Mesoscale atmospheric circulation controls of local meteorological elevation gradients on Kersten Glacier near Kilimanjaro summit

Mölg, Thomas; Hardy, Douglas R.; Collier, Emily; Kropač, Elena; Schmid, Christina; Cullen, Nicolas J.; Kaser, Georg; Prinz, Rainer; Winkler, Michael

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-11-653-2020

Articles | Volume 11, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-11-653-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-11-653-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 3

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30 Jul 2020

Research article |

| 30 Jul 2020

Mesoscale atmospheric circulation controls of local meteorological elevation gradients on Kersten Glacier near Kilimanjaro summit

Thomas Mölg, Douglas R. Hardy, Emily Collier, Elena Kropač, Christina Schmid, Nicolas J. Cullen, Georg Kaser, Rainer Prinz, and Michael Winkler

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- AC1: 'Reply to both referee comments (R1 and R2)', Thomas Mölg, 27 May 2020
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- AC1: 'Reply to both referee comments (R1 and R2)', Thomas Mölg, 27 May 2020

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The glaciers on Kilimanjaro summit are like sample spots of the climate in the tropical mid-troposphere. Measurements of air temperature, air humidity, and precipitation with automated weather stations show that the differences in these meteorological elements between two altitudes (~ 5600 and ~ 5900 m) vary significantly over the day and the seasons, in concert with airflow dynamics around the mountain. Knowledge of these variations will improve atmosphere and cryosphere models.