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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 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,... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
High-resolution regional Met Office Unified Model (UM) climate model hindcast of the Antarctic Peninsula (1998-2017)
This dataset includes a high-resolution gridded model hindcast simulation of the Antarctic Peninsula during the period 1998-2017, produced using the Met Office Unified Model (UM). Variables... -
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,... -
GC-Net Level 1 historical automated weather station data (ongoing)
The Greenland Climate Network (GC-Net) is a set of Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) set up and managed by the late Prof. Dr. Konrad (Koni) Steffen on the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS). This first... -
Surface meteorology at British Antarctic Survey Stations, 1947-2013
Surface meteorological data collected at the following British Antarctic Survey stations in Antarctica: Adelaide Island (1962-1976); Deception Island (1959-1967); Faraday/Argentine Islands... -
Polar Climate and Weather Station (PCWS) Madison Area Technical College Major Research Instrumentation Project Data
These files contain raw 10-minute data. The files are labelled with a five-digit id to indicate the station, the month, and the year. There is a two-line header that gives the year, month, 3 letter... -
Latitudinal Gradient Project Products, 1957-2006.
This collection of meteorological observations is from the Latitudinal Gradient Project, see more here: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1047/ea/of2007-1047ea192.pdf. This collection of observational... -
Automatic Weather Station daily values, 1980-2002.
The Automatic Weather Station (AWS) project three hour files were processed to yield daily average values for each year or partial year of data. The processing routines were written and... -
Palmer Station monthly weather reports, 2022-present (ongoing).
Palmer Station is Station 89061 in the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Worldwide Network. Automated surface synoptic observations are made 8 times each day and emailed to the National... -
Palmer Station Snowstake daily weather observations, 2006-present (ongoing).
From 2006-2016, 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... -
The SUMup collaborative database: Surface mass balance, subsurface temperature and density measurements from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets (2024 release)
The SUMup database is a compilation of surface mass balance (SMB), subsurface temperature and density measurements from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. This 2024 release contains 7 483 826... -
MATM - McMurdo Area Tall Tower GPS/GNSS Observations dataset
GPS/GNSS station: Long-term continuous or semi-continuous occupation at a single location (Active: Still collecting data) -
PROMICE and GC-Net automated weather station data in Greenland
PROMICE and GC-Net automated weather station (AWS) data from Greenland. Data from the Programme for Monitoring of the Greenland Ice Sheet (PROMICE) are provided by the Geological Survey of Denmark... -
JARE-AWS dataset: Bias-corrected surface air temperature data (1993-2022)
The bias-corrected monthly mean surface air temperature dataset obtained from the historical observations of the automatic weather stations (AWSs) at Mizuho, Relay Station, and Dome Fuji. Multiple... -
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... -
Palmer Station Snowstake observational data, 2016-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... -
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... -
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 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 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... -
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.... -
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,...
