Antarctic Peninsula Automatic Weather Station Update

Rothera AWS Team: Tamsin Gray, Celine Nyhan, Steve Colwell, Rebecca Horne

Plus news from projects led by:Konrad Steffen, Ted Scambos, John King and Michiel van den Broeke

New for summer 2009/10 – • 3 new ‘AMIGOS’ and 3 GPS/AWS deployed by LARISSA glaciology team•New West Antarctic AWS ‘Thomas’ at ice core drilling site near Pine Island•Repairs to Dismal Island AWS… finally!

Plans for Summer 2010/11 - •4 new AWS in transect across Peninsula for OFCAP project•New Dutch AWS on Scar Inlet?•Relocation of Thomas AWS to next year’s drill site•SBD iridium real-time data transmission trials on BAS AWS

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Something about iridium modems to replace argos

All data now received via iridium

Argos still used for real-time data

Plans to test iridium real-time data transmission next season at Fossil Bluff site

All sites currently working well except Larsen C – power issues

Photo: Erin Petit

AMIGOS Stations:

•GPS•Pressure•Air Temperature•Humidity•Wind Speed•Wind Direction•Snow Accumulation•Surface Conditions - camera

AMIGOS team: Ted Scambos, Ronald Ross, Terry Haran, Erin Petit

OFCAP – Orographic Flow and Climate on the Antarctic PeninsulaBAS, University of East Anglia, University of Leeds P.I. John King

•Field Camp – Full surface energy balance•Radiosonde launches - Rothera and at Larsen C field camp•AWS transect -Microbarograph•Airbourne measurements

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Bye for now from the Rothera Met Team

Mike John Celine Tamsin

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