A Study of Antarctic Remote Site Automatic Weather Station Data (1980-81) from the Ross Ice Shelf Area.

The third generation of the Antarctic remote-site Automatic Weather Stations (AWS2B) was installed at various locations during Austral summer (1979/80). The quality and quantity of surface pressure, wind (speed and direction) and temperature data show a marked improvement over that of the earlier AW...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hervey,S P
Other Authors: NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1984
Subjects:
Meteorology
*WEATHER
*METEOROLOGICAL DATA
*WEATHER STATIONS
DATA PROCESSING
GROUND LEVEL
DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
COMPARISON
ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
THESES
WIND DIRECTION
DATA ACQUISITION
WIND VELOCITY
METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS
BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
REMOTE AREAS
AUTOMATIC
ANTARCTIC REGIONS
LAND ICE
ROSS SEA
Ross Ice Shelf
McMurdo sound
AWS(Antarctic Weather Stations)
Antarctic
Austral
McMurdo Sound
Ross Sea
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctica
Ice Shelf
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA143738
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA143738
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Summary:The third generation of the Antarctic remote-site Automatic Weather Stations (AWS2B) was installed at various locations during Austral summer (1979/80). The quality and quantity of surface pressure, wind (speed and direction) and temperature data show a marked improvement over that of the earlier AWS platforms (1976-80) examined by personnel at the Naval Postgraduate School. Statistical processing of data from February 1980 to December 1981 was done in order to contribute to a base climatology for AWS sites and to investigate possible operational applications of the data to the United States Antarctic mission. Comparisons were made between synoptic reports collected at McMurdo, Antarctica and the data obtained from the surrounding AWS2B stations.

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