Automatic Weather Station at Dakshin Gangotri, Antarctica.

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Brief Description (Abstract):

Regular observations of the weather parameters are very important for the understanding of Antarctic meteorology. Main difficulty in the collection of continuous weather data over this ice covered continent is the extremely adverse weather condition experienced. In order to collect continuous weather data, automatic weather stations are established by various countries with the help of satellites. The India Meteorological Department has set up an automatic weather station popularly know as Data Collection Platform (DCP) at?Dakshin?Gangotri, Antarctica, during the Fifth Indian Scientific Expedition. The weather parameters at each GMT hour are sensed by the system and transmitted to the Meteorological Data?Utilisation?Centre?at New Delhi on real time basis, through Indian National Satellite INSAT-1B. In this a detailed description of the data collection platform system, the sensors used in the system and the difficulties experienced during installation of this system are highlighed.

Status: Completed

Purpose: Current understanding of Antarctic atmospheric processes and dynamics suffers from a shortage of meteorological observations from the southern sea ice-belt and the continent itself. Automatic measurement of surface meteorological parameters is, therefore, of particular importance for increasing sparse data coverage in the vast desolate areas of Antarctica, where a well distributed network of manned meteorological stations does not appear practicable. In the last decade, attempts for automatic weather stations were aimed for on-site recording of the data, which could be retrieved from the station during the subsequent summer season. India made similar efforts in the First Expedition itself, when indigenously designed Automatic Recording Weather Station was installed at the Indian Station.

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Keyword(s): Earth Science-Atmosphere,

Place/Location(s): Dakshin Gangotri, Antarctic,

Project: Automatic Weather Station at Dakshin Gangotri,

Topic Category(s): ClimatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere,

Date(s): 2020-09-07 (Creation),

Resource Contact(s):
1. Name : Dr. N Y Apte
    Role : PrincipalInvestigator
    Phone : 8322525515
    E-Mail : ictd [ at ] ncpor.res.in
    Organization Name : National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR)
    Address : Headland Sada, Vasco da Gama, Goa 403804
    City : Vasco-da-Gama
    State : Goa
    Postal Code : 403804
    Country : IND

Distributor Contact(s):
1. Name : Mr. Sakthivel Samy V
    Role : Distributor
    Phone : +91-832-2525515
    E-Mail : vssamy [ at ] ncpor.res.in
    Organization Name : National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR)
    Address : Headland Sada, Vasco da Gama, Goa 403804
    City : Vasco-da-Gama
    State : Goa
    Postal Code : 403804
    Country : IND

Metadata Contact(s):
1. Name : Mr. Sakthivel Samy V
    Role : PointOfContact
    Phone : +91-832-2525515
    E-Mail : vssamy [ at ] ncpor.res.in
    Organization Name : National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR)
    Address : Headland Sada, Vasco da Gama, Goa 403804
    City : Vasco-da-Gama
    State : Goa
    Postal Code : 403804
    Country : IND

Extent:
Start Date : 1985-01-01
End Date   : 1986-12-31