AMRC database

The development of the Antarctic Meteorological Research Center (AMRC) was a marriage between the AWS project and the Man computer Interactive Data Access System (McIDAS) project, also at the UW-Madison. The need for improved Antarctic forecasts, and the potential to develop a mosaic of satellite imagery from both geostationary and polar orbiting satellites over the Antarctic drove the formation of two groups: One that provided weather forecasts in support of research vessels in Antarctic waters, the Antarctic Meteorological Forecasting Center (AMFC), and one that focused on the development of composite satellite imagery and Antarctic meteorological data collection, distribution and archiving, the AMRC. The AMFC provided forecasts for USAP research vessels for several years before the NSF retired this activity and eventually moved it to the United States Naval Warfare System Center (SPAWAR) Office of Polar Programs. While the AMFC no longer exists, the AMRC continues to: create Antarctic satellite composites; conduct scientific research with those composites and other observational datasets; collect, distribute and archive Antarctic data; and promote Antarctic science through educational outreach activities.

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Source https://amrc.ssec.wisc.edu/data/
Last Updated April 12, 2022, 12:06 (UTC)
Created April 6, 2022, 04:28 (UTC)
Country USA
Data Management Others
Data Policy "Any Meteosat data obtained from the SSEC Data Center are subject to the following policy agreement between NOAA and Eumetsat Article4 Data Policy 1. All Meteosat WEFAX data and all six hourly HRI data (collected at main synoptichours) shall be broadcasted unencrypted and shall be available without fee for any 2. All three hourly HRI data (collected at synoptic hours) shall be available, through NOAA, without fee for any use within the Territory. 3. The full set of HRI data(collected half hourly) shall be available without fee to NOAA and its Affiliates for Official Duty Use without territorial restriction. 4. EUMETSAT shall grant non-discriminatory access to EUMETSAT Image Data for uses and users other than specified above in accordance with its Data Policy. 5. The MDD Material shall be available without fee to NOAA and its Affiliates for Official Duty Use without territorial restriction. 6. EUMETSAT shall ensure the availability of the required decryption key units at cost. 7. Any EUMETSAT Image Data older than 3 days are not subject to the limitations in this Article. Article3 Definitions 1.""EUMETSAT Image Data""means all WEFAX image data which may be received from the EUMETSAT geostationary meteorological satellites by Secondary Data User Stations, and all High Resolution Image (HRI) data which may be received from the EUMETSAT geostationary meteorological satellites by Primary Data User Stations(PDUS). 2.""MDD Material""means meteorological information and charts disseminated via the Meteorological Data Distribution(MDD) channels of the EUMETS AT geostationary meteorological satellites, receivable by MDD user stations. 3.""NOAA Official Duty Use""means use by NOAA itself and/or by its Affiliates infulfilment of a public mandate, including research but excluding any commercial activity. 4.""NOAA Affiliate""means any US Federal, state or local governmental agency, or any organisation formally associated with these government units in carrying out their programmes. 5.""Use""means reception and/or processing and/or transformation and/or dissemination in recognisable form of data covered by this Agreement. 6. The""Territory""shall mean the territory of the United States of America, including its maritime exclusive economic zone as defined in the Convention on the Law of the Sea. "
Data Sharing Principle Others
Database Level Research Institutional
FIAR No
Host Institute The Antarctic Meteorological Research Center
Opening Degree Restricted Open
Organizer The University of Wisconsin-Madison
Region Antarctic
Source of Data Policy None
Theme Climate