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O-283 Stearns


Data Set Name:
O-283 2006/07

Investigator:
PI: Charles Stearns
Institution: University of Wisconsin, Madison
POC: George Weidner
Email: george.weidnerssec.wisc.edu

Data Type:
Fast Static

Dates:
Oct 2006 to Jan 2007

Location:
Name: Various Locaitons near McMurdo
Coordinates: 79.02 S  160.16 E
Radius: 100 km

Data Center:
Name: UNAVCO
URL: www.unavco.org
Email: archive-gpsunavco.org
Phone: 303-381-7500

Summary:
UNAVCO provided a GPS receiver, ancillary, training, field support, data processing, and data archiving to the 
Automated Weather Station (AWS) field team in an ongoing effort to produce accurate site elevations used in climate 
models. These surveys are conducted as "opportunity surveys" during scheduled maintenance visits to the AWS sites. 
The science community also uses the GPS data to determine the motion of the Ross Ice Shelf.

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