Observing and modeling ice sheet surface mass balance

JTM Lenaerts, B Medley… - Reviews of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Surface mass balance (SMB) provides mass input to the surface of the Antarctic and
Greenland Ice Sheets and therefore comprises an important control on ice sheet mass …

Improved Micro Rain Radar snow measurements using Doppler spectra post-processing

M Maahn, P Kollias - Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2012 - amt.copernicus.org
The Micro Rain Radar 2 (MRR) is a compact Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave
(FMCW) system that operates at 24 GHz. The MRR is a low-cost, portable radar system that …

Connecting land–atmosphere interactions to surface heterogeneity in CHEESEHEAD19

BJ Butterworth, AR Desai… - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The Chequamegon Heterogeneous Ecosystem Energy-Balance Study Enabled by
a High-Density Extensive Array of Detectors 2019 (CHEESEHEAD19) is an ongoing …

A shallow cumuliform snowfall census using spaceborne radar

MS Kulie, L Milani, NB Wood… - Journal of …, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
The first observationally based near-global shallow cumuliform snowfall census is
undertaken using multiyear CloudSat Cloud Profiling Radar observations. CloudSat …

Retrievals of riming and snow density from vertically pointing Doppler radars

SL Mason, CJ Chiu, RJ Hogan… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Retrievals of ice and snow are made from Ka‐and W‐band zenith‐pointing Doppler radars
at Hyytiälä, Finland, during the snow experiment component of the Biogenic Aerosols …

[HTML][HTML] Global precipitation measurement cold season precipitation experiment (GCPEX): For measurement's sake, let it snow

G Skofronick-Jackson, D Hudak… - Bulletin of the …, 2015 - journals.ametsoc.org
Barker, HW, AV Korolev, DR Hudak, JW Strapp, KB Strawbridge, and M. Wolde, 2008: A
comparison between CloudSat and aircraft data for a multilayer, mixed phase cloud system …

Cloud and precipitation properties from ground-based remote-sensing instruments in East Antarctica

IV Gorodetskaya, S Kneifel, M Maahn… - The …, 2015 - tc.copernicus.org
A new comprehensive cloud–precipitation–meteorological observatory has been
established at Princess Elisabeth base, located in the escarpment zone of Dronning Maud …

How does the spaceborne radar blind zone affect derived surface snowfall statistics in polar regions?

M Maahn, C Burgard, S Crewell… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Global statistics of snowfall are currently only available from the CloudSat satellite. But
CloudSat cannot provide observations of clouds and precipitation within the so‐called blind …

Estimating radar reflectivity-Snowfall rate relationships and their uncertainties over Antarctica by combining disdrometer and radar observations

N Souverijns, A Gossart, S Lhermitte… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - Elsevier
Snowfall rate (SR) estimates over Antarctica are sparse and characterised by large
uncertainties. Yet, observations by precipitation radar offer the potential to get better insight …

Ice aggregation in low‐level mixed‐phase clouds at a high Arctic site: Enhanced by dendritic growth and absent close to the melting level

G Chellini, R Gierens, S Kneifel - Journal of Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Low‐level mixed‐phase clouds (MPCs) occur extensively in the Arctic, and are known to
play a key role for the energy budget. While their characteristic structure is nowadays well …