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| Station Characteristics | 2009-01-19/-147256320 |
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| GAW ID | SPO | South Pole (United States) |
| station status | established 1972 / full operation | Global station in WMO RA VII - Antarctica |
| time zone | UTC-2 | 89.99695°S 24.80000°W (2841 m a.s.l.) |
| climate zone | EF (Frost climate) | http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/obop/spo/index.html |
| other affiliations | AERONET(South_Pole_Obs_NOAA), BSRN, NOAA-ESRL/CCG, NOAA-ESRL/AERO(SPO), GALION, NDACC |
| description | The South Pole Observatory was established at the geographical south pole at 2837 m above sea level in 1957 as part of the International Geophysical Year. The South Pole Observatory (SPO) is one of five atmospheric baseline observatories for NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory, Global Monitoring Division (GMD). The National Science Foundation provides the infrastructure for the NOAA/ESRL scientific operations including a state of the art science building named the Atmospheric Research Observatory opened in 1997. ARO was built to house current atmospheric research and replaced NOAA's Clean Air Facility in operation from 1977 to 1997. Two GMD observatory staff spend one year tours of duty at the station which includes a 9 month period of isolation and six months of darkness. Atmospheric data has been collected from South Pole since the International Geophysical Year (IGY), 1957 - 1958. |
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| References |
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| Wolff, E.W. and Cachier, H. (1998), Concentrations and seasonal cycle of black carbon in aerosol at a coastal Antarctic station, Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 11--033 | ||
| Bodhaine, B.A. (1995), Aerosol absorption measurements at Barrow, Mauna Loa and the South Pole, J. Geophys. Res, 100, 8967--8975 | ||
| ROSEN, J., et al. (1993), Simultaneous ozone and polar stratospheric cloud observations at South Pole Station during winter and spring 1991, Journal of Geophysical Research, 98, 12--741 | ||
| BODHAINE, B., et al. (1986), Aerosol measurements at the South Pole, Tellus, Series B-Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 38, 223--235 | ||
| Zoller, WH, et al. (1974), Atmospheric Concentrations and Sources of Trace Metals at the South Pole, Science, 183, 198--200 | ||
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QA/SAC Switzerland is hosted by the Swiss Federal Laboratories for
Materials Testing and Research (EMPA), Dübendorf, Switzerland. Funding provided by MeteoSwiss is greatfully acknowledged. |
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