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/ 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 Peninsula BAS, 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 MASIN photo?
Bye for now from the Rothera Met Team