AWS ID: 8908B

     SITE NAME: LAURIE SITE
     LOCATION : LAT 77.55 S  LONG 170.09 E   CAPE CROZIER
     HEIGHT   : 25 M (ESTIMATED) 

     DATE ACTIVATED: 14 JAN 1984
     LAST VISITED  : 18 JAN 1984

                        SENSORS SERVICED
         SENSOR           PROBLEM           ACTION TAKEN
  AEROVANE(12-78-15)                          INSTALLED
  PRESSURE GAUGE(3132)                        INSTALLED
  TEMP PROBE EXT                              INSTALLED
  TEMP PROBE INT                              INSTALLED
  HUMIDITY PROBE                              INSTALLED 
  DELTA-T PROBE                               INSTALLED

                        FIELD CALIBRATION
           CALIBRATION                       DIFFERENCE
   VARIABLE    AWS    MEASURED      AS 83/84  AS 82/83  AS 81/82

   PRESSURE  992.1    993.8 MB        1.7 MB    1.3 MB     -
   TEMP EXT   -6.8     -7.2  C        -.4  C    -.6  C     -
   TEMP INT     -        -             -         -         -
   WIND SPD     -        -             -         -         -
   WIND DIR    OK    N-E-S-W-N        OK        OK         -

                     LABORATORY CALIBRATION
           CALIBRATION                      DIFFERENCE
   VARIABLE    AWS    MEASURED      AS 83/84  AS 82/83  AS 81/82

   PRESSURE  993.1    994.6 MB        1.5 MB    1.3 MB     -
   TEMP EXT     .25      .00 C       -0.25 C   -1.0  C     -
   TEMP INT   15.5      16.1 C         .6        -         -
   WIND SPD    .244 M/S/BIT            .0     .230 M/S/B   -
   WIND DIR    OK     N-E-S-W-N       OK        OK         - 
   HUMIDITY    .54*BITS-18 %          CAL        -         -
   DELTA  T    .12*(BITS-198) C       CAL        -         -

   COMMENTS:  AWS 8908 WAS INSTALLED AT LAURIE SITE REPLACING AWS 8911.  THE UW VERSION OF THE AWS WAS USED, THUS THE 8908B DESIGNATION.  THE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE PROBES WERE PLACED AT 22 AND 97 INCHES ABOVE THE SNOW SURFACE.  THE HUMIDITY PROBE WAS AT BOOM HEIGHT (9 FT.).