As part of my job, I study the atmospheric dynamics over the Transantarctic Mountains and the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. I am fortunate to have the opportunity to travel to Antarctica for a third time as part of the automatic weather station project. For this project, a group of four scientists, including myself, will work to install, remove and repair the weather stations around the continent. This blog will outline our activities for approximately the next seven weeks.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
AWS in the News
There is a new study out on Antarctica. The study used some of our automated weather stations for its research. It nice to know that what we are doing is useful.
Thanks for reading up! I did a paper for my climate class this past semester and there has been research done indicating that portions of Antarctica have reacted differently to temperature changes in the past. The one period that is up for debate right now is the Antarctic Cold Reversal. So I think that it will be interesting to see how the community reacts to this paper.
Saw this story on BBC World News yesterday and thought of you and the work your're doing Melis.
ReplyDeleteCool article - saving the world one weather station at a time. I never even knew they thought it was warming/cooling differently in different spots.
ReplyDeleteYou ROCK!
Hey guys,
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading up! I did a paper for my climate class this past semester and there has been research done indicating that portions of Antarctica have reacted differently to temperature changes in the past. The one period that is up for debate right now is the Antarctic Cold Reversal. So I think that it will be interesting to see how the community reacts to this paper.
Melis