Antarctic Automatic Weather Station Program: 1998-2001

南极自动气象站计划：1998-2001

• 批准号: 9726040
• 负责人: Charles Stearns
• 金额: $ 131.97万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-09-15 至 2002-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9726040&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Antarctic; Automatic; Weather; Station; Program

This is a project to maintain and augment as necessary, the network of nearly fifty automatic weather stations established on the Antarctic continent and on several surrounding islands. These weather stations measure surface wind, pressure, temperature, humidity, and in some instances other atmospheric variables, such as snow accumulation and incident solar radiation, and report these via satellite to a number of ground stations. The data are used for operational weather forecasting in support of the United State Antarctic Program, for climatological records, and for research purposes. The AWS network, which began as a small- scale program in 1980, has been extremely reliable and has proven indispensable for both forecasting and research purposes.

这是一个维护和必要时扩大在南极大陆和周围几个岛屿上建立的近50个自动气象站网络的项目。这些气象站测量地面风、气压、温度、湿度，在某些情况下还测量其他大气变量，如积雪和入射太阳辐射，并通过卫星向一些地面站报告这些数据。这些数据用于支持美国南极计划的业务天气预报，用于气候记录和研究目的。AWS网络，从1980年开始作为一个小规模的项目，已经非常可靠，并已被证明是预测和研究目的不可或缺的。