Abstract
Abstract. Studying precipitation at very high latitudes is difficult because of the
harsh environmental conditions that limit the external activity of humans
and instruments, especially in the polar winter. The direct monitoring of
ice crystal habits and size distribution in Antarctic precipitation is
important for the validation of the algorithms used for retrieving
precipitation from ground-based and satellite-borne radar instruments and
for the improvement of the climatological modelling of polar areas. This paper
describes an automated device (ICE-CAMERA) specifically developed for the
imaging, measurement, and classification of ice precipitation on the
Antarctic high plateau. The instrument gives detailed information on
precipitation on an hourly basis. The article provides a description of the
device and its image processing software. Starting in 2014, the instrument
has operated almost unattended all year round at Concordia station, Antarctica (75∘ S, 123∘ E, 3220 m altitude).
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