GROUND TEMPERATURE AT THE HENRYK ARCTOWSKI STATION (KING GEORGE ISLAND, ANTARCTIC) – CASE STUDY FROM THE PERIOD JANUARY 2012 TO FEBRUARY 2013

Authors

  • ANDRZEJ ARAŹNY Department of Meteorology and Climatology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Lwowska 1, 87-100 Toruń
  • MAREK KEJNA Department of Meteorology and Climatology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Lwowska 1, 87-100 Toruń
  • IRENEUSZ SOBOTA Department of Hydrology and Water Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Lwowska 1, 87-100 Toruń

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2478/bgeo-2013-0004

Keywords

ground temperature, climate, H. Arctowski Station, King George Island, the Antarctic

Abstract

The article presents the results of measurements of ground temperature in the context of general meteorological conditions at the Henryk Arctowski Station (King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic) from the period of 20 January 2013 to 22 February 2013. The measurements were taken using a Vantage Pro+ automatic weather station and the thermal conditions of the ground were measured by means of a HOBO automatic data logger. The variability of ground temperature was analysed in an annual and diurnal cycle. A clear recurrent diurnal pattern was observed in the summer season, resulting from more favourable insolation conditions in that part of the year. In the winter, on the other hand, no major differences in the diurnal cycle of ground temperature were found, particularly with a dense snow cover.

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2013-11-26

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ARAŹNY, ANDRZEJ, KEJNA, MAREK and SOBOTA, IRENEUSZ. GROUND TEMPERATURE AT THE HENRYK ARCTOWSKI STATION (KING GEORGE ISLAND, ANTARCTIC) – CASE STUDY FROM THE PERIOD JANUARY 2012 TO FEBRUARY 2013. Bulletin of Geography. Physical Geography Series. Online. 26 November 2013. No. 6, pp. 59-80. [Accessed 8 July 2025]. DOI 10.2478/bgeo-2013-0004.

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