Antarctic Meteorological Research and Data Center

❄️The 21st Workshop on Antarctic Meteorology and Climate (WAMC) will be organized by the Naval Information Warfare Center and will be held in Charleston, South Carolina from 16-18 June 2026! Registration is open and more information can be found at: amrdc.ssec.wisc.edu/meetings/wamc_…

20th Workshop on Antarctic Meteorology and Climate abstract and registration deadline extension! 📢❄️ Abstract deadline: May 15 Extended abstract deadline: May 31 Registration deadline: June 15 Register and submit abstracts here: amrdc.ssec.wisc.edu/meetings/wamc2…

Abstracts for the 20th Workshop on Antarctic Meteorology and Climate are due soon - May 1, 2025!❄️ The workshop is being held in Incheon, Republic of Korea🇰🇷 and is hybrid with no registration fee🐧 Register and submit abstracts here: amrdc.ssec.wisc.edu/meetings/wamc2…

Registration and abstract submission for the 20th WAMC is now open! For more information, go to amrdc.ssec.wisc.edu/meetings/wamc2…

We are excited to share the ICPM led and associated sessions planned for the Busan IAMAS-IACS-IAPSO Joint Assembly 2025 (BACO-25) taking place from 20-25 July. We hope those of you joining the meeting can attend these sessions! iamas.org/icpm/meeting/b…

Much of the Antarctic had extremely warm temperatures in the second half of July and our own Dave Mikolajczyk (along with other experts) was interviewed by CNN - cnn.com/2024/08/03/cli…

Extreme cold temperatures observed in #Antarctica — Research investigates unusually cold periods during 2023 winter field season. Read about it here: ssec.wisc.edu/news/articles/…

Super excited to share this now published, collaborative work on extreme cold temperatures in #Antarctica during July and August 2023! Thank you to @AASjournal and @ANTMET for this opportunity. Link: rdcu.be/dKLN5

Antarctic cold spells shatter records amid global heat waves in late winter 2023. Free access to the study link.springer.com/article/10.100…. phys.org/news/2024-06-a… @ANTMET @polarprediction @MetPolarIntl

US-SCAR is hosting another round of Office Hours to talk about four US Antarctic data and sample repositories on Tuesday, June 18 at 1 pm CDT: -AMRDC -NSF Ice Core Facility (ICF) -Polar Geospatial Center (PGC) -EarthScope Zoom Registration: usfca.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Office Hours with US Antarctic Data and Sample Repositories will be held on Tuesday, June 18 at 1pm CDT! Along with the AMRDC, this event will include NSF-ICE, PGC, and EarthScope. For more information: bit.ly/3V6Oiq8 Zoom Registration: bit.ly/3WOb2wd

The 19th Workshop on Antarctic Meteorology & Climate (WAMC) is approaching! Deadlines: Registration - Monday, May 6th Abstract - Monday, May 6th Hotel reservation for group rates - Wednesday, May 8th Extended abstracts - Monday, May 20th More info at: polarmet.osu.edu/WAMC_2024/

Don't forget the 19th Workshop on Antarctic Meteorology and Climate is coming up in June hosted at @ByrdPolar! More information can be found at polarmet.osu.edu/WAMC_2024/

Registration is now open for the 19th WAMC and 8th YOPP-SH being hosted at @ByrdPolar! More information can be found at polarmet.osu.edu/WAMC_2024/

Lows recorded on February 2 in Antarctica AGO-4 AWS -43.8 °C Vostok -45.9 °C Concordia -46.5 °C Data for Concordia taken from climantartide.it/index.php?lang… @ItaliAntartide @ENEAOfficial

Minimum recorded in Antarctica on February 6 JASE2007 AWS -49.2 °C at 22:00 UTC Dome Fuji AWS -49.6 °C at 22:09 UTC Concordia -50.7 °C at 18:42 UTC Data for Concordia taken from climantartide.it/index.php?lang… @ItaliAntartide @ENEAOfficial

On February 7 the daily minimum in Antarctica was recorded in Concordia with -52.1 °C at 17:54 UTC Data taken from climantartide.it/index.php?lang… @ItaliAntartide @ENEAOfficial At Dome Fuji AWS -49.9 °C at 21:56 UTC but data transmission is largely incomplete

On February 11 the lowest temperature in Antarctica was recorded at the Russian Vostok station with -53.9 °C At Concordia the low was -51.9 °C (data taken from climantartide.it/realtime/index…) Even below -50 °C AGO-4 AWS with -51.4 °C

The daily minimum recorded on February 12 in Antarctica was -52.0 °C at Dome Fuji AWS Pic by @ANTMET

Hotel arrangements are available (in link above), registration and other information will be available soon! If interested, don't forget to stick around for the 8th Year of Polar Prediction in the Southern Hemisphere meeting on June 13-14, 2024!

This meeting brings together those with research and operational interests in Antarctic meteorology, forecasting, and other related disciplines. There will be additional discussions surrounding international efforts, forecasting, logistical support, and science.

This year's 19th Workshop on Antarctic Meteorology and Climate (WAMC) will be held from June 10-12, 2024 in hybrid format at the Byrd Polar and Climate Center, The Ohio State University! More information can be found at: polarmet.osu.edu/WAMC_2024/