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Working with AMIGOS – Developing remote measurement stations for Antarctica Bruce Wallin 1 , Ted Scambos 2 , Tim White, Skylar Edwards 3 , Raymie Fotherby 3 , Emma Tomlinson 3 , Coovi Meha 3 , Ryan Weatherbee 3 , Jack Soltys 3 , Sid Arora 3 1 NSIDC/CIRES, 2 ESOC/CIRES, 3 CU-Boulder/COSGC Meet the AMIGOS The Automated Meteorology - Ice - Geophysics - Ocean observation System (AMIGOS) is a multi- sensor on-ice ocean, ice, and climate observing sys- tem designed to operate in extreme and remote po- lar deployments, telemetering measurements in near real time throughout the year with minimal human interaction. The engineering and software require- ments are relatively unique and challenging but ac- tually similar to those of another domain - space exploration. Partnering with the CU chapter of the Colorado Space Grant Consortium (COSGC), a NASA funded organization for creating opportu- nities and learning experience for Colorado students interested in careers in space technology, a group of CU undergraduate engineering students known as the Junior Antarctic Engineering Team (JANE) was formed and contributed start to finish in the development of the latest iteration of these sys- tems, the AMIGOS III. In early 2020, this work culminated in two AMIGOS III installed on the Eastern Thwaites Ice Shelf in Antarctica, at Cav- ity Camp (75.048°S, 105.584°W) and Channel Camp (75.057°S, 105.446°W), about 4 km apart. 2019 COSGC JANE Team - Left to right: Skylar Edwards, Raymie Fotherby, Emma Tomlinson, Coovi Meha, Ryan Weatherbee, Jack Soltys, Sid Arora (not pictured) Hardware and Software Components Database Data Dashboard FTP Incoming NSIDC "Honcho" (Operation Software) Archive Dashboard Jupyter Notebook Data Export Daily Data Digest FTP Export "Taberna" (Ingest System) Ingest and Processing Processed Data Science! Gateway Iridium AMIGOS SBD FTP SBD Packets Large Data (gps, dts, cam) Data Overview Temporal Resolution Weather, Accumulation, CTD/Aquadopp, PTS Probes, Light/Albedo: Hourly DTS temperature profiles: Summer: daily, Winter: weekly Precision GPS: Summer: 6hr, Winter: daily Collection Statistics Active deployment: 2020-01 to present SBD messages: 83135 (8.3Mb) Camera pictures: 4172 DTS profiles: 1362 Total data uploads: 102 Mb Acknowledgements This project was supported by the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration, funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF), and the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) with logistic support from the British Antarc- tic Survey (BAS) and US Antarctic Programme (USAP). Ad- ditional support provided by the Colorado Space Grant Con- sortium.

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Working with AMIGOS – Developing remote measurement stations for AntarcticaBruce Wallin1, Ted Scambos2, Tim White, Skylar Edwards3, Raymie Fotherby3, Emma Tomlinson3, Coovi Meha3, Ryan Weatherbee3, Jack Soltys3, Sid Arora3

1NSIDC/CIRES, 2ESOC/CIRES, 3CU-Boulder/COSGC

Meet the AMIGOS

The Automated Meteorology - Ice - Geophysics -Ocean observation System (AMIGOS) is a multi-sensor on-ice ocean, ice, and climate observing sys-tem designed to operate in extreme and remote po-lar deployments, telemetering measurements in nearreal time throughout the year with minimal humaninteraction. The engineering and software require-ments are relatively unique and challenging but ac-tually similar to those of another domain - spaceexploration. Partnering with the CU chapter ofthe Colorado Space Grant Consortium (COSGC),a NASA funded organization for creating opportu-nities and learning experience for Colorado studentsinterested in careers in space technology, a groupof CU undergraduate engineering students knownas the Junior Antarctic Engineering Team (JANE)was formed and contributed start to finish in thedevelopment of the latest iteration of these sys-tems, the AMIGOS III. In early 2020, this workculminated in two AMIGOS III installed on theEastern Thwaites Ice Shelf in Antarctica, at Cav-ity Camp (75.048°S, 105.584°W) and Channel Camp(75.057°S, 105.446°W), about 4 km apart.

2019 COSGC JANE Team - Left to right: SkylarEdwards, Raymie Fotherby, Emma Tomlinson,Coovi Meha, Ryan Weatherbee, Jack Soltys, Sid

Arora (not pictured)

Hardware and Software Components

Database

Data Dashboard

FTP Incoming

NSIDC

"Honcho"(Operation Software)

ArchiveDashboard

Jupyter Notebook

Data Export

Daily Data Digest

FTP Export

"Taberna"(Ingest System)

Ingest and Processing

Processed Data

Science!

Gateway

IridiumAMIGOSSBD

FTP

SBD Packets

Large Data(gps, dts, cam)

Data Overview

Temporal ResolutionWeather, Accumulation, CTD/Aquadopp, PTS Probes, Light/Albedo: HourlyDTS temperature profiles: Summer: daily, Winter: weeklyPrecision GPS: Summer: 6hr, Winter: daily

Collection StatisticsActive deployment: 2020-01 to presentSBD messages: 83135 (8.3Mb)Camera pictures: 4172DTS profiles: 1362Total data uploads: 102 Mb

Acknowledgements

This project was supported by the International ThwaitesGlacier Collaboration, funded by the US National ScienceFoundation (NSF), and the UK Natural Environment ResearchCouncil (NERC) with logistic support from the British Antarc-tic Survey (BAS) and US Antarctic Programme (USAP). Ad-ditional support provided by the Colorado Space Grant Con-sortium.