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such as température, relative humidity, wind speed and direction are used. The
site names, locations and analysis start and stop dates for ail the AWS units
deployed in the area of interest are listed in Table 1. Even if the Italian stations give
a record of meteorological parameters every hour, in this work 3-hourly data were
used to give a uniform data set considering both the Italian and the US AWSs.
In order to understand the surface wind pattern at each individual station, it
is essential to know the details of their location with respect to the ice cap, ice
shelves, adjacent mountains, open water, etc. In fact, the topography of the environs of Antarctic stations plays an important part in determining prevailing
surface winds [13].
Transantarctic mountains are separated from each other by glaciers descending from the East Antarctic Ice Sheet or from minor glacier basins [14], Many
large glaciers cross the Terra Nova Bay région. The David Glacier cornes from the
eastern slope of the Dôme C and converges in a narrow outlet glacier which
Table 1. Site, location and dates of start and stop of operation for AWSs deployed in the
area of interest
Argos ID
nutnber
Naine
Location
Latitude
CS)
Longitude
CE)
Altitude
(m)
Start date
(yymmddhh)
End Date
(yymmddhh)
8984
Possession Lsland
Océan Islands
71 “54’00”
171’07’48”
30
92122900
94123123
8906
Marble Point
Ross Lsland Région
77’25’48”
163’45’00”
120
87010100
94123123
8907
Ferreil
Ross lsland Région
78’01’12”
170’48’00”
45
87010100
94123123
8901
Willie Field
Ross lsland Région
77’51’00”
167’04’48”
40
92012500
94123123
8913
Whitiock
Océan lsland
76’14’24”
168’42’00”
275
87010100
94123123
8905
Manuels
Inexpressible lsland 74’52’48”
163’36’00”
80
87010100
94123123
8909
Shiristi
Reeves Glacier
74’42’00”
161’36’00”
1200
87122800
92093023
8921
Sushila
Reeves Névé
74’18’00”
161’18’00”
1430
88012000
91093023
8923
Sandra
Reeves Névé
74’29’24”
160’29’24”
1525
88011900
94123123
8935
l.ynn
Reeves Névé
74’13’48”
160’22’12”
1772
88011900
94123123
8931
Pat
Nansen Ice Sheet
74’52’48”
163’00’00”
30
89010100
91010123
7350
Sofia
Nansen Ice Sheet
74’47’45”
163’18’46”
40
87020100
96063023
7351
Alessandra
Cape King
73’35’10”
166’37’16”
160
87020100
96063023
7352
Zoraida
Priestley Glacier
74’15’14”
163’08’41”
640
87020100
96063023
7353
Eneide
Terra Nova Bay
74’41’42”
164’05’36”
90
87020100
96063023
7354
Chiara
Enigma Lake
74’41’42”
164’07’23”
210
93010800
96063023
7355
Modes ta
Priestley Névé
73’38’18”
160’38’35”
1900
89020100
96063023
7356
Lola
Tourmaline Plateau 74’10’59”
163’29’00”
1700
90010300
96063023
7357
A relis
Cape Ross
76’43’56”
163’00’35”
150
90012200
96063023
7379
Siivia
Cape Philips
73’04’21”
169’36’55”
550
90120100
96063023
A. Pellegrini et al.
such as température, relative humidity, wind speed and direction are used. The
site names, locations and analysis start and stop dates for ail the AWS units
deployed in the area of interest are listed in Table 1. Even if the Italian stations give
a record of meteorological parameters every hour, in this work 3-hourly data were
used to give a uniform data set considering both the Italian and the US AWSs.
In order to understand the surface wind pattern at each individual station, it
is essential to know the details of their location with respect to the ice cap, ice
shelves, adjacent mountains, open water, etc. In fact, the topography of the environs of Antarctic stations plays an important part in determining prevailing
surface winds [13].
Transantarctic mountains are separated from each other by glaciers descending from the East Antarctic Ice Sheet or from minor glacier basins [14], Many
large glaciers cross the Terra Nova Bay région. The David Glacier cornes from the
eastern slope of the Dôme C and converges in a narrow outlet glacier which
Table 1. Site, location and dates of start and stop of operation for AWSs deployed in the
area of interest
Argos ID
nutnber
Naine
Location
Latitude
CS)
Longitude
CE)
Altitude
(m)
Start date
(yymmddhh)
End Date
(yymmddhh)
8984
Possession Lsland
Océan Islands
71 “54’00”
171’07’48”
30
92122900
94123123
8906
Marble Point
Ross Lsland Région
77’25’48”
163’45’00”
120
87010100
94123123
8907
Ferreil
Ross lsland Région
78’01’12”
170’48’00”
45
87010100
94123123
8901
Willie Field
Ross lsland Région
77’51’00”
167’04’48”
40
92012500
94123123
8913
Whitiock
Océan lsland
76’14’24”
168’42’00”
275
87010100
94123123
8905
Manuels
Inexpressible lsland 74’52’48”
163’36’00”
80
87010100
94123123
8909
Shiristi
Reeves Glacier
74’42’00”
161’36’00”
1200
87122800
92093023
8921
Sushila
Reeves Névé
74’18’00”
161’18’00”
1430
88012000
91093023
8923
Sandra
Reeves Névé
74’29’24”
160’29’24”
1525
88011900
94123123
8935
l.ynn
Reeves Névé
74’13’48”
160’22’12”
1772
88011900
94123123
8931
Pat
Nansen Ice Sheet
74’52’48”
163’00’00”
30
89010100
91010123
7350
Sofia
Nansen Ice Sheet
74’47’45”
163’18’46”
40
87020100
96063023
7351
Alessandra
Cape King
73’35’10”
166’37’16”
160
87020100
96063023
7352
Zoraida
Priestley Glacier
74’15’14”
163’08’41”
640
87020100
96063023
7353
Eneide
Terra Nova Bay
74’41’42”
164’05’36”
90
87020100
96063023
7354
Chiara
Enigma Lake
74’41’42”
164’07’23”
210
93010800
96063023
7355
Modes ta
Priestley Névé
73’38’18”
160’38’35”
1900
89020100
96063023
7356
Lola
Tourmaline Plateau 74’10’59”
163’29’00”
1700
90010300
96063023
7357
A relis
Cape Ross
76’43’56”
163’00’35”
150
90012200
96063023
7379
Siivia
Cape Philips
73’04’21”
169’36’55”
550
90120100
96063023