A Workshop on the U S Antarctic Meteorological Data DeliverySystem

过去30年来，美国在南极洲的研究计划 在多个地点收集地面及高空天气资料。 大部分全年台站数据已输入国家气象局。 气候数据中心;其他数据存放在各种 机构职能体系 没有人试图将数据整理成一个 设置或实现一致的格式。 大多数研究人员 发现使用这些数据是不切实际的。 然而，对南极天气的长期记录对于一个 对世界天气模式的了解： 地球大气的基本驱动机制在赤道 两极温度梯度 来预测和理解 任何地区的大气，全球流体的行为 系统必须理解。 包括国家科学院在内的团体 科学极地研究委员会，南极科学委员会 研究，和极地小组发表的报告指出， 需要改善对南极天气数据的获取。 科学界目前对全球地球科学的重视， 计算机能力和网络的进步， 美国的气象数据分析系统 建立一个可操作的人工气候数据集， 可取的和可实现的。 这个为期两天的研讨会将聚集约20名生产者，经理， 美国南极天气数据的用户--沿着新的和 建立了非人工气候数据中心--以产生一个可实现的 改善获得全套麻醉设备的机会的计划。 NSF（分部 Polar Programs）担任美国南极研究中心经理 计划将仔细考虑建议的计划并实施 符合科学需要和资金可得性的程序。 罗杰巴里，地理学家与实质性的研究兴趣， 气象学和合作研究所， 环境科学非常适合安排这个研讨会。 CIRES 1984年报告了南极气候数据讲习班，并积极参与 数据管理和信息领域，重点是极地 地区

The U.S. research program in Antarctica over the last 30 years has collected surface and upper air weather data at numerous locations. Most of the year-round station data have been entered into the National Climatic Data Center; other data are housed at a variety of institutions. No attempt has been made to collate the data into one set or to achieve a consistent format. Most individual researchers find using the data to be impracticable. Yet long-term records of antarctic weather are essential to an understanding of world weather patterns: the large-scale circulation of the global atmosphere has its basic driving mechanism in the equator- to-poles temperature gradients. To predict and understand the behavior of the atmosphere in any region, the behavior of the total global fluid system must be understood. Groups including the National Academy of Sciences Polar Research Board, the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, and The Polar Group have published reports pointing to the need to improve access to antarctic weather data. The current emphasis on global geosciences in the science community, the advances in computer capability and networks, and the rise of meteorological data analysis systems in the United States make the establishment of a manipulable antarctic weather data set both desirable and achievable. This 2-day workshop will assemble some 20 producers, managers, and users of U.S. antarctic weather data--along with managers of new and established nonantarctic weather data centers--to produce an achievable plan for improving access to the antarctic sets. NSF (Division of Polar Programs) as manager of the United States Antarctic Research Program will consider the recommended plan carefully and implement procedures consistent with scientific need and funding availability. Roger Barry, a geographer with substantive research interests in meteorology, and the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences are well suited to arrange this workshop. CIRES reported a Workshop on Antarctic Climate Data in 1984 and is active in data management and information fields with an emphasis on polar regions.