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2003-2004 USAP
Field Season
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Oceans & Climate
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Dr. Bernhard Lettau
Program Manager
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O-283-M/P/S
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NSF/OPP
00-88058
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Station:
McMurdo Station, Palmer Station
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RPSC POC:
Patricia Jackson
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Research Site(s):
South Pole Station
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Dates in Antarctica:
Instruments operate year-round, mid November to late January (project team deploys)
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Antarctic Automatic Weather Station Program (AWS): 2001-2004
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Antarctic Automatic Weather Station Program: 2001-2004
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Deploying Team Members:
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John Cassano
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Shelley L. Knuth
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Jonathan E. Thom
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George A. Weidner
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Research Objectives:
A network of nearly 50 automatic weather stations (AWS) has been established on the antarctic continent and several surrounding islands. These facilities were built to measure surface wind, pressure, temperature, and humidity. Some of them also track other atmospheric variables, such as snow accumulation and incident solar radiation.
Their data are transmitted via satellite to a number of ground stations and put to several uses, including operational weather forecasting, accumulation of climatological records, general research purposes, and specific support of the U.S. Antarctic Program - especially the LTER program at McMurdo and Palmer Stations. The AWS network has grown from a small-scale program in 1980 into a significant data retrieval system that is now extremely reliable, and has proven indispensable for both forecasting and research purposes. This project maintains and augments the AWS, as necessary.
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