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The following table contains various representations of AWS data from Siple and Dome C.


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Siple Dome C
AWS all fields 1980-1996
AWS all fields 1982
AWS vs. SMMR temperature differences 1980-1984.

Solid black line is 30-day smoothed AWS temperatures. Note that y-axes are scaled differently at Siple and Dome C.
AWS vs. SMMR temperature differences 1982

Solid black line is 30-day smoothed AWS temperatures. Note that y-axes are scaled differently at Siple and Dome C.

Notes: bimodal shape in differences at Dome C, winter, no sun, no difference; summer, always sun, small positive difference, but essentially the same temperature at 2p.m. and 8 p.m.; fall and spring, sun is rapidly going/coming, so differences reflect this.

Question remains: why is warm-cold at Dome C always negative in SMMR?





M. J. Brodzik <brodzik@zamboni.colorado.edu>
Last modified: Fri Sep 28 14:18:19 2001