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AWS Wisconsin and Antarctic Stations (USA) Matthew Lazzara 1,2 and Art Cayette 3 1 Department of Physical Sciences, School of Arts & Sciences Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI, USA 2 Antarctic Meteorological Research Center, Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, USA 3 SPAWAR Office of Polar Programs Charleston, SC, USA
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AWS Wisconsin and Antarctic Stations (USA)
Matthew Lazzara1,2 and Art Cayette31Department of Physical Sciences, School of Arts & Sciences
Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI, USA 2Antarctic Meteorological Research Center,
Space Science and Engineering Center,University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
3 SPAWAR Office of Polar ProgramsCharleston, SC, USA
Outline• AWS Network• US Main Stations• Other USAP Observing
Wisconsin AWS Network
• YOPP Endorsed Project• Yay! Thank you Polar Prediction
Office
• Offer of a stable observing network with no/few changes
• Only Evans Knoll likely to be removed due to safety issues
• Data will be provided as it has been
• *NEW* BUFR format distribution in late 2018
• Pending supplemental funding• Actual programming work• Cooperation from NOAA/NCO/TG
Madison College Field season Plans – New Installations 2018-2020
• Side by side testing of existing AWS and new PCWS systems:
1. South Pole (Skiway)2. Marilyn AWS 3. White Island AWS 4. Willie Field AWS
Communications method is not clearly definedData relay is not guaranteedPost-mortem use for YOPP-SH??
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USAP Main
Stations
• Remain operational as historically• No change in observing strategy• Routine distribution of data
Other USAP
Observing
• The USAP data will continue field observations
• METkits will be providing 24x7 AWS type 10 minute data at our LC-130 Field Camp locations
• On top of the standard limited METAR reporting the camp personnel do.
• The automated data as well as manual METARs will be placed on LDM for distribution.
• Note: Potential for Upper air at WAIS or BYRD, and possibly at the main camp near Thwaites?
• Two Vaisala MW32 systems that need upgrades that USAP could borrowed from US Navy METOC
• Funding/direction required for this.• Unclear for YOPP-SH
McMurdoStationSPAWAR& AMRC
NCAR/MMM
UCAR/Unidata
CU
AMRC/Wisconsin
BPCRC/OSU
SPAWARCharleston
Antarctic-IDDUSAP’s “GTS/WIS”
Two-way, full data stream One-way, full data stream &
Firewall limited data returnLimited two-way data streamTested transmission only
Key:
Phases:
Phase I - Field Seasons 2005-2007
Phase II – Field Seasons 2006-2017
Phase III – In development/Planned
Status as of 2018
CSBF/LDB
CSBF/LDBAt WilliamsField
ASC
NOAA (Arctic)Washington, DC
Others welcome to join!
Questions?Thank you!!
This material is based upon work partially supported by the National Science Foundation, Directorate for Geosciences, Office of Polar Programs, under Grant PLR-1543305.
