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Extreme Antarctic Cold of Late Winter 2023
Extreme cold temperatures were observed in July and August 2023, coinciding with the WINFLY (winter fly-in) period of mid to late August into September 2023, meaning aircraft operations into... -
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... -
Reconstruction of Antarctic Near-Surface Air Temperatures at Monthly Intervals Since 1958 (ongoing)
The 2-m air temperature anomalies at monthly intervals for 1958-2022 over Antarctica at 60 km grid spacing are reconstructed based on the methodology of Nicolas and Bromwich (2014; doi:... -
Quality-checked meteorological data from the Southern Ocean collected during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition from December 2016 to April 2017.
Dataset abstract This dataset contains quality-checked meteorological observations of air temperature, relative humidity, dew point, barometric pressure and observations of downwelling solar... -
Vertical profiles of Doppler spectra of hydrometeors from a Micro Rain Radar recorded during the austral summer of 2016/2017 in the Southern Ocean on the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE)
Dataset abstract This dataset includes vertical profiles of the Doppler spectra and derived quantities of hydrometeors using a Micro Rain Radar (MRR-2) during the Antarctic Circumnavigation... -
Atmospheric profiling data collected from radiosondes in the Southern Ocean in the austral summer of 2016/2017 during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition
Dataset abstract The data set consists of the vertical profiles of the atmospheric variables measured using radiosondes (i-Met) during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition from November 2016... -
Hydrometeor particle size distribution data collected using a snow particle counter on board the R/V Akademik Tryoshnikov in the Southern Ocean during the austral summer of 2016/17 as part of the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE)
Dataset abstract The data consist of the hydrometeor particle size distribution for particles with a size range (average diameter) from 36 to 490 μm (with the last bin including all detected... -
Reconstructed Byrd temperature record, 1957 - present (ongoing).
IMPORTANT NOTE (2013/09/06): The 1957-1979 portion of this dataset was revised in September 2013 following our discovery of previously unused detailed observations from Byrd Station on the website... -
Soil Climate Research Station Data - Antarctica
Nine long-term soil-climate stations in Antarctica were set up to study the effects of latitude, elevation, and soil age. Stations monitor soil temperature, soil water content, air temperature,... -
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... -
Year of Polar Prediction in the South Hemisphere: Vernadsky Station observational data, 2022.
These data were measured at Vernadsky Station (Ukraine), Antarctic Peninsula, as part of the Year of Polar Prediction-Southern Hemisphere (YOPP-SH) Targeted Observing Period (TOP). They were... -
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... -
Amundsen-Scott South Pole (NZSP) Campbell-Stokes Sunshine Recorder Cards, 2023
Sunshine cards serve as a physical measure of the sun’s position and strength for a given time and location on Earth. Sunshine cards from South Pole are created with two Campbell-Stokes recorders.... -
Year of Polar Prediction in the Southern Hemisphere: WRF forecast model GRIB file output from AMPS, 2022.
This contains Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS) Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) grib file forecast model output for the 00 UTC and 12 UTC model runs for select days from May... -
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... -
Year of Polar Prediction in the South Hemisphere: Special Observing Period Radiosondes, 2018-2019.
This directory contains ASCII text radiosonde launch data files from participating Antarctic research stations/vessels as part of the Year of Polar Prediction-Southern Hemisphere Special Observing... -
Year of Polar Prediction in the South Hemisphere: AEMET-γSREPS model output, 2022.
The data contained here are from the Agencia Estatal de Meteorologia (AEMET) and are part of the Year of Polar Prediction-Southern Hemisphere (YOPP-SH) Targeted Observing Period (TOP), with data... -
Year of Polar Prediction in the Southern Hemisphere: WRF forecast model plain text output from AMPS, 2022.
This dataset has no description
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Year of Polar Prediction in the Southern Hemisphere: WRF forecast model netCDF output from AMPS, 2022.
This contains all WRF forecast model netCDF output from the Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS) for the 00 UTC and 12 UTC model runs for the months of April through August 2022. Domains:... -
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... -
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... -
Reconstructed Byrd temperature record, 1957 - 2012.
IMPORTANT NOTE (2013/09/06): The 1957-1979 portion of this dataset was revised in September 2013 following our discovery of previously unused detailed observations from Byrd Station on the website... -
Radiosonde MZS - Antarctic Meteoclimatic Observatory in MZS and Victoria Land
The radiosonde MSZ (Mario Zucchelli Station) monitors different atmospheric parameters along the vertical profile. The RDS is located at Mario Zucchelli Station. The climate parameters monitored... -
RadiCA (YOPP) - Radiation fluxes and cloud features from surface-based observations in the Antarctic Peninsula and Weddell Sea Region
The main goal of our proposal is to characterize the surface radiative budget as well as cloudiness which features at the Argentine Bases Marambio and Belgrano II during the YOPP-SH Special... -
Polar Atmospheric River (AR) Scale Forecast Products over Antarctica
A team of researchers led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego has created a scale to characterize the strength and impacts of “atmospheric rivers”... -
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... -
MALOX - Mario Zucchelli radar, disdrometric and snow gauge measurements during summer precipitation events.
Data of the precipitation fallen during the summer months (November-December-January) on four expeditions, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19, in the Terra Nova Bay area, were obtained using a... -
Glacier melt modeling: Wind Speed 1996-2011.
This is the data and metadata for modeled Wind Speed - part of six modeled parameters that comprise the Taylor Valley Glacier Melt modeling. Data contained and described in this document correspond... -
Glacier melt modeling: Wind Direction 1996-2011.
This is the data and metadata for modeled Wind Direction - part of six modeled parameters that comprise the Taylor Valley Glacier Melt modeling. Data contained and described in this document... -
Glacier melt modeling: Short Wave Radiation 1996-2011.
This is the data and metadata for modeled Short Wave Radiation - part of six modeled parameters that comprise the Taylor Valley Glacier Melt modeling. Data contained and described in this document... -
Glacier melt modeling: Relative Humidity 1996-2011.
This is the data and metadata for modeled Relative Humidity - part of six modeled parameters that comprise the Taylor Valley Glacier Melt modeling. Data contained and described in this document... -
Glacier melt modeling: Long Wave Radiation 1996-2011.
This is the data and metadata for modeled Long Wave Radiation - part of six modeled parameters that comprise the Taylor Valley Glacier Melt modeling. Data contained and described in this document... -
Glacier melt modeling: Air Temperature 1996-2011.
This is the data and metadata for modeled Air Temperature - part of six modeled parameters that comprise the Taylor Valley Glacier Melt modeling. Data contained and described in this document... -
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... -
CLIVA: CLImatic trends of stratospheric Vortex in Antarctica
The project aims to carry out a climatological analysis of the dynamics and structure of the Antarctic polar stratospheric vortex over the last decade 1993-2003 and its relationship with the 'Ozone... -
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... -
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...
