FMQ-19 Airport Weather Systems

▼ South Pole 2004

▼ McMurdo airfields 2006

▼ Automated data collection from McMurdo systems started in 2011

▼ Bldg. 165 at McMurdo in 2013 (FMQ-23)

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Airport Weather Systems

▼ Sensors   Wind Speed   Wind Direction   Temperature   Relative Humidity   Atmospheric Pressure (3)   Precipitation ID (B165 only)   Visibility   Cloud Height

▼ One-minute data

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Airport Weather Advisor (AWA)

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Bldg. 165 AWA Web Interface

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Campbell Scientific AWS

▼ CR1000 Datalogger ▼ 900 MHz Freewave radio ▼ Sensors

  Wind Speed   Wind Direction   Temperature   Relative Humidity   Atmospheric Pressure

▼ Ten-minute data

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Coastal Environmental Systems Polar Portable Met Kit (PPMK)

▼ Zeno 3200 Datalogger ▼  Iridium Short Burst Data (SBD) communications ▼ Senors

  Wind Speed   Wind Direction   Temperature   Relative Humidity   Atmospheric Pressure   Visibility (optional)   Cloud Height (optional)

▼ Ten-minute data ▼  Includes PDA app to download and view data locally

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Google Earth Wind Display

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RM Young AWS

▼ Black Island (2004) ▼ BIF (2009) ▼ Marble Point (2013) ▼ Sensors

  Wind Speed   Wind Direction   Temperature   Relative Humidity   Atmospheric Pressure

▼ One-minute data

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Graphical Data Display

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McMurdo Area Wind System (MAWS)

▼  Installed in 1995 ▼ Wind Speed and Direction ▼ Sites

  Arrival Heights   COSRAY Building   Crater Hill   Helo Pad   Transmitter Site   Ice Pier (Removed 1998)

▼ One-minute data

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Antarctic Internet Data Distribution (IDD)

▼ Automated 10-minute data   ANT.NZCM.AWS.[SiteID].[YYYYMMDD].[HHmm]

▼ Manual Hourly and Special Observations   ANT.NZCM.OBS.[SiteID].[YYYYMMDD].[HHmm]

▼ METAR Format

▼ Receive AMRC AWS data   Display in Google Earth   Wind Alert App

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SOPP Wind Alert App

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SOPP Automated Weather Systems

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