Sience Field
Meteorology and Glaciology => Meteorology in the Antarctic
Monitoring => Meteorology and Glaciology
IPY => Meteorology and Glaciology
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Title | All-sky camara observation at Syowa Station, Antarctica |
| Sub-Title | |
| Data Summary | Color digital image taken by an all-sky camera (Model PSV-100, Prede Co. Ltd., Japan) equipped with a fisheye lens, and evaluated cloud data are archived. The instrument was installed on the roof of the atmospheric observation building in Syowa Station, Antarctica, and has been conducting continuous observations at 10-minute intervals since February 18, 2006. The sensor is visible CCD, and the image is dark during the night and polar night, and cloud detection has not been performed. |
| About Observation | |
| Spatial Coverage | |
| Data Location | Syowa Station, Antarctica (69.0S, 39.6E) |
| Observaion Period / Temporal Coverage |
2006-2-18 - 2022-12-1 |
| Data Period | 2006-2-18 - 2022-12-1 |
| Observation Photo |
All-sky camera system on the roof of the atmospheric observatory
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| Data Details | |
| Data Name | 1. all-sky color images, 2. cloud distribution images, 3. cloud amount data |
| Data Format | 1. jpeg format, 2. png format, 3. plain text format |
| Data Recording / Acquisition Sampling |
Continuous 10 min interval. / See Hirasawa et al. (2023) for details. |
| Observation Instruments | All-sky camera equipped with a fish-eye lens (Model PSV-100, Prede Co., ltd., Japan) |
| Sample Data |
All-sky images for every hour on February 17, 2007 |
| Publication | |
| Publication method | All-sky camera images and cloud Quick viewing of images (select Syowa in the item of Site) |
| Data Policy | Cite below: (under submission) Hirasawa, N., Yabuki, M., Shiobara, M., Shimode, Y., and Kuji, M. (2023): Long-term all-sky-camera images and evaluated cloud cover data at Syowa Station, Antarctica. Pol. Data Jour., *, *-*. https://scidbase.nipr.ac.jp/modules/metadata/index.php?page=contentmanager&content_id=138 |
| Data Center (Contact Person) |
National Institute of Polar Research (Naohiko Hirasawa) |
| hira.n (at) nipr.ac.jp | |
| Related Organization | |
| Scientific Results / Publication |
Kuji, M., Miyagawa, M., and Shiobara, M. Cloud features observed at Syowa Station. Antarctic ice sheet, atmosphere, aerosols, and climate [Hirasawa, N. and Yamanouchi, T. (eds.)], Kishou Kenkyuu Note. 2017, 233, 345-354. ISBN 978-4-904129-16-6 (in Japanese) |
| Digital Object Identifier(DOI) | |
| Creator | Naohiko Hirasawa |
| Publisher | National Institute of Polar Research |