########################################################################### # Notice on the use of Antarctic Meteorological Research Center data sets # ########################################################################### # The Antarctic Meteorological Research Center (AMRC) collects, archives # # and provides Antarctic meteorological observational data to the # # community and public for research, logistic, and educational activities.# # The AMRC requests acknowledgement for use of the data in any published # # work. See http://amrc.ssec.wisc.edu/acknowledgement.html for details on # # how to acknowledge AMRC data, displays or information. # # If the AMRC data are critical to the work, co-authorship may be # # appropriate. Please contact the AMRC in such a case. # # # # AMRC Contact Information: # # Address: 947 Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences Building # # 1225 West Dayton Street # # Madison, Wisconsin, USA 53706 # # Telephone: +1 (608) 262-0436 # # Fax: +1 (608) 263-6738 # # E-mail: amrc@ssec.wisc.edu # # Web: http://amrc.ssec.wisc.edu/ # # FTP: ftp://amrc.ssec.wisc.edu/ # # McIDAS ADDE: Group AMRC and ARCHIVE on aws.ssec.wisc.edu # # RAMADDA: https://amrc.ssec.wisc.edu/repository/ # # Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AMRCAWS # # Twitter: http://twitter.com/antmet # # YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/AMRCantmet # # Wikipedia: # # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Meteorological_Research_Center # # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Automatic_Weather_Stations_Project # # # Updated: 16 July 2013 # # # ########################################################################### Alexander Tall Tower! AWS is unique becuase it's a 30 meter tower on the Ross Ice Shelf. It has various levels of instrumentation. All data are instantaneous measurements. UNAVCO GPS coordinates: -79.017/170.713 UNAVCO GPS elevation: 55.167 meters IMEI Iridium: 300234060809170 AWS ID: 99601 Column Descriptions 1. YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS real-time, received in Wisconsin 2. YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS observation time from datalogger 3. Panel Temperature (C) 4. Battery Voltage (V) 5. 30 m RTD Temperature (C) 6. 15 m RTD Temperature (C) 7. 7.5 m RTD Temperature (C) 8. 4 m RTD Temperature (C) 9. 2 m RTD Temperature (C) 10. 1 m RTD Temperature (C) 11. Paroscientific pressure - 600 (hPa) 12. not installed 13. 1.3 m Cup Wind Speed (m/s) 14. 2.4 m Cup Wind Speed (m/s) 15. 30 m Aerovane Wind Speed (m/s) 16. 15 m Aerovane Wind Speed (m/s) 17. 7.5 m Aerovane Wind Speed (m/s) 18. 4 m Aerovane Wind Speed (m/s) 19. 30 m Aerovane Wind Direction (degrees) 20. 15 m Aerovane Wind Direction (degrees) 21. 7.5 m Aerovane Wind Direction (degrees) 22. 4 m Aerovane Wind Direction (degrees) 23. 30 m Net Shortwave Radiation (W/m2) 24. 30 m Net Longwave Radiation (W/m2) 25. 30 m Relative Humidity (%) 26. 7.5 m Relative Humidity (%) 27. Raw Snow Height from ADG (m) 28. Signal Quality of ADG, where 0: not able to read distance 152 to 210: good measurement quality numbers 210 to 300: reduced echo strength 300 to 600: high measurement uncertainty 29. Corrected Snow Height from ADG (m) 30. Pressure output frequency (microseconds) from Paroscientific pressure gauge 31. Temperature output frequency (microseconds) from Paroscientific pressure gauge 32. Disdrometer 1 snow particle flux (g/m2/s) (instrument 1.0 m long, bottom installed at 5.4 m above surface on 2019-01-25) 33. Disdrometer 1 derived wind speed (m/s) 34. Disdrometer 2 snow particle flux (g/m2/s) (instrument 1.0 m long, bottom installed at 0.6 m above surface on 2019-01-25) 35. Disdrometer 2 derived wind speed (m/s)