CLIMB annual report 2021

How do aerosol-cloud-interactions influence the surface mass balance in Antarctica ?

The CLIMB project conducts measurements of meteorological, aerosol, cloud and precipitation characteristics at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica station (PEA) and directly at the cloud level, with cost- and logistics-efficient small-sized instrumentation, continuously at least during austral summer.
In addition to extended Ice Nuclei filter sampling at PEA, there will be
(i) a vertically resolved, continuous (year-round possible) profile of temperature, relative humidity and pressure for three heights: at PEA (1390 m asl), on the Utsteinen nunatak summit (around 1600 m asl) and in the Vikinghogda mountains;
(ii) Measurements of precipitation type, intensity and droplet/crystal size by two disdrometers; one will be placed in the mountain and one at PEA, in order to be able to compare the data with the existing micro-rain radar at PEA;
(iii) cloud-level measurements of aerosol particle number distribution;
(iv) An automated sampling system for S-VOCs in the mountains: this will result in valuable insights which S-VOCs are present at this altitude and in-cloud.

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Mangold, A., Delcloo, A., De Causmaecker, K., van Lipzig, N., Walgraeve, C., Van Overmeiren, P., Van Roozendael, M., Merlaud, A., Hermans, C., & Friedrich, M. M. (2026). CLIMB annual report 2021. Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy. https://doi.org/10.18758/7qo9wokq

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Mangold, Alexanderorcid, Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium
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Delcloo, Andyorcid, Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium; De Causmaecker, Karen , Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium; van Lipzig, Nicoleorcid, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Walgraeve, Christopheorcid, Ghent University; Van Overmeiren, Prebenorcid, Ghent University; Van Roozendael, Michelorcid, Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy; Merlaud, Alexisorcid, Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy; Hermans, Christianorcid, Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy; Friedrich, Martina M.orcid, Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy;

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Starting

2020
Ending

2021

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Funding details

BELSPO
Repository homepage

https://data.aeronomie.be/dataset/
Last Updated

May 18, 2026
Created

2021

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