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Antarctic Meteorological Research and Data Center dataset development & stewardship project report, 2022: AntCLIMnow Project, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
In 2022, the AMRDC participated in SCAR's AntCLIMnow Project by locating and indexing underutilized Antarctic meteorological datasets to foster collaborative climatological research. This document... -
Antarctic Meteorological Research and Data Center dataset development & stewardship project report, 2023: AntCLIMnow Project, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Starting in 2022, the AMRDC participated in SCAR's AntCLIMnow Project by locating and indexing underutilized Antarctic meteorological datasets to foster collaborative climatological research. This... -
USAP Antarctic Field Camp Observations, 1999-present (ongoing).
The following files are climatology data from years 1998 to present for several field camps around the continent. The data includes temperature (degrees C), visibility (hours), weather situation... -
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station climatology data, 1957-present (ongoing).
This dataset contains the local climatological data (LCD) files for Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. These files are available for the period of record of January 1957 until present. The... -
Daily observational data collected by two NSF research vessels in the Antarctic Ocean, 1994-present (ongoing).
These datasets are derived from the daily situation reports of two National Science Foundation-operated research vessels, R/V Laurence M. Gould (1994-present) and R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer... -
Palmer Station Waterwall data, 2016-present (ongoing).
These data should not be used for scientific analyses. The pump system that carries seawater to the waterwall instrument has had multiple intakes at different depths which can cause unexpected... -
Palmer Station Automated Tide Data System, 1993-present (ongoing).
Each data file follows the naming convention YYMMDDTHHMMSS.txt where YY = Year MM = Month DD = Day T = Tide HH = Hour (UTC) MM = Minute SS = Second There are few times over the history of this... -
Palmer Station Snowstake observational data, 2006-present (ongoing).
Through 2016, all Snowstake measurements were made from a single Snowstake located between the Aquariums and the Pump House. A measurement was made once a day. Due to the location near the... -
Palmer Station Automated Weather Data System observational data, 2001-present (ongoing).
This system also referred to as PAWS to differentiate between the previous system “PALMOS” located on Gamage Point. Yearly directories contain monthly subdirectories with files containing daily... -
Palmer Station climatology summary data, 1989-present (ongoing).
For the period 1999 on, summaries were checked for math errors, transcription errors, typos, misread graphs, and coding and data entry inconsistencies. For the period before 1999, a much more... -
Palmer Station CLIMAT surface observational data, 2007-present (ongoing).
Each yearly directory contains monthly CLIMAT messages in ASCII text format. Wind speeds and gusts had to be corrected between 2/28/2019 17:56 UTC - 11/20/2019 16:17 UTC due to the wrong propeller... -
Automatic Weather Station acoustic depth gauge data, 2008 - present (ongoing).
These files contain acoustic depth gauge data for a number of AMRC automatic weather station sites. This data is not quality-controlled. The column order is as follows: Argos_ID Day_of_the_Month... -
McMurdo Weather Office Automatic Weather Station Data, 2002 - present (ongoing).
These files contain monthly text-based observational data that is made available by automatic weather stations (AWS) maintained by the McMurdo Weather Office at McMurdo Station, Ross Island,... -
Automatic Weather Station climat surface messages, 2006 - present (ongoing).
These files are CLIMAT surface messages, created from a subset of AWS sites from the UW-Madison AWS network. The filenames are named [III]-[YYYY]-[MM].txt, where III is the three-letter code to... -
Local Area Coverage (LAC) NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellite Observational Data
These are high resolution (1 km) recorded Local Area Coverage National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) polar orbiting satellite observations from a period in 2000 and from late 2003... -
McMurdo Station Radiosonde Observations, 1956-present (ongoing).
McMurdo Station’s Radiosonde/Rawinsonde (Weather Balloon) observation data contained in this record comes in several formats, all are ASCII text unless otherwise noted: 1956-1982 MMYYYY.ms.txt... -
NASA Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility/Pilot Balloon Measurements, 2023-2024.
These data files were generated by 30gm Pilot Balloons during testing and during launch attempts by the NASA Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility. Average ascent rate assumed to be 600 fpm. Speed... -
Alexander Tall Tower Automatic Weather Station, 2014 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... -
Alexander Tall Tower Automatic Weather Station, 2013 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... -
Alexander Tall Tower Automatic Weather Station, 2012 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... -
Alexander Tall Tower Automatic Weather Station, 2011 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... -
Optimized Deployment of Antarctic Surface Weather Observations: Quality Control on Antarctic staffed station observations
Six-hourly synoptic observational data were aqcuired from the years 2008-2012 for thirteen staffed stations across Antarctica (as listed below): Neumayer, Amundsen-Scott, Halley, Bellingshausen,... -
Year of Polar Prediction in the South Hemisphere: Special Observing Period Radiosondes from External Contributors, 2022.
