2003-2004 USAP Field Season

Oceans & Climate

Dr. Bernhard Lettau Program Manager

O-275-P/S	NSF/OPP MOU with DOE
Station: Palmer Station, South Pole Station
RPSC POC: Rob Edwards
Research Site(s): Palmer Station, South Pole Station
Dates in Antarctica: Instruments operate year-round

Remote Atmospheric Measurements Program (RAMP) of the University of Miami / U.S. Department of Energy's Environmental Measurements Lab

	Dr. Colin Sanderson United States Department of Energy Environmental Measurements Lab colin.sanderson@eml.doe.gov

Remote Atmospheric Measurements Program (RAMP) of the University of Miami / U.S. Department of Energy's Environmental Measurements Lab

Research Objectives: Radionuclides, some of which occur naturally in the surface air, are atoms emitting radioactive energy. It is these, as well as nuclear fallout and any accidental releases of radioactivity, that the Environmental Measurements Laboratory's (EML's) Remote Atmospheric Measurements Program (RAMP) is designed to detect and monitor. Since 1963, EML, as part of the U.S. Department of Energy, has run the Global Sampling Network to monitor surface air. The RAMP system provides on-site analysis in 13 different locations around the world, including Palmer Station. Using a high-volume aerosol sampler, a gamma ray spectrometer, and a link to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's ARGOS satellite system, we continue sampling air at Palmer Station for anthropogenic radionuclides.