A study of Antarctic remote site Automatic Weather Station data (1980-81) from the Ross ice shelf area.
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Authors
Hervey, Suzanne Plott
Subjects
weather
Antarctica
McMurdo
automatic weather stations
Ross ice shelf
wind
temperature
pressure
Antarctica
McMurdo
automatic weather stations
Ross ice shelf
wind
temperature
pressure
Advisors
Renard, R.J.
Date of Issue
1984-03
Date
March 1984
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
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.
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Department
Meteorology
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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