Abstract:
(Summary adpated from the SEAS/AMVER web page)
Under a cooperative agreement between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U. S. Coast Guard, the SEAS IV software has been created to assist Volunteer Observing Ships (VOS) in submitting marine weather reports and participating in the Automated Mutual-Assistance VEssel Reporting System (AMVER). The VOS program allows ... commercial ships to report marine weather to the National Weather Service (NWS) so that high seas forecasts will be as timely and accurate as possible.
The Shipboard Environmental [data] Acquisition System (SEAS) is a global volunteer observing ship program operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the collection of marine meteorological and ocean data. SEAS participants are requested to take weather observations four times per day, enter the data into the AMVER/SEAS IV software and transmit the data to SEAS Headquarters for global dissemination. In addition to weather observations, some ships may be requested to drop Expendable Bathythermographs (XBT's) into the ocean to obtain subsurface temperature data.
This information is used in the preparation of the High Seas Forecast that is distributed to the marine community. Researchers and Climate Modelers also use the data as input to their models to help predict long-term climate variability and change.
Use Constraints
In order to participate, a ship must have the following equipment located on the bridge and available to the mates who will be making the reports:
PC - IBM compatible, 286 or better 3.5 inch floppy drive Hard drive with MB of free space DOS 5.0 or greater or Windows 3.1 or greater INMARSAT Std C with a 3.5 inch floppy disk drive
Name:
BOB
DECKER
Phone:
(206)526-4280
Fax:
(206)526-4281
Email:
Bob.Decker at noaa.gov
Contact Address:
NOAA/OES42
7600 Sand Point Way NE City:
Seattle
Province or State:
WA
Postal Code:
98115-0070
Country:
USA
Service Provider Personnel
Name:
JIM
W.
FARRINGTON
Phone:
(757)441-3062
Fax:
(757)441-6495
Email:
James.W.Farrington at noaa.gov
Contact Address:
NOAA/NC/AMC
Atlantic Marine Center
439 W. York St. City:
Norfolk
Province or State:
VA
Postal Code:
23510
Country:
USA
Distribution Media
Distribution_Media:
3.5 inch floppy disk
Distribution_Size:
1 MB
Personnel
TYLER
B.
STEVENS Role:
SERF AUTHOR
Phone:
(301) 614-6898
Fax:
301-614-5268
Email:
Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Global Change Master Directory City:
Greenbelt
Province or State:
MD
Postal Code:
20771
Country:
USA
Publications/References
Bertler, N., Mayewski, P.A., Alberto Aristarain, P.Barrett, S.Becagli, Ronaldo Torma Bernardo, Xiao Cunde, M.Curran, Qin Dahe, D.Dixon, Francisco Adolfo Ferron, H. Fischer, Markus Frey, M.Frezzotti, F. Fundel, Christophe Genthon, R.Gragani, G.Hamilton, M.Handley, Sungmin Hong, E.Isaksson, Ren Jiawen, Kokichi Kamiyama, Satoru Kanamori, Eija Karkas, L.Karlf, S.Kaspari, K.Kreutz, A.Kurbatov, ... ... E.Meyerson, Hideaki Motoyama, R. Mulvaney, Zhang Mingjun, H.Oerter, E.Osterberg, M.Proposito, A.Pyne, U.Ruth, Jefferson Cardia Simoes, B.Smith, S.Sneed, Kimmo Teinila, F. Traufetter, R.Udisti, Aki Virkkula, Okitsugu Watanabe, B.Williamson, E. Wolff, Li Zhongqin, 2006, Snow chemistry across Antarctica, Annals of Glaciology 41, 167-179.
Dixon, D., Mayewski, P.A., Kaspari, S., Sneed, S., and Handley, M., 2004, A 200 year sub annual record of the primary sources of sulfate in West Antarctica, Annals of Glaciology 39, 545-556.
Dixon, D., Mayewski, P.A., Kaspari, S., Sneed, S. and Handley, M., 2005, Connections between West Antarctic ice core sulfate and climate over the last 200+ years, Annals of Glaciology 41, 155-156.
