods. Local surface mass balance strongly depends on rare intense snowfall events. A substantial part of the accumulated snow is removed by surface and drifting snow sublimation and wind-driven snow erosion.
Our paper presents a new cloud-precipitation-meteorological observatory established in the...