Rothera Station, Rothera Point Adelaide Island, 67deg34'S, 68deg08'W
All of the annual meteorological reports are available for public view in the British Antarctic Survey archives; a summary of their contents are listed below.
Surface
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1976 |
Data collection begins in March |
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Instruments in use - PAB, Barograph, Thermometers in a Stevenson screen, Munro Mk4a anemometer, hair hygrograph and thermograph |
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Barometer height 16m |
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1977 |
Instruments in use - PAB, Barograph, Thermometers in a Stevenson screen, Munro Mk4a anemometer, hair hygrograph and thermograph |
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1978 |
Instruments in use - PAB, Barograph, Thermometers in a Stevenson screen, Munro Mk4a anemometer, hair hygrograph and thermograph |
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1979 |
Instruments in use - PAB, Barograph, Thermometers in a Stevenson screen, Munro Mk4a anemometer, hair hygrograph and thermograph |
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1980 |
Instruments in use - PAB, Barograph, Thermometers in a Stevenson screen, Munro Mk4a anemometer, hair hygrograph and thermograph |
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Wind sensors moved to temporary tower in May |
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Wind sensors moved to new tower |
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1981 |
Instruments in use - PAB, Barograph, Thermometers in a Stevenson screen, Munro Mk4a anemometer until March then an Munro IM 146 combined anemometer and wind vane, hair hygrograph and thermograph |
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Munro MK4a replace by Munro IM 146 combined anemometer and wind vane in March |
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1982 |
Instruments in use - PAB, Barograph, Thermometers in a Stevenson screen, Munro IM 146 combined anemometer and wind vane, hair hygrograph and thermograph |
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1983 |
Instruments in use - PAB, Barograph, Thermometers in a Stevenson screen, Munro IM 146 combined anemometer and wind vane, hair hygrograph and thermograph |
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Wind vane was found to be reading 45 degrees less than it should be, the problem was rectified on the 16th May |
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1984 |
Instruments in use - PAB, Barograph, Thermometers in a Stevenson screen, Munro IM 146 combined anemometer and wind vane, hair hygrograph and thermograph |
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1985 |
Instruments in use - PAB, Barograph, Thermometers in a Stevenson screen, Munro IM 146 combined anemometer and wind vane, hair hygrograph and thermograph |
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1986 |
Instruments in use - PAB, Barograph, Thermometers in a Stevenson screen, Munro IM 146 combined anemometer and wind vane, hair hygrograph and thermograph |
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1987 |
Instruments in use - PAB, Barograph, Thermometers in a Stevenson screen, Munro IM 146 combined anemometer and wind vane, hair hygrograph and thermograph |
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1988 |
Instruments in use - PAB, Barograph, Thermometers in a Stevenson screen, Munro IM 146 combined anemometer and wind vane, hair hygrograph and thermograph |
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1989 |
Instruments in use - PAB, Barograph, Thermometers in a Stevenson screen, Munro IM 146 combined anemometer and wind vane, hair hygrograph and thermograph |
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Stevenson screen moved to new site adjacent to the anemometer tower a move of about 200m SSW, this new site became operational on the 1st January 1990. |
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1990 |
Instruments in use - PAB, Barograph, Thermometers in a Stevenson screen, Munro IM 146 combined anemometer and wind vane, hair hygrograph and thermograph |
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1991 |
Instruments in use - PAB, Barograph, Thermometers in a Stevenson scre n, Munro IM 146 combined anemometer and wind vane, hair hygrograph and thermograph |
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MAWS (Modular Automatic Weather Station) was installed in January 1991 to run in a test phase, it suffered from radio interference. |
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1992 |
Instruments in use - PAB, Barograph, Thermometers in a Stevenson screen, Munro IM 146 combined anemometer and wind vane, hair hygrograph and thermograph |
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MAWS still in test phase while as radio interference problems are removed |
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1993 |
Instruments in use – Setra pressure sensor, Hy-Cal PT100 PRT (platinum resistance thermometer) in a Stevenson screen, Hy-Cal ultra-H II humidity probe, Vector A100H anemometer and Vector W200P wind vane |
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MAWS became the operational system on the 1st January |
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1994 |
Instruments in use – Setra pressure sensor, Hy-Cal PT100 PRT in a Stevenson screen, Hy-Cal ultra-H II humidity probe, Vector A100H anemometer and Vector W200P wind vane |
