Amery Ice Shelf Weather Observations in 1968

In 1968 the Australian Antarctic Division had a group of four men spend over a year on the Amery Ice Shelf. As part of their program of work, they took regular (usually daily) records of the weather where they were located. Observations included wind speed, wind direction, temperature, air pressure,...

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Other Authors: Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
Subjects:
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
EARTH SCIENCE
ATMOSPHERE
ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
ATMOSPHERIC WINDS
CLOUDS
PRECIPITATION
EARTH SCIENCE &gt
ATMOSPHERE &gt
WEATHER EVENTS
Amery Ice Shelf
Meteorology
FIELD INVESTIGATION
CONTINENT &gt
ANTARCTICA
GEOGRAPHIC REGION &gt
POLAR
Amery
Antarctic
Corry
Lambert Glacier
Antarc*
Antarctica
Australian Antarctic Division
Ice Shelf
Online Access:https://researchdata.ands.org.au/amery-ice-shelf-observations-1968/699260
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AIS_1968_met_obs
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536
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Summary:In 1968 the Australian Antarctic Division had a group of four men spend over a year on the Amery Ice Shelf. As part of their program of work, they took regular (usually daily) records of the weather where they were located. Observations included wind speed, wind direction, temperature, air pressure, cloud cover, and general notes about the weather condition. All log books have been archived at the Australian Antarctic Division. Copies of the document details forms for the logbooks are available for download from the provided URL. AMERY ICE SHELF PARTY - February 1968 to February 1969 all IN on V2(67-68) all OUT on V2(68-69) Officer-in-Charge: Maxwell John Corry Medical Officer: Julian R Sansom Engineer(Electronics): Alan H F Nickols Senior Diesel Mechanic: Neville Joseph Collins Conducted a glaciological programme including ice drilling and surveying the Lambert Glacier

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