This record contains ASCII text radiosonde launch data files from collaborating Antarctic research stations/vessels as part of the Year of Polar Prediction-Southern Hemisphere Special Observing... -
YOPP Project: Antarctic Meteoclimatic Observatory - Radiosonde in MZS and Concordia
In the frame of YOPP WMO Project, during the Special Observing Period lasting from 16th November 2018 to 15th February 2019, in Concordia and Mario Zucchelli stations daily soundings were executed... -
The PANDA automatic weather station network between the coast and Dome A, East Antarctica (1989-2021).
Automatic weather stations have been proved to be a powerful tool for monitoring the near surface meteorological elements of glaciers/caps to determine the surface energy budget, so as to quantify... -
Surface-Atmosphere Mass and Energy Exchanges at a Coastal Antarctic site
Improve understanding of the surface-atmosphere mass andenergy exchanges in coastal Antarctic thanks continuous measurement of a large set of parameters and development of multiscale modelling.... -
SUMO unmanned aerial system (UAS) atmospheric data
Atmospheric boundary layer temperature, humidity, pressure, and wind profile data collected with the Small Unmanned Meteorological Observer (SUMO) unmanned aerial system (UAS) during the NBP1704... -
Skomik PCWS unmodified ten-minute observational data, 2022 - present (ongoing).
These files contain instantaneous observations at ten-minute intervals, with either six or eight columns. The data have been taken directly from the originally transmitted hexadecimal data with... -
Sarah PCWS unmodified ten-minute observational data, 2020 - present (ongoing).
These files contain instantaneous observations at ten-minute intervals, with either six or eight columns. The data have been taken directly from the originally transmitted hexadecimal data with... -
Princess Elisabeth Station radiosonde data, 2014-present (ongoing).
Each year contains monthly directories, which in turn contain various data files in .txt, .jpg and .bufr format. Labels include: BUFR Temp Hodograph PE Radiosonde Skew -
PIPERS airborne lidar
The PIPERS LiDAR swath data set contains LiDAR measurements taken over the Ross Sea in Antarctica. The PIPERS project flew for two consecutive years during November with the IcePod. A total of... -
Ocean-Ice-Atmosphere Interactions in the Terra Nova Bay Polynya, Antarctica
Antarctic coastal polynas are, at the same time, sea-ice free sites and 'sea-ice factories'. They are open water surface locations where water mass transformation and densification occurs, and... -
Meteorological observations and condensation nuclei measurements at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Research Station during three austral summers
For three austral summer seasons (2013-2016, each from December to February) aerosol particles arriving at the Belgian Antarctic research station Princess Elisabeth (PE), in Dronning Maud Land in... -
List of ongoing Southern Hemisphere observational weather data indices
This list of observation-based Southern Hemisphere data indices was compiled by AMRDC research scientist Linda Keller to provide an overview of ongoing community-approved data providers. This list... -
Dome C Tropospheric Observer (DoCTOr)
The DoCTOr (Dome C Tropospheric Observer) project aims to establish an integrated monitoring system to measure simultaneously, continuously and with a high temporal resolution the water vapor and... -
Chemistry of the Antarctic Boundary Layer and the Interface with Snow (CHABLIS): Meteorological and Atmospheric Chemistry Field Measurements
Chemistry of the Antarctic Boundary Layer and the Interface with Snow (CHABLIS) is a Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and Antarctic Funding Initiative (AFI) funded project, aimed at... -
Automatic Weather Station subsurface snow temperature data, 1992-1996.
GISPII AWS (78.58 N, 38.46 W, 3205 m) data for subsurface snow temperatures to a depth of 10 m for the years 1992-1996. Data begins in 1992 on day 170 and data ends in 1996 on day 319. Data is... -
Automatic Weather Station freewave VHF antenna data, 2011-2019.
These files contain Freewave VHF antenna data for Cape Bird, Ferrell, Linda, Lorne, Marble Point, Minna Bluff, Pegasus North, White Island, Willie Field, and Windless Bight starting in 2011. The... -
APP (YOPP) - Antarctic precipitation properties from ground-based instruments
Characterization of effective precipitation that occurs at ground of Antarctica region, plays a crucial rules in defining and validating global climate models and numerical weather prediction... -
AntAWS Dataset: A compilation of Antarctic automatic weather station observations.
The compiled dataset of meteorological records from Antarctic automatic weather stations (AntAWS Dataset) is 3-hourly, daily and monthly resolved with quality control. The quality control includes...