Antarctic Meteorological Research Center (AMRC): 1999-2003

南极气象研究中心（AMRC）是麦克默多科学与工程技术中心的三个研究中心之一，是气象研究的资源和改进业务天气预报的试验台。人机交互数据访问系统（McIDAS）是威斯康星大学开发的一个多功能计算机系统，用于组织、操纵和整合环境数据，构成了AMRC的基础。它捕获来自极地轨道卫星、自动气象站、业务站天气观测和研究项目数据的南极气象信息流。它还接收来自南极洲以外的环境数据产品，例如天气预报，并充当现有存档数据库的存储库。AMRC是在1992- 1993年南方夏季建立的，由能够操纵和显示基于现有卫星图像获取系统的先进极高分辨率辐射计（AVHRR）数据的工作站的安装和操作组成。随后是一个系统的获取和集成，该系统提供数据收集、数据显示和存档、科学应用、网络通信和远程用户访问。该系统目前产生南极复合红外图像（ACII），这是由四颗地球静止卫星和三颗极轨道卫星的图像拼接而成，用于预报和研究目的。当前阶段保持产品生成和用户支持的连续性。

The Antarctic Meteorological Research Center (AMRC), one of three research centers in the Science and Engineering Technology Center at McMurdo, is a resource for meteorological research and a test bed for improving operational synoptic forecasting. The Man-Computer Interactive Data Access System (McIDAS), a versatile computer-based system developed by the University of Wisconsin for organizing, manipulating, and integrating environmental data forms the basis of AMRC. It captures the flow of antarctic meteorological information from polar orbiting satellites, automatic weather stations, operational station synoptic observations, and research project data. It also receives environmental data products, such as weather forecasts, from outside Antarctica, and acts as a repository for existing archived data bases.The AMRC was established in the 1992-93 austral summer season and consisted of the installation and operation of work stations capable of manipulating and displaying Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) data based on the existing satellite imagery acquisition system. This was followed by the acquisition and integration of a system that provided data collection, data display and archiving, scientific applications, network communications, and remote user access. The system currently produces the Antarctic Composite Infrared Image (ACII), a mosaic of images from four geostationary and three polar-orbiting satellites, which is used for both forecasting and research purposes. The current phase maintains continuity of product generation and user support.