The Design, Fabrication and Testing of Prototype Next-Generation Polar Automatic Weather Stations

0085217 Eloranta该项目将设计、制造和测试用于极地地区的下一代自动气象站（AWS）原型。 目前的AWS设备网络依赖于20年前的设计，该设计已被证明非常可靠，但关键组件不再可用，更新和改进的版本使重新设计不仅可行，而且必要。 下一代AWS将结合当前在恶劣环境中运行的能力，并通过极轨卫星上的System Argos接收器传输数据，但功耗也将大大降低，与许多不同传感器接口的能力更加灵活，组件尺寸大大减小，处理能力显著提高。 它还将预计Argos-3卫星平台将允许与部署在南极洲的AWS网络进行双向通信。

0085217Eloranta This project will design, fabricate, and test a prototype next-generation automatic weather station (AWS) for use in polar regions. The current network of AWS units relies on a twenty-year old design that has proven very reliable, however critical components are no longer available and newer and improved versions make a redesign not only feasible, but also necessary. The next generation AWS will incorporate the current capability to operate in a harsh environment, and to transmit data through System Argos receiver on polar orbiting satellites, but will also consume much less power, be much more flexible in its ability to interface with many different sensors, offer greatly reduced component size, and significantly greater processing power. It will also anticipate the Argos-3 satellite platform that will allow two-way communication with the AWS network deployed in Antarctica.***