Antarctic Meteoclimatic Observatory in Mario Zucchelli and Victoria Land

Systematic meteorological observations on the ground and at high altitudes have been carried out in the Mario Zucchelli station (MZS) and Terra Vittoria (TV) since 1987. To date, 15 automatic meteorological stations (AWS) are in operation all year round and, only in summer, a radio sound system, a celiometer for measuring the base of the clouds, a "sky camera" and a rain gauge. Some AWS, besides the standard parameters (temperature, pressure, relative humidity, wind intensity and direction) integrate sensors for radiation overall, the accumulation of snow. Most AWS transmit data in real time via radio modem or iridium to MZS during the summer, and throughout the year via the Argos satellite system. In addition to the scientific community, the data are used for local forecasts and for the planning of flight activities. The transmission of meteorological messages on the international WMO-GTS circuit allows their assimilation into the models, contributing to the improvement of their performances. The acquired data contribute to the Basic Synoptic Network (WMO) and to the SCAR database (Met-READER). This proposal intends to continue data collection for the historical series (up to 28 years of data), for weather-climatic monitoring and as support for scientific and operational activities.

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Identification info

Date (Publication)
2019-12-30
Edition
Permanent observatory

Identifier

Code
PNRA14_00019
Status
On going

Principal investigator

ENEA - Paolo Grigioni (coordinator / researcher)
ENEA Centro della Casaccia
Roma
Via Anguillarese, 301, 00123
Italy
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Spatial representation type
Text, table

Spatial resolution

Equivalent scale

Denominator
1
Temporal resolution
P0Y0M0DT0H0M0S
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Extent

N
S
E
W


Temporal extent

Time period
1987-11-01 0001-01-01
Maintenance and update frequency
Periodic
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
GCMD - Science Keywords
  • ATMOSPHERE
  • WEATHER/CLIMATE ADVISORIES
  • CLIMATE INDICATORS
  • TROPOSPHERIC/LOW LEVEL CLOUDS (OBSERVED/ANALYZED)
  • WEATHER RESEARCH/FORECAST MODELS
NASA Thesaurus
  • weather data recorders
  • meteorological parameters
  • solar radiation
  • troposphere
GCMD - Instruments
  • AWS
  • RADIOSONDES
  • SOLARIMETERS
  • SNOW MEASURING ROD
GCMD - Providers
  • IT/PNRA
GCMD - Locations
  • ANTARCTICA
Gazetteer of Antarctica
  • Mario Zucchelli station
  • Victoria Land

Resource constraints

Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Climantartide data use constraints

Resource constraints

Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Climantartide data access constraints

Associated resource

Title
XXXIV Expedition PNRA project
Date (Validity Begins)
2018-11-01
Date (Validity Expires)
2019-11-01
Edition
XXXIV Expedition 2018-2019

Identifier

Code
XXXIV Expedition PNRA
Association Type
Dependency
Initiative Type
Campaign

Associated resource

Title
Project OSS10 - PNRA14_00019

Identifier

Code
Project OSS10 - PNRA14_00019
Association Type
Dependency
Initiative Type
Project
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • Text

OnLine resource
Homepage Climantartide

OnLine resource
Activity Mario Zucchelli and Victoria Land - Antarctic Meteoclimatic Observatory

OnLine resource
Database Climantartide

OnLine resource
Graphics Cliamantartide

Data quality info

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Report

Result

Title
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Date (Publication)
2010-10-08
Explanation
This data set is conformant with the INSPIRE Implementing Rules for the interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Pass
true

Resource lineage

Statement
The main objective is to describe Meteorology and Climatology in the area of interest, providing continuous meteo-climatological data and information, according to standard and reliable procedures, making use of robust methodologies and testing new approaches.
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Reference System Information

Identifier

Code
WGS84
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/896696b3-2cb1-4e93-bb1e-aa9c55af0ca3

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Point of contact

ENEA - Chiara Ripa

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Metadata linkage
http://geonetwork.casaccia.enea.it:8089/srv/api/records/02e2873d-e249-4ca6-b6bb-7f19c54cf87e896696b3-2cb1-4e93-bb1e-aa9c55af0ca3

Date info (Revision)
2021-05-05T08:16:12
Date info (Creation)
2020-04-08T15:00:00

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3
 
 

Overviews

Mario Zucchelli Station
AWS and RDS

Spatial extent

N
S
E
W


Keywords

GCMD - Instruments
AWS RADIOSONDES SNOW MEASURING ROD SOLARIMETERS
GCMD - Locations
ANTARCTICA
GCMD - Providers
IT/PNRA
GCMD - Science Keywords
ATMOSPHERE CLIMATE INDICATORS TROPOSPHERIC/LOW LEVEL CLOUDS (OBSERVED/ANALYZED) WEATHER RESEARCH/FORECAST MODELS WEATHER/CLIMATE ADVISORIES
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Atmospheric conditions Meteorological geographical features Protected sites
NASA Thesaurus
meteorological parameters solar radiation troposphere weather data recorders

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