Status Report on the Antarctic Meteorological

Research CenterMay 2003 to May 2004

Matthew A. Lazzara, Shelley L. Knuth, Charles R. Stearns,

Linda M. Keller and Jessica A. StaudeAntarctic Meteorological Research Center

Space Science and Engineering CenterUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison

Outline• Annual Review

– Sample Work Accomplished– Web & FTP Stats and Revamp– Climatological Analysis Activities– Data Requests– Educational Outreach

• Present Activities– Data Holdings– Real-Time AWS Decoder…– Activities with NCDC and WMO…

• Future Activities– What do we hope to be doing?– Questions and Answers/Contact information

Charles R. Stearns – AMS Fellow

NOAA LAC – RIME Cover

Sample Work Accomplished

• Continued data activities – archiving:– Continued copy AMRC data archive from

• CD to 3590 tape• 1992-2003 for most data, working on LAC archive

– Started use of DVD-R for archiving (March 26, 2004)

• Tested out International ATOVS Processing Package (IAPP) at McMurdo past field season.– Hope to automate next field season– Possible return of products for community use?

• MGS Science Workshop…(more on that later…)

• New video tape/DVD-R – 10 years of composites!

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AMRC, AWS, & Iceberg Web Site

• Complete revamping• Easier to Access• Added much more information with room to grow• Effort made to be compliant with the Federal

Rehabilitation Act's Section 508 standards• Primary and backup – identical content

– http://amrc.ssec.wisc.edu– http://ice.ssec.wisc.edu

Web Site Improvement

s• New AWS station pages –

arranged by location• Includes information on each

station including: – pictures (if available)– station status, – the origin of station names, – real-time and archived data,– Latitude/longitude/elevation

Future Additions: – AWS station repair history– READER data links– Time Series– Suggestions ?

Photo Gallery

• Added many new satellite images– Interesting Iceberg Calvings– Interesting Satellite Features

• Photos from 2001 and 2003-2004 field seasons• Looking to host other imagery• http://amrc.ssec.wisc.edu/gallery.html

• Antarctic Journal:– http://tellus.ssec.wisc.edu/outreach/antarctic/index.htm

Iceberg Web Site

• Entirely redesigned page• New information on icebergs

– Distances, New images, etc.• Redesigned archive of images

– Arranged by iceberg and date• Also include webcam pictures• http://amrc.ssec.wisc.edu/iceberg.html

Case Studies

• Specific data collections for significant weather events– Some data analysis by AMRC– Some just data only

• Provide collections to UNIDATA– First two delivered to UNIDATA/COMET Case study

library:• 23-25 October 1997 – Cape Roberts Project• 20-22 January 2003 – Summer Storm

– Will be on ADDE server, FTP server & THREDDS Catalog (hooked to DLESE)

• http://amrc.ssec.wisc.edu/casestudy.html

Case Studies

• Future events to be studied:– 14-17 September 1998 – Maximum pressures between

Victoria Land and Palmer Land– 3-5 September 2003 – Storm affecting McMurdo & AWS– 15-16 May 2004 – Storm affecting McMurdo & AWS– There are a few more dates and – Fog events….(more on that later…)– Will do a variety of meteorological phenomena…

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FTP Site

• Reorganized ftp site• More categories, arranged

in an easier to understand manner

• Primary and backup – nearly identical content

• ftp://amrc.ssec.wisc.edu• ftp://ice.ssec.wisc.edu

Climatological Analysis Activities• Put together initial set of “READER” like data

from AWS data holdings– Create four READER files:

• READERfile• climatEXfile• climofile• Dailyfile

• More stations to do…• Instrumentations transitions….

– Special work proposed for Palmer– Will be a part of South Pole activities

• Published report• More from Kathie Hill’s talk…

Station Argos ID: 1356 Station Name: Swithinbank Year: 1997 Jan Max Temp: 19 0 -2.90 Jan Min Temp: 28 15 -15.00 Jan Max Pres: 31 18 891.70 Jan Min Pres: 26 3 871.60 Jan Max WSpd: 29 21 8.60 334.00

