Wind profiler installed in Antarctica

A VHF (50 MHz) wind profiler was installed in Antarctica at the Peruvian Base Machu Picchu on King George Island from January 21 to 26. The wind profiler will provide a first look at atmospheric dynamics over the region. The profiler-the first of its kind in Antarctica-is a National Science Foundati...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union
Main Authors: Balsley, B. B, Carey, J., Woodman Pollitt, Ronald Francisco, Sarango, M., Urbina, J., Rodríguez, R., Ragaini, E.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Geophysical Union 1993
Subjects:
Thermo-spherical winds
Winds
Atmospheric physics
http://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.05.01
King George Island
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12816/1765
https://doi.org/10.1029/93EO00385
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Summary:A VHF (50 MHz) wind profiler was installed in Antarctica at the Peruvian Base Machu Picchu on King George Island from January 21 to 26. The wind profiler will provide a first look at atmospheric dynamics over the region. The profiler-the first of its kind in Antarctica-is a National Science Foundation sponsored cooperative project of the University of Colorado, the Geophysical Institute of Peru, the University of Piura (Peru), and the Peruvian Navy. This venture was also greatly facilitated by Peru's Comision Nacional de Asuntos Antartidos and Consejo Nacional de Ciencias y Tecnologia, with additional logis tics support provided by the Argentinean Navy and the Uruguayan Air Force.

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