Kaspari, S., Mayewski, P.A., Dixon, D., Spikes, V.B., Sneed, S.B., Handley, M.J., and Hamilton, 2004, Climate variability in West Antarctica derived from annual accumulation rate records from ITASE firn/ice cores, Annals of Glaciology 39, 585-594.
Kaspari, S., Mayewski, P.A., Dixon, D., Sneed, S.B., and Handley, M.J., 2005, Sources and transport pathways for marine aerosol species into West Antarctica, Annals of Glaciology 42, 1-9.
Mayewski, P.A., K. A. Maasch, J.W.C. White, E. Meyerson, I. Goodwin, V.I. Morgan., T. van Ommen, M.A.J. Curran, J. Souney, and K. Kreutz, 2005, A 700 year record of Southern Hemisphere extra-tropical climate variability, Annals of Glaciology 39, 127-132.
Mayewski, P.A., Frezzotti, M., Bertler, N., van Ommen, T., Hamilton, G.H., Jacka, J., Welch, B., Frey, M., Dahe, Q., Ren, J., Simoes, J., Fily, M., Oerter, H., Nishio, F., Iasaksson, E., Mulvaney, R., Holmund, P., Lipenkov, V. and Goodwin, I., 2006, The International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition (ITASE) ñ An Overview, Annals of Glaciology 41, 180-185.
Mayewski, P.A., Maasch, K., Yan, Y., Kang, S., Meyerson, E., Sneed, S., Kaspari, S., Dixon, D., Morgan, V., van Ommen, T., and Curran, M., 2006, Solar forcing of the polar atmosphere, Annals of Glaciology 41, 147-154.
Mayewski, P.A. and Maasch, K., 2006, Recent warming inconsistent with natural association between temperature and atmospheric circulation over the last 2000 years, Climate of the Past (Discussions), on line: http://www.copernicus.org/EGU/cp/cpd/2/327/cpd-2-327.htm.
Steig, E.J., P.A. Mayewski, D. Dixon, S. Kaspari, M. Frey, D.P. Schneider, S.A. Arcone, G. Hamilton, B. Spikes, M.R. Albert, D.A. Meese, A. Gow, C.A. Shuman, J. White, S. Sneed, J. Flaherty, M. Wumkes and US ITASE Project Members, 2006, High-resolution ice cores from US ITASE (West Antarctica): development and validation of chronologies and determination of precision and accuracy, Annals of Glaciology 41, 77-84.
Yan, Y., Mayewski, P.A., Kang, S., and Meyerson, E., 2005, An ice core proxy for Antarctic circumpolar wind intensity, Annals of Glaciology 41, 121-130.
Arcone, S. A., Spikes, V.B., Hamilton, G., and Mayewski, P.A., 2005, Continuity, vertical resolution and origin of stratigraphy in 400-Mhz short-pulse radar profiles of firn in West Antarctica, Annals of Glaciology 39, 195-200.
Bergin, M.H., Meyerson, E., Dibb, J.E. and Mayewski, P.A., 1999, Comparison of continuous aerosol measurements and ice core chemistry over a 10 year period at the South Pole, Geophys. Res. Letters. Bertler, N.A.M, Naish, T. R., Mayewski, P.A., and Barrett, P.J., 2006, Opposing oceanic and atmospheric ENSO influences on the Ross Sea Region, Antarctica, Advances in Geoscience 6, 83-86.
Bertler, N.A.N., Naish, T.R., Oerter, H., Kipfstuhl, S., Barrett, P.J., Mayewski, P.A. and Kreutz, K., 2006, The effects of joint ENSO-Antarctic Oscillation forcing on the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, Antarctic Science 18, 4, 507-514.
Bertler, A.N., Barrett, P.J., Mayewski, P.A., Sneed, S.B., Naish, T.R., and Morgenstern, U., 2006, Solar forcing recorded by aerosol concentrations in coastal Antarctic glacier ice, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Annals of Glaciology 41, 52-56.
