| 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, Monterey, California. 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. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Lieutenant, United States Navy http://archive.org/details/astudyofantarcti1094519581
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