Palmer LTER Site Flash (Aug91) - Karen Baker, PAL datamanager

1)The new LTER Antarctic Palmer (PAL) funded nov90 to oct96 has several 
components including both field work (water column, seabird and seabird 
prey measurements) and modelling.  Our first year's highlights:
  MAR: All Antarctic LTER Scientists' Workshop and MiniSeries (UCSB)
  JUN: Steering Committee Meeting (UCSB)
       Antarctic Regional Logistics Meeting (Denver,CO) 
	with Antarctic Support Services (ASA)
       Palmer Communications and Computer Networks Meeting (UCSB)
        with ASA 
  OCT: First field season begins
  NOV: First annual time series cruise

2) First field season begins 11October91 and ends in March.  During most of
the season there will be 10-12 people on site.  There will be an additional 6
people for cruise work.

3) A new staff research associate, Tim Newberger, will join the Palmer LTER
Antarctic team.  He will provide continuity during the field season for the
water column and prey components.

4) We're very happy to announce that a Polar Automatic Weather Station
(Stearns, Univ. of Wisconsin) has been funded.  If all goes according to plan,
the station will be installed this year at Bonaparte Point approximately 
1/4 mile from Palmer Station. Wind speed, wind direction, atm pressure and 
air temperature as well as several optical measurements will be made.

5) A request has been initiated with DPP for two GPS units for Palmer
for finding stations during weekly sampling at sea from zodiacs.