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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,... -
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:... -
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... -
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,... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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 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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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 -
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”... -
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...
