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SINCE March 1, 1957, a net exchange radiometer of the Gier and Dunkle type manufactured by Beckman and Whitley has been in continuous operation at Scott Base (77° 51′ S., 166° 48′ E.) on Ross Island. The radiometer measures the difference between the total incoming and outgoing long- and short-wave radiation through a horizontal surface 6 ft. above the ground. The site of the radiometer is such that the surface beneath the instrument is not snow at all times, because bare rock is exposed in the summer. However, the radiation-properties of the surface as a whole are probably typical of many areas in McMurdo Sound and other partially snow-free areas of the Antarctic, and the results are of particular interest for this reason.
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THOMPSON, D., MACDONALD, W. Radiation Balance at Scott Base. Nature 184, 541–542 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/184541a0
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