INPE Retrieves Antarctic Meteorological Data
Hello
reader!
It
follows a note published on the day (11/09) in the website of the National
Institute for Space Research (INPE) informing that the institute retrieves
Antarctic Meteorological Data.
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INPE Retrieves Antarctic Meteorological Data
Friday, November 09, 2012
Since the fire
at Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station (EACF), on February 25, the National
Institute for Space Research (INPE) strives to maintain the collection of
climate data in the region. The automatic weather station is into a module that
was not reached by the fire, but was not working due to lack of electricity.
To keep the
historical series of meteorological data, which measures have been taken since
the summer of 1984-1985, about a month after the accident INPE installed solar
panels and batteries for its instrumentation in EACF, located on king George
Island, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Information
that have been stored into INPE’s meteorological module since the accident were
recovered on November 5, when a team of INPE returned to the place, due to the
Navy support, aboard the Polar ship Almirante Maximiano.
Before the
fire, information use to be sent in real time to the researchers at the
institute. Nowadays, there is not enough power for online transmission and data
needs to be downloaded directly from the instrumentation.
The
storage capacity of the automatic weather station is limited, thus, it is
important to return to the EACF to prevent data recorded since April, when new
batteries were installed, to be erased by new information of daily monitoring.
INPE’s
meteorological tower at EACF
Source: WebSite of the National
Institute for Space Research (INPE)
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