UW Automatic Weather Stations - 1998

Regions:Years: West%20Antarctica
Stations (1998):

    Swithinbank AWS

    Owner: UW AWS UW
    Site Code: STB
    Initial Start Date: 1997-01-18
    Installed: 1997-01-18
    Latitude: -81.2 S
    Longitude: -126.17 W
    Elevation: 945 meters


    AWS Model:
    ARGOS ID: 21356
    1998 Archive (FTP): 3-hourly | 10-minute

    Station Records:
    Max. Temp. (C) 3.4   1998-01-20
    Min. Temp. (C) -51.1   2001-08-12
    Max Wind (m/s) 45.8   1998-01-20
    Max. Press. (mb) 904.3   1999-06-17
    Min. Press. (mb) 824.1   1997-08-08


    Notes: Removed 1 station on 1-17-2011
    Team: Lee Welhouse, Galit Sorokin, Marsha Kendall
    Pilots: Lexi Larson, Erica Dilena

    Flight from Byrd station took approximately 40 minutes, ground time was approximately an hour.

    Station was found with approximately 183 cm exposed. The boom, junction box, solar panel, and enclosure were removed. Solar panel looked to be damaged. Digging down we discovered the top 2 tower sections were short 3 foot sections. We dug to a depth of approximately 5 feet and found 1 battery box and 3 capped, disconnected wires. The Battery was at approximately 2 feet below the surface. The plugs were removed and the exposed wire covered. There is still tower section, and presumably batteries at this station. Unavco GPS was not deployed at this station as it was at the exact location the 2008 coordinates indicated.