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          PALMER STATION - SCIENCE SITREP - SEPTEMBER 92
 
S-014  ENERGETICS OF THE ADULTS AND LARVAE OF ANTARCTIC KRILL, 
       EUPHASIA SUPERBA.  L.B. Quetin and R.M. Ross, P.I.'s, 
       University of California at Santa Barbara, California. 
 
No personnel on station.  Phytoplankton cultures are being maintained 
by ASA Assistant Laboratory Supervisor, Maria Tarantino. 
 
Phytoplankton cultures were kept in an illuminated incubator. 
Biweekly checks of these cultures were done along with the transfer 
of phytoplankton.
 
S-106  STANFORD VLF. U. INAN, STANFORD UNIVERSITY. 
 
No personnel on station, system is operating normally. 
 
S-254  CHLORINE- AND BROMINE-CONTAINING GASES IN THE ANTARCTIC. 
       R.A.RASMUSSEN, P.I., OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY.
 
No S-254 personnel are on station; the project is being monitored 
and maintained by the station physician. 
 
The Winter Over Physician, Rob La Barre, left this month and 
reviewed collection procedures with incoming Summer Physician, 
Hugh Cowan. 
 
A canister log was introduced to better track samples delivered 
to cargo for shipment.  Weekly sitrep figures will reflect this 
change. 
 
Current canister inventory includes 26 empty, 24 full and 0 
delivered to cargo for retro. 
 
S-257  GEOPHYSICAL MONITORING FOR CLIMATE CONTROL (GMCC).
       J.T.PETERSON AND L.WATERMAN, P.I.'s, NOAA.
 
No S-257 personnel are on station; the project is being monitored 
and maintained by the Station Physician. 
 
The winter Over Physician, Rob La Barre, left this month and 
reviewed collection procedures with incoming Summer Physician, 
Hugh Cowan. 
 
A flask log was introduced to better track samples delivered to 
cargo for shipment.  Weekly sitrep figures will reflect this 
change. 
 
Current flask inventory includes 22 empty, two full and ten 
delivered to cargo for retro. 
 
S-275  UM/DOE ATMOSPHERIC MONITORING PROGRAM AT PALMER STATION.  
       T. SNOWDON, UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI; C. SANDERSON/N. CHUI, 
       EML/DOE N.Y. 
 
No personnel on station.  System being run by ASA Science 
Technician Andy Archer.  
 
System continues to operate with normal weekly schedule of 
calibration, background, and sample counts, with one sample 
filter being exposed for the duration of the week. 
 
On Station there are currently four exposed filters, one filter 
being exposed, one blank filter, one prepared blank filter, and 
one data disk currently being used to log data. 
 
T-312  TERASCAN SATELLITE IMAGING SYSTEM.  R. WHRITNER, SCRIPPS 
       INSTITUTE. 
 
No personnel on station.  System being run by ASA science 
technician Andy Archer.  
 
The required satellite collection schedule continues with three 
NOAA satellite passes.  Four DMSP f-10 satellite passes are also 
collected daily.  Additional passes are being collected to 
support the R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER.  These passes are recorded 
digitally on 8mm video tape.  
 
There are six full 8mm "video" tapes of collected passes on 
station and one current tape almost complete. 
                                            
T-313  UV MONITORING EXPERIMENT.  C. BOOTH, BIOSPHERICAL 
       INSTRUMENTS. 
 
No personnel on station.  System being run by ASA science 
technician Andy Archer. 
 
Daily data packages are sent to Biospherical via E-Mail.  The 
Palmer monthly weather summaries are now being sent to 
Biospherical on what we expect to be a regular basis.  An 
absolute calibration scan was performed on 17 Sep.   
 
The Station Science Technician is processing both NOAA and DMSP 
satellite images in support of the R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER.  Ice 
images are being transmitted to the R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER, when 
clear images are acquire. 
 
The Summer Science Technician, Andy Archer arrived at Palmer 
Station on 16 Sep to replace the Winter Science Technician, Jim 
Fraser. 
 
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