Abstract: The surface heat budget for the absolutely dry soil of the Pampa de La Joya, Peru, a portion of the Atacama Desert, was determined for three round-the-clock periods in July 1964. The diurnal variations are described by the ...

Abstract: Row Island, Antarctica with its 3000 m volcanic peaks a prodigious barrier to the predominant southerly airflow of the western Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. This study investigates the relationship of Ross Island to the ...

Abstract: Decadal-length, daily average, temperature records have been generated for four inland West Antarctic sites by combining automatic weather station (AWS) and satellite passive microwave brightness temperature records. These ...

Abstract: Five winter months (April?August 1988) of thermal infrared satellite images were examined to investigate the occurrence of dark (warm) signatures across the Ross Ice Shelf in the Antarctic continent. These features are ...

Abstract: A detailed description of the characteristics of the three-dimensional wind flow for the Ross Island region of Antarctica is presented. This region of Antarctica has complex topographic features, and the wind flow is ...

Abstract: On 20 May 1977 a periodic pressure disturbance over the upper Midwest was detected by synoptic and mesoscale microbarograph arrays. Analysis indicates that a pressure wave with an amplitude of approximately 1.0 mb, a phase ...

Abstract: For over 30 years, weather forecasting for the Antarctic continent and adjacent Southern Ocean has relied on weather satellites. Significant advancements in forecasting skill have come via the weather satellite. The advent ...

Abstract: On 4 May 1987, the first automatic weather station (AWS) near the summit of the Greenland Ice Sheet began transmitting data. Air temperature records from this site, AWS Cathy, as well as nearby AWS at the Greenland Ice ...