Dome C Automatic Weather Station, 1981 quality-controlled observational data.

These files contain monthly observational data that have been quality-controlled using semi-automated computer programs as well as oversight by our staff. The filenames are prefixed with a label identifying one of three different observation intervals - ten minute (10min), one hour (1hr), and three hour (3hr). The rest of the filename consists of a standardized string composed of (in order) a three-letter code to indicate the station, the year, the month, and the frequency of the data (e.g. 3hr-[III][YYYY][MM]q3h.txt for three-hourly data).

Each set of daily observations begins at 0000 UTC. The hourly data are recorded at the top of every hourly interval: i.e. at 0000 UTC, 0100 UTC, 0200 UTC, 0300 UTC, etc. for the one-hour data; and at 0000 UTC, 0300 UTC, 0600, etc. for the three-hour data.

The data files contain a two-line header that gives the year, month, 3 letter ID, Argos ID, and station name in the first line; and latitude, longitude, and elevation in the second line. The columns are organized in the following order:

  • Year
  • Julian day
  • Month
  • Day
  • Observation time (UTC)
  • Temperature (C)
  • Pressure (hPa)
  • Wind Speed (m/s)
  • Wind Direction (deg)
  • Relative Humidity (%)
  • Delta-T (C)

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  • 10min-dmc198101q10.txt

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  • 10min-dmc198102q10.txt

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  • 10min-dmc198103q10.txt

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  • 10min-dmc198104q10.txt

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  • 10min-dmc198105q10.txt

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  • 10min-dmc198106q10.txt

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  • 10min-dmc198107q10.txt

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  • 10min-dmc198108q10.txt

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  • 10min-dmc198109q10.txt

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  • 10min-dmc198110q10.txt

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  • 10min-dmc198111q10.txt

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  • 10min-dmc198112q10.txt

    Size: 270.3 KiB, Format: TXT

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  • 1hr-dmc198101q1h.txt

    Size: 45.1 KiB, Format: TXT

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  • 1hr-dmc198102q1h.txt

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  • 1hr-dmc198103q1h.txt

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  • 1hr-dmc198104q1h.txt

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  • 1hr-dmc198105q1h.txt

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  • 1hr-dmc198106q1h.txt

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  • 1hr-dmc198107q1h.txt

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  • 1hr-dmc198108q1h.txt

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  • 1hr-dmc198109q1h.txt

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  • 1hr-dmc198110q1h.txt

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  • 1hr-dmc198111q1h.txt

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  • 1hr-dmc198112q1h.txt

    Size: 45.1 KiB, Format: TXT

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  • 3hr-dmc198101q3h.txt

    Size: 15.1 KiB, Format: TXT

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  • 3hr-dmc198102q3h.txt

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  • 3hr-dmc198103q3h.txt

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  • 3hr-dmc198104q3h.txt

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  • 3hr-dmc198105q3h.txt

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  • 3hr-dmc198106q3h.txt

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  • 3hr-dmc198107q3h.txt

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  • 3hr-dmc198108q3h.txt

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  • 3hr-dmc198109q3h.txt

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  • 3hr-dmc198110q3h.txt

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  • 3hr-dmc198111q3h.txt

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  • 3hr-dmc198112q3h.txt

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  • All resource data

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Additional Information

Maintainer Antarctic Meteorological Research and Data Center
Version 1.0
Last Updated August 26, 2026, 19:49 (UTC)
Created August 19, 2026, 19:59 (UTC)
Categories Automatic Weather Station
Citation Antarctic Meteorological Research and Data Center, 1981: Dome C Automatic Weather Station, 1981 quality-controlled observational data. AMRDC Data Repository, accessed DD-MM-YYYY, https://doi.org/10.48567/th9y-m347.
Collection Begin Date 1981-01-01
Collection End Date 1981-12-31
DOI https://doi.org/10.48567/th9y-m347
Data Quality Quality-controlled
Format Text
Instruments Automatic Weather Station
NSF Award(s) 7925040
Principal Investigator(s) Charles Stearns