Observations from an autonomous Doppler sodar wind profiling system deployed in Coats Land, Antarctica during 2002 and 2003

Relevant publications (click on publications button):

• Preliminary observations are used as validation data in this numerical modelling paper:
  • Renfrew, I. A., 2004: The dynamics of  idealized katabatic flow over a moderate slope and ice shelf, Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 130, 1023-1045.
• Test observations are compared to tethersonde profiles in the system development paper:
  • Anderson, P. S., R. S. Ladkin and I. A. Renfrew, 2005: An autonomous Doppler sodar wind profiling system, J. Oceanic Atmos. Tech., 22, 1309-1325.
• An analysis of the full two years of data, describing general characteristics of typical katabatic flows are described in:
  • Renfrew, I. A. and P. S. Anderson, 2006: Profiles of katabatic flow in summer and winter over Coats Land, Antarctica, Quarterly J. Royal Meteorol. Soc., 132, 779-802 .

Quicklook pictures of all major observing periods are here.