Data Access

Antarctic Meteo-Climatological Observatory

Data Access

The Observatory has a large amount of data collected by automatic systems or by the staff during scientific expeditions. One of the fundamental tasks of the Observatory is to distribute the data to the scientific community for which over the years has been realized a database climatological through which are today made the majority of graphics on this website. Some of these data, as specified below, they are subjected to validation procedures.

The data that you can request, after acceptance of the Protocol, are the following:

AWS	Location	Variables ⁽¹⁾	From	To	Sampling rate
Alessandra	Cape King	P, T, U, V, D	1987-01-01	2022-10-29	Hourly
Arelis	Cape Ross	P, T, U, V, D	1990-01-22	2022-11-18	Hourly
Concordia	Dome C	P, T, U, V, D	2005-01-27	2022-12-31	Hourly
Eneide	Terra Nova Bay	P, T, U, V, D	1987-01-01	2022-10-20	Hourly
Giulia	Mid Point	P, T, U, V, D	1997-12-10	2019-01-30	Hourly
Irene	Sitry	P, T, U, V, D	2001-11-22	2015-03-23	Hourly
Jennica	Terra Nova Bay	P, T, U, V, D	1999-12-30	2003-10-20	Hourly
Lola	Sarao Point	P, T, U, V, D	1990-01-01	2022-10-26	Hourly
Lucia	Larsen Glacier	P, T, U, V, D	2008-12-11	2023-11-08	Hourly
Maria	Mount Browning	P, T, U, V, D	1997-11-01	2022-10-22	Hourly
Modesta	Priestley Névé	P, T, U, V, D	1989-01-01	2022-11-26	Hourly
Paola	Talos Dome	P, T, U, V, D	2003-02-08	2022-12-02	Hourly
Rita	Enigma Lake	P, T, U, V, D	1993-01-01	2022-10-23	Hourly
Silvia	Cape Phillips	P, T, U, V, D	1990-12-01	2022-11-28	Hourly
Sofia	Nansen ice sheet	P, T, U, V, D	1987-01-01	2002-11-10	Hourly
Sofiab	David Glacier	P, T, U, V, D	2002-11-28	2022-10-30	Hourly
Zoraida	Terra Nova Bay	P, T, U, V, D	1987-01-01	2022-10-28	Hourly
P=Pressure, T=Temperature, U=Relative Humidity, V=Wind speed, D=Wind direction.

CEILOMETER	Location	Variables ⁽¹⁾	From	To	Sampling rate
DOMEC	Concordia Station	Lh1, Lh2, Lh3, Lca1, Lca2, Lca3	2019-01-01	2024-12-12	5 minutes
MZS	Mario Zucchelli Station	Lh1, Lh2, Lh3, Lca1, Lca2, Lca3	2019-01-13	2024-12-07	5 minutes
Lh1=Base height of first layer, Lh2=Base height of second layer, Lh3=Base height of third layer, Lca1=Cloud cover at the first layer, Lca2=Cloud cover at the second layer, Lca3=Cloud cover at the third layer.

RDS	Location	Variables ⁽¹⁾	From	To	Levels
DOMEC	Concordia Station	H, P, T, U, V, D	2006-01-19	2024-12-13	Standard, All
MZS ⁽²⁾	Mario Zucchelli Station	H, P, T, U, V, D	1987-01-15	2024-12-13	Standard, All
H=Height, P=Pressure, T=Temperature, U=Relative Humidity, V=Wind speed, D=Wind direction. Available in the opening periods of the Mario Zucchelli Station.

Other available data, not undergoing to the "data dissemination" document cited above, can be requested but they need an agreement between applicant and the PI of Observatory writing to osservatoriometeoantartico@enea.it.

Here is an example of these data

AWS	Location	Variables ⁽¹⁾	Sampling rate
Concordia	Dome C	V2, D2, SS	hourly
Concordia	Dome C	All	every minute
Eneide	Mario Zucchelli Station	All	every minute ⁽²⁾
Giulia	Mid Point	NIV	daily averages
Irene	Sitry	NIV	daily averages
Modesta	Priestley Névé	NIV	daily averages
Paola	Talos Dome	NIV	daily averages
Penguin	Edmonson Point	All	every 10 minutes ⁽²⁾
V2=Wind speed heated sensor, D2=Wind direction heated sensor, SS=Sonic sensor, NIV=Snowdepth. Sampling is performed only during the opening of the Mario Zucchelli Station.