Comments on: Antarctic Automatic Weather Station Program: 30 Years of Polar Observations

TL;DR

This paper discusses the progress and scientific applications of Antarctic Automated Weather Stations over 30 years, highlighting their role in polar meteorological observations and data collection.

Contribution

It provides a critical commentary on the review by Lazzara et al. (2012), emphasizing the scientific significance of AWS data in Antarctic research.

Findings

AWS have significantly advanced polar meteorology

AWS data have supported key scientific discoveries

The review underscores the importance of long-term Antarctic observations

Abstract

Recently Lazzara et al. (2012) presented a review of the technical and scientific progress in deployment, data collection and analysis of the Automated Weather Stations (AWS) in the Antarctic. In the subsection entitled Science Applications using AWS Observations, the authors briefly account for several scientific occurrences of meteorological data collected by AWS.