Collaborative Research: Antarctic Automatic Weather Station Program 2016-2019

The surface observations from the Antarctic AWS network are also used operationally, and in the planning of field work. The surface observations made from the network have been used to check on satellite and remote sensing observations.This project uses the surface conditions observed by the AWS network to determine how large-scale modes of climate variability impact Antarctic weather and climate, how the surface observations from the AWS network are linked to surface layer and boundary layer processes, and to quantify the impact of snowfall.

Specifically, this project improves our understanding of the processes that lead to unusual weather events and how these events are related to large-scale modes of climate variability.