United States Antarctic Research Report to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR).

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Main Author: Staff, National Research Council
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : National Academies Press, 1900
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Table of Contents:
  • ""United States Antarctic Research""; ""Copyright""; ""Introduction""; ""Contents""; ""National Committee and Operating Organization Information""; ""U.S. NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ANTARCTIC RESEARCH""; ""U.S. NATIONAL OPERATING AGENCY""; ""Map of Stations""; ""Locations of U.S. Antarctic Research Stations [See Maps A and B]""; ""PERMANENT YEAR ROUND STATIONS [MAP A]""; ""SUMMER ONLY STATIONS [MAP A]""; ""UNOCCUPIED STATIONS [MAP A]""; ""MCMURDO AREA REFUGES AND SURVIVAL CACHES [MAP B]""; ""Permanent Stations, Regular Observations, and Long-Term Monitoring""
  • ""MCMURDO (ELEVATION: 24 M COORDINATES: 77°55'S, 166°39'E)""""PALMER (ELEVATION: 7.5 M COORDINATES: 64°46'S, 64°05'W)""; ""SOUTH POLE (ELEVATION: 2800 M COORDINATE: 90°S)""; ""MULTI-STATION PROGRAMS""; ""Highlights of Science Activities 1 April 1989-31 March 1990""; ""ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES""; ""Astronomy""; ""Ozone-Depletion Studies""; ""BIOLOGY""; ""Biological Effects of UV Radiation""; ""Environmental Impacts of Oil""; ""Ecosystems in Dry Valley Lakes""; ""GEOLOGY AND SOLID EARTH GEOPHYSICS""; ""West Antarctica and Gondwanaland""; ""GLACIOLOGY""; ""Ice Cores and Climate Change""
  • ""Permits and Rationale for Entry into Specially Protected Areas (Spas) and Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs)""""Prospectus Of Planned Activities 1 April 1990-31 March 1991""; ""ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES""; ""Ozone-Depletion Studies""; ""Polar stratospheric clouds at the South Pole""; ""Springtime measurements of ozone-related compounds in the antarctic stratosphere""; ""Investigation of polar stratospheric aerosols and their relation to the ozone hole""; ""Antarctic ozone profiles: Palmer Station""; ""Climate Studies""; ""Chlorine-and bromine-containing trace gases in the Antarctic""
  • ""Global monitoring for climatic change""""Lidar experiment at South Pole""; ""Atmospheric halos and ice crystals""; ""Climate studies at the South Pole""; ""Spectral bi-directional reflectance of antarctic snow and ice""; ""Operation of an aerosol sampling system at Palmer Station""; ""Boundary-layer dynamics over West Antarctica""; ""Automatic weather stations: operation and research""; ""Astronomy And Upper-Atmosphere Studies""; ""Support for operating an extra-low-frequency/very-low-frequency (ELF/VLF) radiometer at Arrival Heights, Antarctica""
  • ""High-latitude magnetic pulsation studies in the Antarctic and Arctic""""Measurement of vertical atmospheric electric current at a network of sites in Antarctica including manned stations andâ€?""; ""Auroral imaging""; ""Very-low-frequency sensing of thunderstorms and radiation-belt coupling""; ""High-resolution helioseismology from the South Pole""; ""Observations of ultra-high-energy, gamma-ray sources from the South Pole""; ""Antarctic neutral thermospheric and mesospheric dynamics and thermodynamics""; ""Polar experiment network for geophysical upper-atmosphere investigations (PENGUIN)""