Antarctica Project Overview
Now that the flurry of getting all of the equipment packed and shipped has passed, I have some time to post an update. It seems most appropriate to begin by giving a few more details on the project and what we hope to accomplish. First off, this project is being funded by the National Science Foundation and is a collaborative effort between the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the University of Colorado (CU). I am managing the project on the NCAR side and Mark Seefeldt is managing the project on the CU side. The overall purpose of the project is to show that we have the ability to measure snowfall in the Antarctic environment. The "snowfall" I'm referring to is not necessarily snow depth though. What we are interested in is how much Liquid Water Equivalent (LWE) snowfall is falling. LWE sounds complicated but it is simply the amount of liquid water you would get if you melted all the snow. You can also achieve this by weighing the amount of snow that ha