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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.