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A Low-power, Quick-install Polar Observation System ('AMIGOS-II') for Monitoring Climate-ice-ocean Interactions
INVESTIGATOR
TED
SCAMBOS
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder
CO
80309-0449
USA
303 492 1113
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teds@nsidc.org
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EARTH SCIENCE
CRYOSPHERE
GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS
EARTH SCIENCE
CRYOSPHERE
GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS
GLACIER ELEVATION/ICE SHEET ELEVATION
EARTH SCIENCE
CRYOSPHERE
GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS
GLACIER MOTION/ICE SHEET MOTION
EARTH SCIENCE
CRYOSPHERE
GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS
GLACIER TOPOGRAPHY/ICE SHEET TOPOGRAPHY
EARTH SCIENCE
CRYOSPHERE
GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS
GLACIERS
EARTH SCIENCE
CRYOSPHERE
GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS
ICE SHEETS
EARTH SCIENCE
CRYOSPHERE
SNOW/ICE
EARTH SCIENCE
CRYOSPHERE
SNOW/ICE
ICE MOTION
EARTH SCIENCE
CRYOSPHERE
SNOW/ICE
ICE VELOCITY
EARTH SCIENCE
CRYOSPHERE
SNOW/ICE
SNOW COVER
EARTH SCIENCE
CRYOSPHERE
SNOW/ICE
SNOW/ICE TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE
OCEANS
OCEAN CIRCULATION
EARTH SCIENCE
OCEANS
OCEAN TEMPERATURE
WATER TEMPERATURE
CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
OCEANS
climate
snowmelt
ice motion
strain
melt ponds
firn thermal profiling
ice-ocean
multi-sensor
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AWS
Automated Weather System
CURRENT METERS
GPS RECEIVERS
TEMPERATURE PROFILERS
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FIELD INVESTIGATION
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FIELD SURVEYS
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LABORATORY
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2014-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
2015-05-31T23:59:59.999Z
IN WORK
NO_SPATIAL
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GEOGRAPHIC REGION
POLAR
CONTINENT
NORTH AMERICA
CANADA
CONTINENT
NORTH AMERICA
GREENLAND
CONTINENT
NORTH AMERICA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CONTINENT
ANTARCTICA
GEOGRAPHIC REGION
ARCTIC
NSF/PLR
Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation
English
ARCHIVER
DISTRIBUTOR
NSIDC_AGDC
NSIDC Antarctic Glaciological Data Center
https://nsidc.org/data/agdc/
DATA CENTER CONTACT
NSIDC AGDC
USER SERVICES
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder
CO
80309-0449
USA
+1 (303) 492-2468
Fax
+1 (303) 492-6199
Telephone
nsidc@nsidc.org
ARCHIVER
DISTRIBUTOR
NSIDC
National Snow and Ice Data Center
http://nsidc.org
DATA CENTER CONTACT
NSIDC
USER SERVICES
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder
CO
80309-0449
USA
+1 (303) 492-2468
Fax
+1 (303) 492-6199
Telephone
nsidc@nsidc.org
Scambos, T.A.; Ross, R.; Haran, T.; Bauer, R.; Ainley, D.G.; Seo, K.-W.; Keyser, M. De; Behar, A.; MacAyeal, D.R.
A camera and multisensor automated station design for polar physical and biological systems monitoring: AMIGOS
Journal of Glaciology
Volume 59
Number 214
International Glaciological Society
pp. 303-314(12)
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.3189/2013JoG12J170
The investigators propose to build and test a multi-sensor, automated measurement station for monitoring Arctic and Antarctic ice-ocean environments. The system, based on a previously successful design, will incorporate weather and climate sensors, camera, snow and firn sensors, instruments to measure ice motion, ice and ocean thermal profilers, hydrophone, and salinity sensors. This new system will have two-way communications for real-time data delivery and is designed for rapid deployment by a small field group.
AMIGOS-II will be capable of providing real time information on geophysical processes such as weather, snowmelt, ice motion and strain, fractures and melt ponds, firn thermal profiling, and ocean conditions from multiple levels every few hours for 2-4 years. Project personnel will conduct a field test of the new system at a location with a deep ice-covered lake. Development of AMIGOS-II is motivated by recent calls by the U.S. Antarctic Program Blue-Ribbon Panel to increase Antarctic logistical effectiveness, which cites a need for greater efficiency in logistical operations. Installation of autonomous stations with reduced logistical requirements advances this goal.
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GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
http://nsidc.org/research/bios/scambos.html
Glaciology; remote sensing of the poles; climate change effects on the cryosphere; Antarctic history; geochemistry; and planetary science
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1441432
NSF Award # 1441432
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