In:
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, American Meteorological Society, Vol. 93, No. 10 ( 2012-10-01), p. 1519-1537
Abstract:
Antarctica boasts one of the world's harshest environments. Since the earliest expeditions, a major challenge has been to characterize the surface meteorology around the continent. In 1980, the University of Wisconsin—Madison (UW-Madison) took over the U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) Automatic Weather Station (AWS) program. Since then, the UW-Madison AWS network has aided in the understanding of unique Antarctic weather and climate. This paper summarizes the development of the UW-Madison AWS network, issues related to instrumentation and data quality, and some of the ways these observations have and continue to benefit scientific investigations and operational meteorology.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1520-0477
DOI:
10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00015.1
DOI:
10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00015.2
Language:
English
Publisher:
American Meteorological Society
Publication Date:
2012
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2029396-3
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419957-1
