Antarctic Automatic Weather Station Program: 2004-2007

这是一个为期三年的项目，目的是维持和扩大在南极大陆和周围几个岛屿上建立的大约50个自动气象站的网络。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信息。这些数据用于业务天气预报，以支持美国南极计划，用于气候学记录，并用于研究目的。AWS网络始于1980年的一个小规模计划，已经非常可靠，并被证明是预测和研究目的不可或缺的

This is a three-year project to maintain and augment as necessary, the network of approximately 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 States 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