Antarctic Automatic Weather Station Program: 2004-2007

这是一个为期三年的项目，目的是维护和在必要时扩大在南极大陆和周围几个岛屿上建立的大约50个自动气象站网络。 这些气象站测量地面风、压力、温度、湿度，有时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。 这些数据用于支持美国南极计划的业务天气预报，气候记录和研究目的。 AWS网络于1980年开始作为一个小规模的项目，一直非常可靠，并已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