Halley Monostatic Sodar
Links to Data and Information on the Halley Monostatic Sodar
These pages are part of the British Antarctic Survey's main website.
Updated 31st December, 2003 Phil Anderson

Data for the following years are presently available:

1991, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007


A report by Elsa Dieudonné on extracting boundary layer depth from the sodar echogrammes is here.

A brief history of using Sodar in the Antarctic gives some background as to why the Sodar echogrammes are of interest. Useful links to other atmospheric acoustic sites can be found at the home page of ISARS, the International Society of Acoustic remote sensing of the Atmosphere and Oceans.

 

Other references on using sodar:

 

Anderson PS  (2003) Fine-scale structure observed in a stable atmospheric boundary layer by Sodar and kite-borne tethersonde. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 107(2):323-351.

 

Anderson PS, Ladkin RS and Renfrew IA  (2005) An autonomous Doppler sodar wind profiling system. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 22(9):1309-1325.

 

Beyrich F  (1997) Mixing height estimation from sodar data - A critical discussion. Atmospheric Environment. 31(23):3941-3953.

 

Beyrich F and Weill A  (1993) Some Aspects of Determining the Stable Boundary-Layer Depth from Sodar Data. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 63(1-2):97-116.

 

Beyrich F, Weisensee U, Sprung D and Gusten H  (1996) Comparative analysis of sodar and ozone profile measurements in a complex structured boundary layer and implications for mixing height estimation. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 81(1):1-9.

 

Mastrantonio G, Naithani J, Anderson PS, Argentini S and Petenko I  (1999) Quantitative analysis and interpretation of dot echoes observed with a Doppler sodar. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 16(12):1928-1940.

 

Neff WD  (1986) On the use of sodars to study stably stratified flow influenced by terrain. Atmospheric Research. 20:279-308.

 

Neff WD, Helmig D, Grachev A and Davis D  (2008) A study of boundary Layer behavior associated with high NO concentrations at the South Pole using a minisodar, tethered balloon, and sonic anemometer. Atmospheric Environment. 42(12):2762-2779.

 


Please contact Phil Anderson for more details about these Sodar data, and permission to publish.