Willie Field AWS, Oct. 2006 - Click to Enlarge

Willie Field

Status: Installed and Functioning

Latitude

77.866 degrees South

Longitude

166.983 degrees East

Altitude

14 meters

Model Type

AWS2B

Start Date

January 1992

Notes

Station was named for Williams Field, the runway nearest to the station.

Notes

18 October 2006 - Site visited. Tower raised.

20 January 2006 - Site visited. ADG raised.

7 February 2005 - Site visited. Battery partially buried. Boom raised to 3.56 m. Acoustic depth gauge installed 1.56 m above the surface.

October 2003 - Visited site. Reset computer.

February 2009 - Willie site was visited on 2/5/09 by Melissa Richards and Dan Steinhoff

Work completed:
Installed electronics box 30477
Installed RMY aerovane with Belfort base
Installed Antennax antennae
Removed ADG, ADG radiation shield and ADG enclosure
Installed new ADG to attach to the 30477 electronics box

New height to bottom of:

Lower temperature sensor: 20"
Junction box: 41"
ADG: 43"
Solar panel: 49"
Electronics box: 77"
Solar panel: 154"
Antennae: 164"
Boom: 175"

Received 3 successful transmissions.

A few notes:

* The old style antennae was left on the boom with the electronics box end of the cable taped off
* The Antennax antennae was attached directly to the tower as done at Sabrina. This caused close clearance with the aerovane, but it was verified multiple times that there is sufficient clearance.
* The old ADG enclosure had a battery cable hard wired inside. In order to remove the enclosure, this cable needed to be cut. Dan and I did not have a shovel to try to dig up the battery box. The cut end of the battery cable has been covered with tape and taped to the tower.
* The cable to the lower solar panel followed the tower down into the snow. Does this go to the battery box that powered the ADG enclosure? If so, is there a problem that this is still connected and the battery box cable has been cut?

Field Station Report History

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

1998 1999 2000

Past Two Days of Weather Observations

Meteogram

Weather data archive

Archived Willie Field AWS Data

Willie Field AWS Climate Data

Willie Field AWS, 2005 - Click to Enlarge

Willie Field AWS, Jan. 2006 - Click to Enlarge

Willie Field AWS, 2003 - Click to Enlarge

Willie Field AWS, 1998 - Click to enlarge.

Willie Field AWS, 2002 (facing East) - Click to enlarge. Click here to see the AWS from the North, South, or West

Willie Field AWS, caption 'arrive 1-18-94' - Click to enlarge.