Coastal Environmental Systems

Data Requests

DomesticDomestic

• AMPS/MMM/NCAR• Doug Spandenberg, NASA LaRC• Meg Smith, U. Alaska Fairbanks• Austin Hogan• Jack Williams, USA Today• SPAWAR• Ralph Harvey, CWR• Thomas Nylen, Portland State• Jason Weale CRREL • Dan Lubin, AARC, SIO, UCSD• David McWilliams EGS• Germar Bernhard Biospherical Instruments Inc. • Ken Taylor, DRI• Green Chimneys School, Brewester, NY• Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory• Jeremy Bassis, SIO, UCSD

InternationalInternational

• CAS, University of Cambridge (UK)• Longman Geography (Australia)• Hamish McGowan (Australia)• División Glaciología Instituto

Antártico (Argentina)• Masaryk University (Czech Republic)• Peter Barrett, Victoria U., (NZ)• Fabricio Pereira Harter National

Institute for Space Research (Brazil)• U.Canterbury, Christchurch (NZ)• David Pedgley (UK)• James Brennan, U. Reading. (UK)• Aloys Bory BAS (UK)

Educational Outreach

• SSEC Public Tours, UW-Madison – Including Science open house– Over 500 visitors this year!

• ~1050 E-mails– Two way exchanges – Answering questions – Provided data or information– Students and general public

• CIMSS/Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium Workshop on Earth, Atmospheric & Space Sciences, Madison, WI

Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI

Waunkee Middle School, Waunkee,WI

Drought Elementary, Franksville, WI

Glendale, Elementary, Madison, WI

Hawthorne Elementary, Madison, WI

St. Ann’s Elementary, Stoughton, WI

Deerfield Elementary, Deerfield, WI

Data HoldingsGenerated Data and Products

Satellite Imagery and Data

Model Analyses and Forecasts

Observational Data (GTS NOAAPORT)

Text Data(GTS etc.)

USAP Station Data

Antarctic Composites•IR•WV•VIS

NOAA•HRPT (McMurdo only)•GAC (Project FROST/by request)•LAC (Iceberg)

NCEP•GFS•WWFM

METAR METAR (McMurdo area & South Pole)

South Pole

Met Office (UK)

PIREP/AIREP TAF (McMurdo Area)

Palmer

UW & SPAWARAWS Data

ECMWF(Europe)

Synoptic(US and ABoM)

AIREP (New Zealand Region)

McMurdo

GMS/GOES Satellite wind charts (Courtesy of CIMSS)

DMSP•OLS•SSM/I(Real time only)

AMPS (Real time only)

Radiosonde USAP Ship SITREPS

Including NCDC Data holding up to 1998

CRAS (Coming soon)

Ship & Buoy

Real-time AWS

Decoder

Decoding all Antarctic ARGOS transmitting AWS !!

(except Australian AWS - will likely be able to do 2 of 4 types)

AMRC/AWS & WMO/NCDC

• Tom Peterson, NCDC SSD– AWS data for NCDC records– Discussion of computing averages…– Impact for South Pole, Palmer, others?

• Richard Thigpen, GCOS Secretariat – CLIMAT format for AWS data…– Testing beta software now– Handling non-WMO ID AWS sites?

Future Activities

• Continue AMRC traditional activities• Continue climatological work

– AWS, Other stations– Special work with South Pole & Palmer?

• Case studies– More to do– Special fog collection

• Experimental study of precipitation – Ross Ice Shelf & Ross Sea sector– Use of microwave data– Compare to in situ measurements via

• AWS ADG and model output (e.g.UW-NWS)

• Continued Cloud Mass Transport (CMT) studies• LDM for he USAP?

– For the discussion later today or tomorrow?• More…

E-mail Lists: Please Join Today!• ANTAWS - Information and updates on AWS data• ANTOBS - Information and updates on all other observational

datasets• ANTOPS - Notices on AMRC’s real-time data availability,

distribution and status• ANTICEBERG - Notices on latest Iceberg monitoring images

posted to the web site• ANTCOMMUNITY - Infrequent notices to the Antarctic community

on events and significant developments

E-mail: amrc@ssec.wisc.edu to join!

Questions and AnswersThank you to NSF/OPP

• E-mail– amrc@ssec.wisc.edu– aws@ssec.wisc.edu

• Web– http://amrc.ssec.wisc.edu– http://ice.ssec.wisc.edu

• FTP– ftp://amrc.ssec.wisc.edu– ftp://ice.ssec.wisc.edu

• Phone– (608) 262-0436– (608) 265-4816

• FAX– (608) 263-6738– (608) 262-5974

• Post– 1225 West Dayton St.

Madison, WI 53706 USA