The Surface Climatology of the Ross Ice Shelf Antarctica: Automatic Weather Station observational data, 1981 - 2013.

These are the 3-hourly Automatic Weather Station observational files used for Costanza et al. 2016, "The Surface Climatology of the Ross Ice Shelf Antarctica." The full citation for the published paper is:

Costanza, C.A., Lazzara, M.A., Keller, L.M. and Cassano, J.J. (2016), The surface climatology of the Ross Ice Shelf Antarctica. International Journal of Climatology., 36: 4929-4941. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.4681.

Funding and support for this project was provided by the National Science Foundation (Grant Numbers: ANT-0944018, ANT-1141908, ANT-1245663, ANT-1245737), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Grant Number: EAR-0735156), and the US Antarctic AWS Program.

List of years for each included AWS:

  • Elaine: 1986 - 1988; 1993; 2003; 2005 - 2013
  • Eric: 2005 - 2013
  • Gill: 1985 - 1989; 1991 - 2013
  • Lettau: 1986 - 2011
  • Marilyn: 1984, 1987 - 2013
  • Martha I: 1984 - 1987
  • Martha II: 1987 - 1992
  • Margaret: 2008 - 2013
  • Mary: 2005; 2006 - 2011
  • Meeley: 1981 - 1985
  • Sabrina: 2009 - 2013
  • Schwerdtfeger: 1985 - 2013
  • Vito: 2004 - 2013
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Data

  • Elai_all.dat.txt

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  • Eric_all.dat.txt

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  • Gill_all.dat.txt

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  • Lett_all.dat.txt

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Additional Information

Author Carol A. Costanza, Matthew A. Lazzara, Linda M. Keller, John J. Cassano
Maintainer Antarctic Meteorological Research and Data Center
Last Updated March 12, 2026, 16:31 (UTC)
Created April 3, 2023, 17:50 (UTC)
Categories Automatic Weather Station
Citation Costanza, C.A., Lazzara, M.A., Keller, L.M. and Cassano, J.J., 2023: The Surface Climatology of the Ross Ice Shelf Antarctica: Automatic Weather Station observational data, 1981 - 2013. AMRDC Data Repository, accessed DD-MM-YYYY, https://doi.org/10.48567/nbd6-d739.
Collection Begin Date 1981-01-01
Collection End Date 2013-12-31
DOI https://doi.org/10.48567/nbd6-d739
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NSF Award(s) ANT-0944018, ANT-1141908, ANT-1245663, ANT-1245737
Principal Investigator(s) Costanza, C.A., Lazzara, M.A., Keller, L.M. and Cassano, J.J.