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Victoria University Antarctic Research Expedition Science and Logistics Reports 2004-05: VUWAE 49
Automatic Weather Station at Evans Piedmont Glacier
Automatic Weather Station at Evans Piedmont Glacier
An automatic weather station has been established near the 2004/2005 ice coring site that will record several parameters to help characterise the snow accumulation regime of the local glacier area (Fig.8B).
- Air Temperature at 2.5 height
- Snow accumulation, and air temperature at 1.5 m height
- Dew point temperature at 2.5 m height
- Solar radiation (incoming) at 2.5 m height
- Snow temperatures (thermistor resistance) from 0.5 to 2.5 m depth in at 12 cm intervals
Barometric pressure and wind speed/direction (ultrasonic) sensors are installed but were inoperative when the party left on 16 November.
The installation is expected to operate throughout the upcoming winter. The data will be downloaded from the site in 2005/06 and the installation maintained and the non operational sensors incorporated into the recording program.
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Fig. 8: A) Schematic figure of submergence velocity device, B) submergence velocity device and weather station at EPG, C) base and battery seat for the weather station dug in, D) dimension of weather station base.