Metadata

Station or cluster: CryoNet Cluster
Type: Integrated
WMO ID (if any): 89571
Shape: point
Latitude, longitude: -68.5746, 77.9671
Altitude and/or range (m): 0
Landscape: Coastal
Year established: 1957
Year-round? Yes
Operations contact: Scott Carpentier
Science contact: Scott Carpentier
Data contact: Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AADC)
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Davis Bureau of Meteorology Station [Candidate]
Integrated CryoNet Cluster Information

The Davis surface and upper air observations program has operated near continuously since 1957, and forms an integral part of the Bureau's climate monitoring and weather forecast services programs. The obs program supports inter alia WMO GSN, GCOS and GUAN initiatives, plus other external customers running scientific experiments and data collection programs.

Stations in This Site

This site is comprised of the following stations:

Davis main AFIN station - CryoNet Station

Broad Research Focus

Climate monitoring and variability.

Representativeness of the Cluster

Represents coastal environment at Davis

See: Climate variations and change evident in high-quality climate data for Australia’s Antarctic and remote island weather stations. Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal 62 (2012) 247–261

http://reg.bom.gov.au/jshess/docs/2012/jovanovic.pdf

Cluster Facilities

Australian Antarctic station - year round presence.

Other Networks to Which This CryoNet Cluster Belongs

Davis is part of the WMO-sponsored Global Climate Observing System (GCOS); the Global Surface Network (GSN) and the Global Upper Air Network (GUAN).

Measurement Methods Used

WMO Technical Regulations
GTOS
JCOMM
CIMO

Data Information

Are the data quality controlled? yes
How are the data accessible? an existing data center
Data availability (may depend on the variable measured): in real-time, in near real-time

Publications

Australian Climate Observations Reference Network for Surface Air Temperature - Remote Australian Islands and Antarctica http://reg.bom.gov.au/climate/change/acorn-sat/documents/ACORN-SAT-remote-Station-Catalogue-WEB.pdf

Additional Information Documents

Measurements

The measurements made at Davis Bureau of Meteorology Station are listed in the following tables. This is a combination of measurements made at the stations within the site, where the start and end years in the tables are the earliest and latest years of measurement. (Note: If End Year is blank, measurements are ongoing.)

Cryosphere Measurements

Element	Variable	Start Year
Snow	Depth	1957
Snow	Snow water equivalent
Snow	Drifting/blowing
Seaice	Thickness	1957
Seaice	Concentration	2009
Seaice	Type	1957
Seaice	Extent	1957
Seaice	Age	1957
Seaice	Temperature	2009
Iceberg	Iceberg position	1999
Iceberg	Size	1999

Atmosphere Measurements

Element	Variable	Start Year
Met	Air temperature	1957
Met	Humidity/vapour pressure	1957
Met	Wind speed and direction	1957
Met	Air pressure	1957
Met	Snowfall	1957
Met	Total precipitation	1957
Met	Rainfall	1957
Met	Aerosols	2000
Radiation	Sunshine duration	1957