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The Dome C site testing from an atmospheric physicist view

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2009

L. Spinoglio ,
N. Epchtein ,
S. Argentini  and
I. Pietroni
S. Argentini*
Affiliation:
ISAC-CNR via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Roma, Italy;
I. Pietroni
Affiliation:
ISAC-CNR via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Roma, Italy;
*
s.argentini@isac.cnr.it
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Abstract

Atmospheric field experiments were made at the French-Italian station of Concordia at Dome C during several years. These experiments were limited to the summer season. In 2005 Concordia has become a permanent base, this allowed to carry out STABLEDC (STudy of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Environmental at Dome C plateau station) that is an atmospheric field experiment of the duration of one year. The aim of STABLEDC was to study the processes occurring in the long-lived stable and the weak convective atmospheric boundary layers, observed during winter and summer, respectively, and to collect the relevant parameters for the atmospheric models. Both in situ and ground based remote sensing instruments have been used to monitor the meteorological parameters. The first part of the paper gives a brief illustration of the objectives of the field experiment, and a description of site and instrumentation. The second part shows the behaviour of some micrometeorological parameters: temperature, wind speed, sensible heat flux. The surface radiation balance components are also shown. Finally some experimental activities are proposed.

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Research Article
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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 40: 3rd ARENA Conference: An Astronomical Observatory at CONCORDIA (Dome C, Antarctica) , 2010 , pp. 45 - 53
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© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2010

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