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1995 |
Instruments in use – Setra pressure sensor, Hy-Cal PT100 PRT in a Stevenson screen, Hy-Cal ultra-H II humidity probe, Vector A100H anemometer and Vector W200P wind vane |
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1996 |
Instruments in use – Setra pressure sensor, Hy-Cal PT100 PRT in a Stevenson screen, Hy-Cal ultra-H II humidity probe, Vector A100H anemometer and Vector W200P wind vane |
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1997 |
Instruments in use – Setra pressure sensor, Hy-Cal PT100 PRT in a Stevenson screen, Hy-Cal ultra-H II humidity probe, Vector A100H anemometer and Vector W200P wind vane |
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1998 |
Instruments in use – Setra pressure sensor, Hy-Cal PT100 PRT in a Stevenson screen, Hy-Cal ultra-H II humidity probe, Vector A100H anemometer and Vector W200P wind vane |
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1999 |
Instruments in use – Setra pressure sensor, Hy-Cal PT100 PRT in a Stevenson screen, Hy-Cal ultra-H II humidity probe, Vector A100H anemometer and Vector W200P wind vane |
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MAWSON weather station installed in February to replace the MAWS system, both systems ran during the 1999 winter. |
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2000 |
Instruments in use – Vaisala PTB 100A pressure sensor, aspirated PRT, Vaisala humidity probe, Vector A100H anemometer and Vector W200P wind vane |
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MAWSON becomes operational system on 1st Jamuary |
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Barometer height 32m |
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2001 |
Instruments in use – Vaisala PTB 100A pressure sensor, aspirated PRT, Vaisala humidity probe, Vector A100H anemometer and Vector W200P wind vane |
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2002 |
Instruments in use – Vaisala PTB 100A pressure sensor, aspirated PRT, Vaisala humidity probe, Vector A100H anemometer and Vector W200P wind vane |
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2003 |
Instruments in use – Vaisala PTB 100A pressure sensor, aspirated PRT, Vaisala humidity probe, Vector A100H anemometer and Vector W200P wind vane |
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2004 |
Instruments in use – Vaisala PTB 100A pressure sensor, aspirated PRT, Vaisala humidity probe, Vector A100H anemometer and Vector W200P wind vane |
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2005 |
Instruments in use – Vaisala PTB 100A pressure sensor, aspirated PRT, Vaisala humidity probe, Vector A100H anemometer and Vector W200P wind vane until end July then Vaisala DPA500 digital barometer, aspirated PTR, Vaisala HMP45 humidity probe and Vasiala WAS425 ultrasonic anemometer. |
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Vaisala MILOS 520 automatic weather station installed in January to replace MAWSON, both system ran during 2005 |
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MILOS became the operational system on the 1st August |
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2006 |
Instruments in use –Vaisala DPA500 digital barometer, aspirated PTR, Vaisala HMP45 humidity probe and Vasiala WAS425 ultrasonic anemometer. |
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2007 |
Instruments in use –Vaisala DPA500 digital barometer, aspirated PTR, Vaisala HMP45 humidity probe and Vasiala WAS425 ultrasonic anemometer. |
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2008 |
Instruments in use –Vaisala DPA500 digital barometer, aspirated PTR, Vaisala HMP45 humidity probe and Vasiala WAS425 ultrasonic anemometer. |
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2009 |
Instruments in use –Vaisala DPA500 digital barometer, aspirated PTR, Vaisala HMP45 humidity probe and Vasiala WAS425 ultrasonic anemometer until end November then Druck pressure sensor, aspirated PTR, Vaisala HMP45 humidity probe and Vasiala WAS425 ultrasonic anemometer |
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JAWS (Just Another Weather Station) installed in February to replace MILOS, both system ran during 2009 |
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JAWS became the operational system on 1st December. |
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2010 |
Instruments in use –Druck pressure sensor, aspirated PTR, Vaisala HMP45 humidity probe, propvane, sunshine detector, CNR1 solar radiation sensor and Vasiala WAS425 ultrasonic anemometer. |
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2011 |
Instruments in use –Druck pressure sensor, aspirated PTR, Vaisala HMP45 humidity probe, propvane, sunshine detector, CNR1 solar radiation sensor and Vasiala WAS425 ultrasonic anemometer. |
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2012 |
Instruments in use –Druck pressure sensor, aspirated PTR, Vaisala HMP45 humidity probe, propvane, sunshine detector, CNR1 solar radiation sensor and Vasiala WAS425 ultrasonic anemometer. |
Upper Air
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1999 |
Vaisala RS80 Radio sondes flown in September and October |
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2001 |
Vaisala RS80 Radio sondes flown in April and September |
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2002 |
Radiosonde program starts with 3 or 4 flights per week |
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2007 |
RS92 sondes replace RS80sondes |