UW Automatic Weather Stations - 2001

Regions:Years: Ross%20Island%20Vicinity
Stations (2001):

    Ferrell AWS

    Owner: UW AWS UW
    Site Code: FER
    Initial Start Date: 1980-12-10
    Info from Service Visit: 2001-01-09
    Latitude: -77.91 S
    Longitude: 170.82 E
    Elevation: 45 meters
    WMO ID: 89872

    AWS Model: AWS2B
    ARGOS ID: 8929
    2001 Archive (FTP): 3-hourly | 10-minute

    Station Records:
    Max. Temp. (C) 5.6   2010-01-22
    Min. Temp. (C) -58.3   1990-08-03
    Max Wind (m/s) 36.6   2010-01-22
    Max. Press. (mb) 1025.6   1981-08-15
    Min. Press. (mb) 933   1993-07-19


    Notes: Station was named for an Antarctic helicopter pilot.

    Installation of a duplicate tower at Ferrell on 2-10-11 (approximate ground time 2.5 hours)

    Team: Jonathan, Lee and Melissa
    Pilot: Dean
    Helo Tech: Roger

    UNAVCO GPS was set out. Approximate times were 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm.

    It was about a 45 minute 212 helo flight from McMurdo.

    The instrument heights on the original tower are as follows:

    Lower temp: 62 cm
    ADG: 60 cm
    Electronics box: 127 cm
    ADG electronics box: 53 cm
    ADG solar panel: 57 cm
    Junction box: 27 cm
    Solar panel: 201 cm
    Boom: 277 cm

    Boom oriented at 6 deg

    The ADG, ADG electronics box, lower temperature and ADG solar panel were removed from this station. Otherwise this station remains as is.

    We installed a full new station about "21 Jonathan paces" to the east of the original station. This station will be used to test the difference in measurements between the old style AWS station and the new style AWS station. A 5' and two 7' tower sections were installed. The tower and guides have been installed approximately 2-3 feet into the snow. Two sets of batteries and a full set of instruments were installed at this site.

    The final instrument heights were:

    Lower temp: 102 cm
    J-box: 207 cm
    Electronics box: 240 cm
    ADG and pyronometer: 432 cm
    Solar panel: 365 cm
    Upper temp and HMP: 524 cm
    Aerovane: 568 cm