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An atmospheric field experiment, STABLEDC (Study of the STABLE boundary layer environmental at Dome C), was held at the French-Italian station of Concordia during 2004–2005. Concordia station is located over the Antarctic plateau at Dome C (Lat. 75° 06.06 S, Long. 123° 20.74 E, 3250 m a.s.l.) An observing system was set to during the field experiment to study the processes occurring in the long-lived stable, and in the weak convective atmospheric boundary layers, observed during winter and summer respectively, and to collect input parameters for atmospheric models. In situ and ground based remote sensing sensors were used to monitor the variation of the meteorological parameters. A brief illustration of the field experiment, the instrumentation, and the behaviour of some meteorological parameters during year is given.
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This research was supported by the Piano Nazionale Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA) in the frame of French-Italian “Dome C” project. The authors would like to thank the logistics staff at Concordia for their support during the experimental fieldwork. Ilaria Pietroni, PhD student in Polar Sciences, was supported by the PNRA and the University of Siena.
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Argentini, S., Pietroni, I. (2011). An Integrated Observing System for Boundary Layer Monitoring at Concordia Station, Antarctica. In: Cimini, D., Visconti, G., Marzano, F. (eds) Integrated Ground-Based Observing Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12968-1_12
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