Bertler, N.A.N., P.J. Barrett, P.A. Mayewski, R.L. Fogt, K.J. Kreutz, and J. Shulmeister, 2004, El Nino suppresses Antarctic warming, Geophysical Research Letters, 31 (L15207, doi:10.1029/2004GL020749). Bertler, N.A.N., P.J. Barrett, P.A. Mayewski, R.L. Fogt, K.J. Kreutz, and J. Shulmeister, 2005. Reply to comment by Doran et al. on "El Nino suppresses Antarctic warming", Geophysical Research Letters, 32 (L07707, doi: 10.1029/2005GL022595).
Conway, H., Neumann, T.A., Price, S., Waddington, E.D., Morse, D., Taylor, K., Mayewski, P.A., Dixon, D., Pettit, E., and Steig, E.J., 2005, Candidate drill site near the Ross-Amundsen ice divide, West Antarctica, Report to Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 10p.
Genthon, C., Kaspari,S. and Mayewski, P.A., 2005, Inter-annual variability of surface mass balance in West Antarctica from ITASE cores and ERA40 reanalyses, Climate Dynamics 21, DOI 10.1007/s00382-003-0329-1.
Goodwin, I.D., van Ommen, T.D., Curran, M.A.J., and Mayewski, P.A., 2004, Mid-latitude climate variability in the south Indian Ocean and southwest Pacific regions since AD1300, Climate Dynamics 22(8), 783-794.
Isaksson, E., KarlÈn, W., Mayewski, P., Twickler, M., and Whitlow, S., 2001. A high-altitude snow chemistry record from Amundsenisen, Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica. Journal of Glaciology, 47 (158), 489-496.
Kreutz, K.J., Mayewski, P.A., Meeker, L.D., Twickler, M.S., Whitlow, S.I., and Pittalwala, I.I. 1997, Bipolar changes in atmospheric circulation during the Little Ice Age. Science, v. 277, p. 1294-1296.
Kreutz, K.J., and Mayewski, P.A., 1999, Survey of Antarctic surface snow glaciochemistry, Antarctic Science 11 (1), 105-118.
Kreutz, K.J., Mayewski, P.A., Witlow, S.I. and Twickler, M.S., 1998, Limited migration of soluble ionic species in a Siple Dome, Antarctica ice core, Annals of Glaciology 27, 371-377.
Kreutz, K.J., Mayewski, P.A., Whitlow, S.I. and Twickler, M.S., 2000, The effect of spatial variability and temporal accumulation rate variability in West Antarctica on soluble ion deposition, Geophysical Research Letters 27, 2517-2520.
Kreutz, K.J., Mayewski, P.A., Pittalwala, I.I., Meeker, L.D., Twickler, M.S., and Whitlow, S.I. 2000. Sea-level pressure variability in the Amundsen Sea region inferred from a West Antarctic glaciochemical record, Journal of Geophysical Research, 105 (D3), 4047-4059.
Kurbatov, A. V., G. A. Zielinski, N. W. Dunbar, P. A. Mayewski, E. A. Meyerson, S. B. Sneed, and K. C. Taylor (2006), A 12,000 year record of explosive volcanism in the Siple Dome Ice Core, West Antarctica, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D12307, doi:10.1029/2005JD006072.
Maasch, K., Mayewski, P.A., Rohling, E., Stager, C., KarlÈn, K., Meeker, L.D., and Meyerson, E., 2005, Climate of the past 2000 years, Geografiska Annaler 87A (1), 7-15.
Mayewski, P. A., M. Meredith, C. Summerhayes, J. Turner, S. Aoki, Barrett, P. N.A.N. Bertler, T. Bracegirdle, D. Bromwich, H. Campbell, G. Casassa, A. N. Garabato, W.B. Lyons, K.A. Maasch, A. Worby, C. Xiao, in press, State of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Climate System (SASOCS), Reviews of Geophysics, doi:10.1029/2007RG000231.
Mayewski, P.A., Rohling, E., Stager, C., KarlÈn, K., Maasch, K., Meeker, L.D., Meyerson, E., Gasse, F., van Kreveld, S., Holmgren, K., Lee-Thorp, J., Rosqvist, G., Rack, F., Staubwasser, M., and Schneider, R., 2004, Holocene climate variability, Quaternary Research, Quaternary Research 62, 243-255.
