AWS ID: 8903
 
	SITE NAME: BYRD
	LOCATION : LAT 80.00 S  LONG 120.00 W
	HEIGHT   : 1530 M

	DATE ACTIVATED: FEBRUARY 1980
	LAST VISITED  : 3 DEC 1984

			SENSORS SERVICED
	SENSOR		  PROBLEM	    ACTION TAKEN
AEROVANE(00-00-01) 		      	      CHECKED
PRESSURE GAUGE(4735) 			      CHECKED
TEMP PROBE EXT				      CHECKED
TEMP PROBE INT				      CHECKED
HUMIDITY PROBE				        NONE 
DELTA-T PROBE				        NONE

			FIELD CALIBRATION
	  CALIBRATION			     DIFFERENCE
VARIABLE      AWS    MEASURED       AS 84/85  AS 83/84  AS 82/83

PRESSURE       -        -              -       4.1 MB
TEMP EXT       -	- 	       -         .0 C
TEMP INT       -        -	       -          -        -
WIND SPD       -        -              -     .229 M/S/BIT
WIND DIR       -        -              -           OK

			LABORATORY CALIBRATION
	  CALIBRATION			       DIFFERENCE
VARIABLE    AWS    MEASURED	       AS 84/85  AS 83/84  AS 82/83

PRESSURE     -         -		 -         
TEMP EXT     -         -                 -	   
TEMP INT     -         -                 -         
WIND SPD     -         -                 -       
WIND DIR     -         -	         -	     
HUMIDITY     -         -   		 -           
DELTA T      -         -		 -	   

COMMENTS:  AWS 8903 HAS BEEN AT BYRD STATION FOR 5 YEARS.  THE WIND SPEED CALIBRATION .229 (M/S)/BITS FOLLOWS FROM THE CALIBRATION PROCEDURE DISCUSSED EARLIER.  THE TOWER REMAINS AT ABOUT 3.5 METERS ABOVE THE SNOW SURFACE.