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The United States Antarctic Research Report to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Number 32 - 1990 (1991) / Chapter Skim
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Permanent Stations, Regular Observations, and Long-Term Monitoring
Pages 11-16

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... Mende M.N Pomerantz U.S. Naval Support Force, Meteorological Officer Radiosondes and rawinsondes At 0000 GMT February - October; at 0000 and 1200 GMT October - February; AN/AMT-4A 1680-MHz flight equipment and GMD-1A tracking equipment *
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From page 12...
... AURORA AND AIRGLOW All-sky camera for photography of aurora Photometer observations of aurora ASTRONOMY Solar seismology Ultra high energy gamma ray astronomy U.S. Naval Support Force, Meteorological Officer F.T.
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From page 13...
... ; Inverted Eppley hemispherical pyranometer Diffuse solar radiation Continuous (summer) ; Eppley hemispherical pyranometer shielded from direct solar radiation by an adjustable shade ring Net radiation Continuous; Wisconsin NET radiometer *
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... 0900, 1200, 1500 GMT; Linke extinction turbidity meter Atmospheric trace gases Spot measurements; gas chromatograph and evacuated flasks Atmospheric water vapor and trace gas concentrations Occasional; atmospheric emission spectrometer Radiation and snow albedo Occasional; solarimeter, spectrophotometer Ice crystals Occasional; photography, camera, crystal replication ASSOCIATED RESEARCH PROGRAMS Snow accumulation Monthly Radioactivity monitoring Continuous collections Carbon-14 analysis Semi-weekly samples Atmospheric aerosols*
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... COOPERATIVE PROJECTS Carbon dioxide Nitrous oxide Radionuclides Aerosols Trace gases 14c Multi-Station Programs GROUND-BASED ELECTROMAGNETIC OBSERVATIONS South Pole; McMurdo Passive ELF/VLF observations CONJUGATE PROGRAMS South Pole; McMurdo; Lake Mistissini (Quebec, Canada) Riometer studies of the ionosphere South Pole; Lake Mistissini Ionosonde studies of the ionosphere South Pole and five stations in the north [Girardville (L=4.4)
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... AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS Climatological surface observations one unit at Byrd Station, Dome C, Rothera Station, Siple Station, Byrd Glacier, Franklin Island and Inexpressible Island; five units in the McMurdo area; four units near Dumont d'Urville; and six units on Ross Ice Shelf REMOTE SITES Katabatic winds Continuous readout by Tiros N satellite; automatic weather stations at Dome C and upslope from Dumont d'Urville Surface weather observations Continuous readout by Tiros N satellite; automatic weather stations at Byrd Station, Ross Ice Shelf, Byrd Glacier, Franklin Island and Inexpressible Island 16 C.R. Stearns T
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Key Terms

  • solar radiation
  • evacuated flasks
  • hemispherical pyranometer
  • eppley hemispherical
  • atmospheric emission

  • gas concentrations
  • tracking equipment
  • flight equipment
  • emission spectrometer
  • trace gases

  • climatological surface
  • lake mistissini
  • surface observations
  • atmospheric water
  • trace gas

  • water vapor
  • pyranometer shielded
  • contract meteorological
  • atmospheric aerosols
  • ultraviolet radiation

  • atmospheric trace
  • spectroradiometer measurements
  • total solar
  • ring continuous
  • gas chromatograph

  • observations climatological
  • wind direction
  • observation team
  • inverted eppley
  • sky radiation


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