Instruments in North
Pole Web Cam Images!
Meteorological Station
The meteorological station is a Campbell
Scientific weather station which measures wind speed
and direction, air temperature and air pressure. Data
is transmitted via the NOAA Argos Satellite System.
The Mass Balance Buoy
The Mass Balance Buoy (also called the ice-temperature
buoy, the
PMEL/CRREL
buoy or Drifting buoy) includes an acoustic pinger that measures
the depth of the snow on top of the sea ice. It also includes a
chain of thermistors which measure temperatures from the air down
through the snow cover, through the sea ice and into the sea water
below the ice. The chain is several meters long, and has temperature
sensors every 5-10 cm. Data
is transmitted by the NOAA Argos satellite. The buoy drifts with
the sea ice covering the North Pole. The drift and the data is available
on the North Pole Weather
Data page and from the North
Pole Observatory Web Site.
Radiometers
The Radiometers measure solar and sky radiation. Data
is relayed using the NOAA Argos Satellite System.
Note: The Navy's Heat
Flux Buoy is used in conjunction with the PMEL and JAMSTEC
buoys to provide a means of studying changes in the Central Arctic
Basin environment over long periods.
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