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Climatological observations and predicted sublimation rates at Lake Hoare, AntarcticaIn December 1985, an automated meteorological station was established at Lake Hoare in the dry valley region of Antarctica. Here, the first year-round observations available for any site in Taylor Valley are reported. The mean annual solar flux at Lake Hoare was 92 W/sq m during 1986, the mean air temperature -17.3 C, and the mean 3-m wind speed 3.3 m/s. The local climate is controlled by the wind regime during the 4-month sunless winter and by seasonal and diurnal variations in the incident solar flux during the remainder of the year.
Document ID
19890037277
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Clow, Gary D.
(USGS Menlo Park, CA, United States)
Mckay, Christopher P.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Simmons, George M., Jr.
(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, United States)
Wharton, Robert A., Jr.
(Nevada, University Reno, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1988
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Climate
Volume: 1
ISSN: 0894-8755
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
89A24648
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF DPP-84-16340
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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