National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA Boulder)
Atmospheric Surface Flux Station
equipmentfield / airborne sensorIndustry: Aerospace
- Category
- Physical Infrastructure
- Affiliations
- NOAA Boulder; CIRES
Description
Autonomous Atmospheric Surface Flux Stations developed at PSL by CIRES and NOAA engineers to measure surface energy budget terms over sea ice and other remote surfaces, with radio communication up to 10 km and a fuel cartridge that can last a month; deployed during MOSAiC.
Official page
https://psl.noaa.gov/technology/asfs/
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Contact
- Contact
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Details
- Keywords
- surface energy budget, sea ice observations, turbulent heat fluxes, autonomous station, mosaic expedition
- Location
- place named in page text: Boulder
- Key spec
- Radio antenna communication up to 10 km; one 60 L fuel cartridge could last a month
- Equipment class
- Autonomous surface flux station
- Associated entity
- NOAA
- Deployment platform
- ship
- Specifications
- Radio Antenna – main form of communication, distance up to 10km | Lower fuel consumption than other fuel options (one 60 L cartridge could last a month)