Cold Firn-Meteorology (CoFi-Met)

Coldest Firn – Meteorology is a joint measurement campaign performed by the Leipzig Institute for Meteorology (LIM), University of Leipzig and the Alfred-Wegener-Institute (AWI) at Kohnen Station, Antarctica (75°00’ S, 00°04’ E, 2892 m a.s.l.) in austral summer 2013/14. Observations are an integral part of the LIM-AWI- project “Coupling of airborne and in situ ground based measurements of surface albedo, bidirectional reflectivity BRDF and snow properties in Antarctica to improve prognostic snow models” funded by German Research Foundation. Measurements are also embedded in the AWI-project “Coldest Firn”, which aims to improve knowledge on microstructure as well as physical / chemical characteristics and isotopic composition of snow and firn in key regions of the Antarctic Plateau.