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Extension of the met-tower
Artificially ventilated thermometer and 3 humidity sensors with radiation protection
Maintenance work on the met-tower
Digging the cable to the met-tower into the snow
Server room from Neumayer_II
Data cable ends in the "Met-Lab"
Wirering all signal cables to the data taker
Data acquisition and power supply at the met-tower
Mounting the satellite antenna for the permanent data and telephone link to the rest of the world
Pyranometer in front of Neumayer_III
Sunset with solar tracker and met-tower
One year of snow accumulation
Solar tracker measures direct solar, diffuse solar, long-wave downward radiation components
Inside the solar tracker
Preparing an ozone sonde
Balloon gas (helium batteries) in the garage
Filling helium into a weather balloon
Launch of a normal radio sonde (RS92)
Launch of an ozone sonde
In the "Met-Lab"
Forecaster at work
Installing the antenna for the upper air sondes
3 antennas for the upper air soundings
Mounting the antenna for a sattelite picture receiver on top of the balloon launching hall
Antennas on the roof of Neumayer_III
Visibility sensor. In the background antennas for the upper air soundings
Visibility sensor
Ceilometer on the roof of Neumayer_III
Ceilometer. In the background parts of the balloon lunching hall
Sunset with met-tower from Neumayer_II
Huge iceberg hits the shelf ice edge close to Neumayer_III
Mirage during an inversion
After 27 years without we finally have windows in the met-lab
Due to the harsh environment working as meteorologist at Neumayer is often challenging and nearly never boring. Here you see a collection of pictures which shows some problems which have to be overcome...
Anemometer cups after freezing rain
Antenna destroyed during a blizzard
Balloon launching hall after a severe blizzard
Traditional barograph registering during a blizzard
Below the station: Strong wind conditions with blowing snow
Ceilometer CL51 blown during a blizzard from its baseplate
Hoarfrost at the radiation hut of a humitity sensor from an automatic weather station
Ice in the artificial thermometer ventilation
Launch of an ozone sonde from the roof of Neumayer_III during stormy conditions (Stefan Christmann)
Launch of an ozone sonde from the roof of Neumayer_III during stormy conditions
Snow accumulation at the "Bundeslade"
Solartracker with gear problems
Hoarfrost makes high quality radiation measurements impossible
Strong wind conditions with blowing snow
Humidity destroyed the visibility sensor
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