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			    PALMER STATION
		       SCIENCE SITREP August 1994

S-014     ENERGETICS OF THE ADULTS AND LARVAE OF ANTARCTIC KRILL,
	  EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA.  Langdon Quetin and Robin Ross, 
	  University of California, Santa Barbara.

	  Personnel on Station:  Treva Coe, Victoria Hogue.

  S-014 personnel continued to monitor starvation experiments 
on E. superba larvae collected during June WinCruise VI, and an
individual growth rate experiment on E. frigida sub-adults
collected during April cruise.  At month-end, these experiments
were closed down and surviving individuals were staged, measured,
weighed and made ready for CHN and chemical composition analysis.
Observations and experiments investigating feeding behaviors of
larval E. superba were also continued.  Established monoalgal
cultures were maintained and new cultures were set up for use in
feeding and growth experiments.  Data generated from experiments
and WinterCruise VI were entered.

  Starvation tolerance setups and preserved samples from station
experiments and WinterCruise VI collections were packed and
delivered to logistics for retrograde.  Cleanup of Lab 1 and
aquarium room was begun in preparation for redeployment.  Weekly
station and safety meetings were also attended by all S-014
personnel. 


S-091     PALMER IRIS SEISMOLOGY.  R. Butler/G. Holcomb, U.S.
	  Geological Survey, Albuquerque, NM

	  No personnel were on station. 
   
  The system has been monitored by the station science technician.
Data acquisition software was reloaded into the DA computer on 
August 01 to restore N-S data streams that had stopped updating 
several days earlier.  On August 02, the bell jar on the vertical 
seismometer was reseated to seal a slow vacuum leak.


S-106     VERY LOW FREQUENCY (VLF) REMOTE SENSING OF THUNDERSTORM
	  AND RADIATION BELT COUPLING TO THE IONOSPHERE.
	  U. Inan, Stanford University.  

	  No personnel were on station.
  
  On August 06, Narrow band data acquisition inexplicably failed to 
start, but the next day all operations returned to normal.  The 
Kinemetrics clock was intermittently unlocked from August 11 through 
August 12.


S-254     CHLORINE- AND BROMINE-CONTAINING TRACE GASES IN ANTARCTICA.
	  R.A. Rasmussen, Oregon Graduate Institute for Science and 
	  Technology.  

	  There are no personnel on station. 

  Air samples are taken on a weekly basis by the station physician. 
The samples are returned to the Institute for analysis of a number
of trace components, especially chlorine- and bromine-containing
gases.  These elements have been implicated in the chemical
processes that contribute to the austral-spring depletion of the
ozone layer over Antarctica.  This work will contribute to a better
understanding of the buildup of trace constituents, particularly
those of high-latitude marine origin.


S-257     SOUTH POLE MONITORING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE.  James T.       
	  Peterson, Palmer Station, Environmental Research          
	  Laboratories, National Oceanic and Atmospheric            
	  Administration. 

	  There are no personnel on station.  

  Air samples are taken on a weekly basis by the station physician. 
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate
Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory team continue long-term
measurements of trace atmospheric constituents that influence
climate.  The Palmer Station air samples are returned to the NOAA
laboratory for analysis of trace constituents, including carbon
dioxide.  These measurements are part of NOAA's effort to determine
and assess the long-term buildup of global pollutants in the
atmosphere.  These data will be used to determine how the rate of
change of these parameters affects climate, particularly by
including them in climate model studies.  


S-275     UM/DOE-EML REMOTE ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS PROGRAM.
	  J. Prospero/T. Snowdon, University of Miami; C.
	  Sanderson/N. Chui, EML/DOE N.Y.  

	  No personnel were on station.  

  The system has been operated by the station science technician.   
One sample filter was exposed for the duration of each week, and a 
weekly schedule of calibration, background, and sample counts was 
maintained.  On two occasions throughout the month, the air sampling 
intake stack became plugged with snow.  The plugs were removed, and in 
one case a contaminated filter was replaced, after which time the system    
operated normally.


T-312     TERASCAN SATELLITE IMAGING SYSTEM.  R. Whritner, Scripps
	  Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA.

	  No personnel were on station.  

  The system has been operated by the station science technician.  
DMSP and NOAA telemetry were collected, processed, and archived.  DMSP 
infrared telemetry was examined on a daily basis for clear conditions in 
the AnzFlux area and along the position of the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer, 
up to the conclusion of the AnzFlux cruise.   Additionally, SSM/I ice 
concentration contour maps were faxed to the R/V Polar Duke to assist
in navigation through heavy ice while en route to Palmer Station.  IR 
images and ice concentration contour maps of the R/V Polar Duke's position 
were also sent to Marine Operations at ASAHQ.


T-313     UV MONITORING EXPERIMENT.  C. Booth, Biospherical
	  Instruments, Inc.  

	  No personnel were on station

  The system has been operated by the science technician.  Throughout 
the month, raw irradiance data were collected daily and transmitted 
to BSI, and preliminary irradiance data were produced in support of 
Science.  Absolute calibrations were performed on August 15 and on 
August 29.  High voltage levels were adjusted to account for increasing
brightness, and data scans were added at 1100Z, 1200Z, 2000Z, 2100Z,
and 2200Z.

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