Antarctic Automatic Weather Station Program: 1989-1992

这是一个在必要时维持和扩大在南极大陆和周围几个岛屿上建立的28个自动气象站网络的项目。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，并通过卫星将这些信息报告给一些地面站。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，一直非常可靠，事实证明，它对于预测和研究都是不可或缺的。

This is a project to maintain and augment as necessary, the network of twenty-eight 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, 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.