Collaborative Research: Antarctic Meteorological Research Center (2006-2009)

这项拟议的工作是南极气象研究中心（AMRC）到2009年继续运作三年。 AMRC是一个气象数据采集和管理系统，其节点位于麦默多站和麦迪逊的威斯康星州大学。 该系统是气象研究的资源和档案，也是改进天气预报业务的试验平台。 它的基础是由威斯康星州大学开发的一个用于组织、处理和整合南极环境数据的计算机系统。 它捕捉来自极地轨道卫星、自动气象站、业务站天气观测和研究项目数据的气象信息流，在业务基础上制作一幅南极卫星图像拼图。 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为各种南极用户提供定制的天气和气候信息，包括美国南极计划的飞机和船舶运营。 目前，AMRC制作南极合成红外图像，这是由四颗地球静止卫星和三颗极地轨道卫星的图像拼接而成的图像，用于预报和研究目的。 在目前的时间段内，AMRC将开发一个基于自组织地图的数据探索/分类工具包，以产生一个新的基于卫星的区域气候学。 AMRC还将成为不断发展的舌tic-Internet Data Distribution（舌tic-IDD）系统的中心，这是一种在业务和研究用户之间共享和分发南极数据的可靠和正式的手段。 ***

This proposed work is the continued operation of the Antarctic Meteorological Research Center (AMRC) for three years through 2009. AMRC is a meteorological data acquisition and management system with nodes at McMurdo Station and at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. The system is a resource and archive for meteorological research and a test bed for improving operational synoptic forecasting. Its basis is a computer-based system for organizing, manipulating, and integrating antarctic environmental data, developed by the University of Wisconsin. It captures the flow of meteorological information from polar orbiting satellites, automatic weather stations, operational station synoptic observations, and research project data, producing a mosaic of antarctic satellite images on an operational basis. It also receives environmental data products, such as weather forecasts, from outside Antarctica, and acts as a repository for existing archived databases. The AMRC provides customized weather and climate information for a variety of antarctic users, including aircraft and ship operations of the US Antarctic Program. Currently the AMRC produces the Antarctic Composite Infrared Image, a mosaic of images from four geostationary and three polar-orbiting satellites, which is used for both forecasting and research purposes. In the current time period, AMRC will develop a data exploration/classification toolkit based on self-organizing maps to produce a new, satellite-based antarctic cloud climatology for regions. The AMRC will also be at the center of the evolving Antarctic-Internet Data Distribution (Antarctic-IDD) system, a reliable and formalized means of sharing and distributing Antarctic data among operational and research users. ***