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The Madison PCWS Introduction and Overview The Development of the Polar Climate Weather Station (PCWS) System Josh Thorsland1 , Matthew A. Lazzara1,2, Andy Kurth1, Forbes Filip1, Ben Andersen1, John McGreevey1, Joey Miller1, Sean Lynch1, Amy Limberg-Dzukute1, George Weidner2, Lee J. Welhouse1,2, David E. Mikolajczyk2, Claudette Zweifel1, Taylor P. Norton1,2, Joel Shoemaker1, and Tristan L’Ecyuer2 1Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI 2University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI https://madisoncollege.edu/antarctic-meteorology-project Sarah Polar Climate & Weather Station Wind Speed Wind Direction The Madison PCWS McMurdo Ice Shelf, near Ross Island, Antarctica Introduction and Overview 77.868o South Latitude 166.921o East Longitude RH Advantages: 2 - Thermistors The PCWS is a student-developed embedded weather & Named in honor of: 1 - PRT v Generation of a new electronic core system Upwelling/Downwelling Sarah Jean Thorsland Shortwave/Longwave Radiation climate observation system based on 8-bit CMOS (2000 - 2013) v Cost Madison Area Technical College & microprocessor technology. The system has been Antarctic Meteorological Research Center Space Science and Engineering Center University of Wisconsin-Madison designed with the goal to operate in the extreme weather Acoustic Depth Gauge Climate and Weather Applications: conditions of polar climates. Through years of revisions, the Disdrometer v First AWS for “Climate” – Following US Climate team at Madison College has made significant progress in the Reference Network and multi-temperature PCWS systems hardware & software implementation. The PCWS system employs 24-bit analog-to-digital conversion sensors “at level” along with an internal check to Internal Pressure technology, paired with instrumentation amplifiers, ensuring * Temperature try to reduce post observation quality control issues analog sensor precision. At the systems heart, a temperature- PRT v Expanded basic observational suite compensated-crystal-oscillator provides accurate timing & the Snow Surface ability to capture accurate frequency measurements in frigid Snow Temperature environments. On January 14th, 2020, the team successfully Courtesy Carol Costanza Students involved in the project: installed the first working and transmitting PCWS at Sarah site • Platinum Resistance Thermometer v One-of-a-kind experiences near the University of Wisconsin-Madison Willie Automatic • Thermistors v Students involved at EVERY level of the project Weather Station (AWS) near Williams Airfield, Antarctica. • Wind Speed & Direction Anemometer Successful platinum resistance thermometer & • Barometer Impact in the Classroom: thermistor temperatures, relative humidity, wind speed & • Humidity v Unique data and observations to study weather direction values were recorded. In future field seasons, • Acoustic Depth Gauge and climate additional installations of the PCWS will be compared against • Driftometer existing Antarctic AWS technology. The team will continue • Net Radiometer The Community: • to develop a final revision of the PCWS through the end of this Sample Data from Sarah AWS in real-time On-Board Real Time Clock v The AWS network - a community asset summer. Future goals are to improve power system efficiency, conduct more comprehensive testing, and expand the software capabilities of the PCWS. First Generation PCWS Version 1.0 First Generation PCWS The authors wish to thank the NSF Geoscience Version 0.1 Directorate, Office of Polar Programs and Office of Integrative Activities, Major Research Instrumentation Program - Grant #1625904 for their support of this project..
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