A study of Antarctic remote site Automatic Weather Station data (1980-81) from the Ross ice shelf area.

• Main Author: Hervey, Suzanne Plott
• Other Authors: Renard, R.J., Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.), Meteorology
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 1984
• Subjects: weather; Antarctica; McMurdo; automatic weather stations; Ross ice shelf; wind; temperature; pressure; Meteorology; Antarctic; Austral; Ross Ice Shelf; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10945/19581

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