Antarctic Meteorological Research Center (2009-2011)

位于威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的南极气象研究中心(AMRC)通过维护和扩展与南极大陆及其周围岛屿、冰盖和冰缘以及邻近的南大洋有关的气象数据的管理，为多个社区提供服务。这些数据将继续向感兴趣的研究人员和公众免费提供。对本奖项特别感兴趣的活动包括开发一个改进的数据门户，向研究界提供改进的数据和分析工具，并继续推动南极互联网数据分配系统的发展，该系统旨在克服往返南极大陆的昂贵且带宽普遍较低的互联网连接。南极后勤活动的业务预报，以及活跃的南极气象研究计划，显然需要可靠、稳定的气象观测、模式输出和相关数据的流动，以克服南极气象和气候观测的其他分布式性质。AMRC通过回答电子邮件问题与公众互动，通过访问学校向K-12教育机构提供非正式公开讲座和演讲，将有助于提高关于气象学和南极和极地地区的科学素养。该奖项是根据2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》(公法111-5)资助的。

AbstractThe Antarctic Meteorological Research Center (AMRC), located at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, serves several communities by maintaining and extending the stewardship of meteorological data pertinent to the Antarctic continent, its surrounding islands, ice sheets and ice margins and the adjacent Southern Ocean. This data will continue to be made freely available to interested researchers and the general public. Activities of particular interest for the current award include the development of an enhanced data portal to provide improved data and analysis tools to the research community, and to continue to add to the evolution of the Antarctic-Internet Data Distribution system, which is meant to overcome the costly and generally low bandwidth internet connectivity to and from the Antarctic continent. Operational forecasting for logistical activities in the Antarctic, as well as active Antarctic meteorological research programs, are clearly in need of a dependable, steady flow of meteorological observations, model output, and related data in what must be a collaborative environment in order to overcome the otherwise distributed nature of Antarctic meteorological and climatological observations.AMRC interaction with the public through answering e-mail questions, giving informal public lectures and presentations to K-12 education institutions through visits to schools will help to raise science literacy with regards to meteorology and of the Antarctic and polar regions. "This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)."