OTT Pluvio²L in use for a research project in Antarctica
Close to McMurdo Station in Antarctica, researchers from the University of Colorado, Boulder and the National Center for Atmospheric Research are investigating methods to measure the accumulating snowfall in the harsh Antarctic environment. These measurements are important to better understand the potential for sea level rise in the future due to climate change. Measuring snowfall in the Antarctic environment is particularly challenging because it's difficult to distinguish between falling snow and blowing snow. The researchers, funded by the National Science Foundation, which is responsible for the U.S. Antarctic Program, are meeting this challenge through the use of a special-designed APS (Antarctic Precipitation System).