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Antarctic Climate Data Collected by Australian Agencies

Entry ID: Antarctic_Meteorology

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Summary

Abstract: This record provides a listing of meteorological data collected in the Australian Antarctic Territory by members of the Australian Antarctic program (and it's predecessors) and the Bureau of Meteorology. The data have been obtained by manual observations and by automatic weather stations.

All data are available from the Bureau of Meteorology, although a subset of data from automatic weather ...

Related URL

Link: GET SERVICE

Description: Online data at the Bureau of Meteorology

Link: GET SERVICE

Description: Request data from the Bureau of Meteorology

Link: GET SERVICE

Description: Automatic Weather Station data from the Australian Antarctic Data Centre

Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Description: Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -53.0

S: -68.0

E: 159.0

W: 60.0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1948-01-01

Location Keywords

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS

Science Keywords

AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL TEMPERATURE

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > TRACE GASES/TRACE SPECIES

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

INLAND WATERS

OCEANS

Platform

AWOS > Automated Weather Observing System

WEATHER STATIONS

Instrument

AWS > Automated Weather System

Access Constraints All data are available on request to the Bureau of Meteorology. Some AWS data for the main Antarctic stations are available from the provided URL.

Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=Antarcti... when using these data.

Ancillary Keywords

BALAENA ISLAND

BUNGER HILLS

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia

Tasmanian-Antarctica Regional Office, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia

Data Center URL: http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/tas/

Data Center Personnel
Name: CLIMATE SERVICES Phone: +61 3 6221 2043 Fax: +61 3 6221 2045 Email: climate.tas at bom.gov.au Contact Address: Climate and Consultancy Section GPO Box 727 Bureau of Meteorology Tasmania and Antarctica Regional Office City: Hobart Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7001 Country: Australia

Personnel

IAN BARNES-KEOGAHN

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: +61 3 6221 2043

Fax: +61 3 6221 2045

Email: I.Barnes-Keogahn at bom.gov.au

Contact Address:

Climate and Consultancy Section

GPO Box 727

Bureau of Meteorology

Tasmania and Antarctica Regional Office

City: Hobart

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7001

Country: Australia

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2000-10-16

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-10-10

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