Casey
A view of the Casey station meteorological facilities (on the right half of the photo) - Photo by N.Adams

Aims:

  • The production of specialised Antarctic meteorological analyses, prognoses and forecasts for the Australian Antarctic Territory;
  • To derive products such as sea ice analyses from satellite imagery obtained from High Resolution Picture Transmission (HRPT) reception facilities installed at Casey;
  • To transmit specialised products to clients (e.g. ANARE helicopter operations) and to broadcast a limited number of products of general interest, such as sea ice analyses;
  • To be a data source for research undertaken at the Antarctic Co-operative Research Centre (CRC) at the University of Tasmania.

Forecasts and other services of the AMC:

  • Public weather type forecasts for Casey; ad hoc forecasts for field trips;
  • Public weather type forecasts issued for Davis and Mawson when the Davis forecaster is unavailable;
  • Marine forecasts for the Aurora Australis during marine science voyages, and for other ships when requested;
  • Advice to the Antarctic Division and others on the ice disposition around the stations;
  • Archiving of satellite data;
  • Twice daily issue of high seas forecasts;
  • Automatic transmission of mosaic weather and sea-ice images to the Bureau's McIDAS system;
  • Transmission of sea-ice images to the Antarctic Division at Kingston for downloading to users such as ANARE resupply vessels.