Mayewski, P.A., 2003, Antarctic oversnow traverse-based Southern Hemisphere climate reconstruction, EOS 84, 22, 205 and 210.
Meyerson, E.A., Mayewski, P.A., Whitlow, S.I., Meeker, L.D.and Kreutz, K.J. and Twickler, M.S., 2002, The extratropical expression of ENSO recorded in a South Pole glaciochemical time series, Annals of Glaciology 35, 430-436.
Monaghan, A. J., D. H. Bromwich, R. L. Fogt, S.-H. Wang, P. A. Mayewski, D. A. Dixon, A. A. Ekaykin, M. Frezzotti, I. D. Goodwin, E. Isaksson, S. D. Kaspari, V. I. Morgan, H. Oerter, T. D. van Ommen, C. J. van der Veen, and J. Wen, 2006: Insignificant change in Antarctic snowfall since the International Geophysical Year. Science, 313, 827-831.
Palmer, A.S., Van Ommen, T., Curran, M.A., Morgan, V., Souney, J., and Mayewski, P.A., 2001, High-precision dating of volcanic events (AD 1301-1995) using ice cores from Law Dome, Antarctica, Jour. Geophys. Res. 106, D22, 28,080-28,095.
Pruett, L.E., Kreutz, K.J., Mayewski, P.A., Kurbatov, A., and Wadleigh, M. 2004, Sulfur isotopic measurements from a West Antarctic ice core: implications for sulfate source and transport, Annals of Glaciology 39, 161-168.
Qin, D., Mayewski, P.A., Lyons, W.B., Sun, J. and Hou, S., 1999, Lead pollution in Antarctic surface snow revealed along the route of the International Trans-Antarctic Expedition (ITAE), Ann. Glaciol. 29,94-98.
Qin, D., Mayewski, P.A., Ren, J., Xiao, C. and Sun, J., in review, The Weddell Sea region: an important precipitation channel to the interior of the Antarctic ice sheet as revealed by glaciochemical investigation of surface snow along the International Trans-Antarctic Expedition (ITAE) route, Annals of Glaciology 29, 55-60.
Reusch, D. B., Mayewski, P.A., Whitlow, S.I. and Twickler, M.S., 1999, Spatial variability and past atmospheric circulation patterns from central West Antarctic glaciochemistry, Journal Geophysical Research 104, 5985-6001.
Schneider, D. P., E. J. Steig, T. D. van Ommen, D. A. Dixon, P. A. Mayewski, J. M. Jones, and C. M. Bitz (2006), Antarctic temperatures over the past two centuries from ice cores, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L16707, doi:10.1029/2006GL027057.
Shulmeister, J., I. Goodwin, J. Renwick, K. Harle, L. Armand, M. S. McGlone, E. Cook, J. Dodson, Hesse, P.P, Mayewski, P., and M. Curran, 2004, The Southern Hemisphere Westerlies in the Australasian sector: A synthesis, Quaternary International 118-119, 23-53.
Souney, J., Mayewski, P.A., Goodwin, I., Morgan, V., van Ommen, T., 2002, A late Holocene climate record from Law Dome, East Antarctica, Jour. Geophys. Res. 107 (D22), 4608.
Spikes, V. B.; Hamilton, G. S., Arcone, S. A.; Kaspari, S., Mayewski, P.A., 2004, Variability in accumulation rates from GPR profiling on the West Antarctic plateau, Annals of Glaciology 39, 238-244.
Stenberg, M., Isaakson, E., Hansson, M., Karlen, W., Mayewski, P. A., Twickler, M.S., Whitlow, S.I. and Gundestrup, N., 1998, Spatial variability of snow chemistry in western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, Annals of Glaciology, 27, 378-384.
Xiao, C., Mayewski, P.A., Qin, D., Li, Z., Zhang, M., and Yan, Y., in press, Sea level pressure variability in the Southern Indian Ocean inferred from a glaciochemical record in the Princess Elizabeth L and East Antarctica, Jour. Geophys. Research 109.
Creation and Review Dates
SERF Creation Date:
2000-02-02
SERF Last Revision Date:
2012-05-09
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