Data Transmission

The transmitted AWS data are received and stored by the ARGOS data collection system on the NOAA series of polar orbiting satellites. The data are retransmitted by the satellite for reception by a local user terminal (LUT) as at McMurdo, Antarctica. The data are processed into scientific units and are available for local use. The complete data set is received daily at Madison, Wisconsin, from Service ARGOS, Toulouse, France, for processing and distribution to the users.