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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... -
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... -
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... -
USCGC Icebreaker 'Polar Star' observational data, 2014 - present (ongoing).
The USCGC Polar Star icebreaker observational data is collected in the Pacific & Southern Oceans. All files contain the following parameters: DDHHMMZ MMM YY: Gives the day, hour, minute and... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
UV RADIOMETER MZS - UV radiometer with filters for the measurement of direct and diffuse solar irradiance and of the biologically effective one at Mario Zucchelli
The project is focused on the acquisition of data using the MZS_FRAD2008-02 interference filter radiometer, installed in November 2009 at Mario Zucchelli station, on the roof of the building OASI... -
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 meteorological data from Dismal Island off the Antarctic Peninsula from 2001-2003.
Surface meteorological data from Dismal Island off the Antarctic Peninsula from the Autonomous Weather station from 2001-2003 (SOGLOBEC project). Sample Rate: 1 hr. Processing by Beardsley group:... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
Radiosonde DomeC - Antarctic Meteoclimatic Observatory in Concordia
Monitoring of climate data in the area of the Concordia station, at Dome C, from the XXXIV Antarctic campaign using radiosonde system (RDS) DOMEC. The climate parameters monitored are: Height (gps... -
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... -
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”... -
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... -
Monthly averaged weather timeseries (temperature, pressure and melted precipitation) from Palmer Station, Antarctica derived from "Palmer Station Weather - Daily Averages" (1989 - March 2019) with additional historic temperature measurements (1974 - 1989).
Monthly averaged temperature through March 1989 are from Baker, K.S. 1996. Palmer LTER: Palmer Station air temperature 1974 to 1996. Beginning in April 1989, monthly averaged values are computed... -
Metereological data - AWS CONCORDIA - Antarctic Meteoclimatic Observatory in Concordia
Acquisition of metereological data, in the area of the Concordia station, from the XXXIV Antarctic campaign. The meteorological parameters monitored are: temperature, pressure, relative humidity,... -
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...
