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Instruments in 2004 North Pole Web Cam Images!
Deployed by NOAA/PMEL

Web Cam #1

Instruments shown in camera 1

Web Cam #2

Instruments shown in camera 2

The downward looking sounder measures the rate of snow and ice melt on the surface. The ice thickness pole includes temperature sensors that are used to determine the top and the bottom of the ice floe. The meteorological tower houses weather instruments. All data is relayed via the NOAA Argos Satellite.

More Information :

Web cam Home and Acknowledgments
Daylight and Darkness at the North Pole
• All images Current 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
• Moods of the North Pole Current 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
• About the environment           2003 2002
• About the instruments Current       2004 2003 2002
• About the web cam(s) Current 2007 2006 2005   2003 2002
• Weather data Current 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002

 

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