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Victoria University Antarctic Research Expedition Science and Logistics Reports 2006-07: VUWAE 51
Automatic Weather Station at Evans Piedmont Glacier
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Automatic Weather Station at Evans Piedmont Glacier
During the 2004/05 field season an automatic weather station (AWS) has been established near the ice coring site. The AWS records several parameters to help characterise the meteorology and snow accumulation regime of the area (Fig.11).
Fig. 11: Automatic weather station after the system was dug out and placed a few meters to the south of the original site
Parameters measured as of 15 November 2004 are:
- 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 0.135 to 2.085 m depth in at 13.5 cm intervals
To these were added as of 01 December 2005
- Barometric pressure
- Wind speed (ultrasonic)
- Wind direction (ultrasonic)