antarctic automatic weather station program: 2008

ANTARCTIC AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATION PROGRAM: 2008-2009 FIELD SEASON OVERVIEW
Matthew A. Lazzara*,1, George A. Weidner2, Jonathan E. Thom1, Shelley L. Knuth1, 3,
John J. Cassano3, and Melissa A. Richards3
1
Antarctic Meteorological Research Center, Space Science and Engineering Center
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
2
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
3
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, Colorado
http://amrc.ssec.wisc.edu/
1.
ABSTRACT
During the 2008-2009 field season over 27 Automatic
Weather Station (AWS) sites were visited for servicing,
including the installation of 2 new sites: Sabrina AWS
(Figure 1) Margaret AWS (Figure 2). This presentation
will review the AWS field season activities, repairs,
servicing, and installations. The presently known and
verified network of all national and international AWS
plotted on the map in Figure 3.
2.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors wish to thank the Office of Polar
Programs at the National Science Foundation ANT06368783. Thanks goes to Raytheon Polar Services,
PHI Helicopters, Ken Borek Air, IPEV, and Mawson’s
Huts Foundation.
Figure 2. Margaret AWS installed in November of
2008.
Figure 1. Sabrina AWS installed in January of 2009.
*
Corresponding Author: Matthew A. Lazzara
901 Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Science Building,
1225 West Dayton Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
Phone: 608-262-0436 Fax: 608-263-6738
Email: [email protected]
Figure 3. The 2009 Automatic Weather Station map of all verified AWS installed in Antarctica (as of June,
2009).