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			    PALMER STATION
		       SCIENCE SITREP June 1994


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

	  Personnel on Station: Carol Wyatt, Kristin Balalis,
				Victoria Hogue

  S-014 personnel continued to monitor and maintain the remaining
starvation experiment and two individual growth rate experiments 
on E. frigida krill caught during the April collection cruise.
Established algal monocultures were maintained and three new cultures
were set up for continued feeding of krill growth experiments.

Pre-cruise packing for WCVI was completed before the arrival of the
Polar Duke on 14 June.  Weekly station and safety meetings were attended
by all S-014 station personnel.  All S-014 departed station on 16 June
to participate in Winter Cruise VI.


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.
On 21 June a new software upgrade was installed, during which time
the seismic vault was entered and the GPS clock emulation was set to
match the new software.


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.
  
  The system has been operated by the station science technician.
Both broadband and narrowband data acquisition systems collected data
without interruption throughout the month.  Several IF gains were 
adjusted.


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 astral-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. 


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 ice edge in the 
northern Weddell Sea.  Additionally, DMSP SSM/I data were processed 
to provide ice concentration contour maps.  Several ice images 
and ice concentration contour maps were produced and sent to 
Marine Operations at ASAHQ.  Images of ice conditions South of Anvers 
Island were also collected and given to the Principal Investigator 
of S-014.


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

	  No personnel were on station

  A passive bird deterrent was installed around the collector 
and removed shortly thereafter when high winds proved the method 
of mounting ineffective.  An absolute calibration was performed 
with the site standard lamp on 17 June.  Throughout the month, raw 
irradiance data were collected daily and transmitted to ATSVAX for 
BSI, and preliminary irradiance data were produced in support of 
Science.  

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