AMRC & AWS

AWS ID: 8915

     SITE NAME: MEELEY
     LOCATION : LAT 78.52 S  LONG 170.18 E   ROSS ICE SHELF
     HEIGHT   : 50 M (ESTIMATED) 

     DATE ACTIVATED: 4 DECEMBER 1980
     LAST VISITED  : 18 JANUARY 1983

                        SENSORS SERVICED
         SENSOR           PROBLEM           ACTION TAKEN
  AEROVANE(03-78-09)                          INSTALLED
  PRESSURE GAUGE(3136)                        CHECKED
  TEMP PROBE EXT                              CHECKED
  TEMP PROBE INT                              CHECKED
  HUMIDITY PROBE                                NONE 
  DELTA-T PROBE                                 NONE

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

   PRESSURE  987.9    987.5 MB         -        -.5 MB     -
   TEMP EXT   -3.1     -2.5  C         -         .6  C     -
   TEMP INT     -        -             -         -         - 
   WIND SPD     .230 M/S/BITS          -         -         -
   WIND DIR    354       N             -        +6 DEG     -

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

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

   COMMENTS:  AWS 8915 WAS NOT VISITED IN AS 83/84 DUE TO TIME LIMITATIONS.  TWO ATTEMPTS WERE MADE IN DECEMBER BUT FOG PREVENTED LOCATION OF THE UNIT.  THIS UNIT WILL BE REPLACED WITH A NEW UW VERSION AWS NEXT YEAR, AS 84/85.