Contribution of the Argos System for the Study of the Polar Regions

The Argos data collection and location system, aboard the NOAA polar orbiters, has been used by many scientists studying the polar regions. This paper will describe the latest improvements in this, the first worldwide operational location system, and summarize some applications of the Argos System d...

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Main Author: Bessis, Jean-Luc H.
Other Authors: SERVICE ARGOS INC LANDOVER MD
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1992
Subjects:
Meteorology
Information Science
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
Ecology
*DATA ACQUISITION
*ECOSYSTEMS
*MONITORING
*OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
*POLAR REGIONS
ACOUSTICS
ALTITUDE
AUTOMATIC
BUOYS
COLLECTION
HIGH ALTITUDE
ICE MECHANICS
MEASUREMENT
NOISE
OILS
POLLUTION
REGIONS
SCIENTISTS
SEA ICE
TRACKING
WEATHER
WINTER
*Global climate change
Component Reports
ARGOS System
Data collection and location system
Antarctic
Arctic
Fairbanks
Weddell
Antarc*
Climate change
Sea ice
Weddell Seals
Alaska
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADP007277
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADP007277
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Summary:The Argos data collection and location system, aboard the NOAA polar orbiters, has been used by many scientists studying the polar regions. This paper will describe the latest improvements in this, the first worldwide operational location system, and summarize some applications of the Argos System developed by North American users in the polar regions. Arctic applications include drifting buoy collection of meteorological and/or oceanographic data to support operational programs using the ice as a research platform, e.g., undersea acoustic noise measurements; determination of the effects of long-term loading stresses on sea ice; oil exploration and operations, including pollution and environmental monitoring; tracking movements of wolves, caribou, polar bears and grizzly bears. Antarctic applications include environmental research for a better understanding of microbial ecosystems; winter data acquisition on ice motion using parachute dropped buoys; oceanographic drifters to support operational and research programs; automatic weather and geophysical stations; high-altitude balloon experiments to observe supernovas; long-duration balloon experiments to collect data on stratospheric winds; tracking movements of fur and Weddell seals, and penguins. This article is from 'Proceedings of the International Conference on the Role of the Polar Regions in Global Change Held in Fairbanks, Alaska on 11-15 June 1990. Volume 1', AD-A253 027, p126-132.

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