AWS measurements at the Belgian Antarctic station Princess Elisabeth, in Dronning Maud Land, for precipitation and surface mass balance studies

The Antarctic mass balance and the hydrological cycle of the entire planet are tightly linked together. Evaporation from the ocean surface in the tropical and middle latitudes, poleward moisture and energy transport, changes in the midlatitude atmospheric dynamics, cloud formation microphysics - all these processes determine the amount of precipitation in Antarctica. The main objective of our project is to improve the understanding of the atmospheric branch of the hydrological cycle of Antarctica covering the chain from evaporation/sublimation at the surface via cloud formation to snowfall. As... Mehr ...