Unmanned polar station ‘successful’

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NEW YORK HEADQUARTERS Chinese station the i2n12t-o53n7-t8h9e16Antarctic Plateau, has been hailed a success after completing a full The first

is the result of intense research by the Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences. eCtheionraoDloaiglyicDailstribAudtimoninCoisrtpr.aotinobnehsailfdotfhCehirneasDualtilymBeeaijninsg,the cinofomrme nation — joining Australia and the United States — capable of automatically measuring climate conditions in the coldest regions of the Antarctic ice sheet. “Construction of the station was completed on Jan 6 last which elevation of 92032m-6e62te-7r2s4,”7said Ding Minghu, deputy director of the academy’s Institute of Polar Meteorology. “After a year of testing, it has successfully a18th75er data down. has managed several times to record ultralow temperatures below -70 C. On July 10, it recorded a temSpEerAaTtTuLreE of -78.9 C, the lowest spot.” gWAa9d8d10e4d that the efficiency and accuracy of the staAtisshtfiocrsd weather stations.

Zhang Xia, a researcher with the Polar Research InstiCtuAteNoAf said the autoTmOaRtiOcNanTOd unmanned weather

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in the extreme Antarctic conditions.

“This automated weather station makes contributions to many areas,” he said. “It secures China’s research activities in the Antarctic through improving our independent research and development capacity. Also, it helps estabwlieshekeandgslobbyaClhimnaeDteaoilryoUloSgAi,cal

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proven by collected by automatic “Moreover, it allows better weather forecasts for flights or at

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According to the meteorological administration, the academy has conducted

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After eight years of field testing, and two consecutive failures in 2015 and 2016, the academy succeeded in developing

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