GCOS Reference Upper-Air Network
Syowa (SYO)
Antarctica
GRUAN status
- active
- since 2017
Site Name
- GRUAN (code, name)
- SYO Syowa
- -short
- -long, international
- Syowa
- -long, national
- 昭和基地
- WMO (code, name)
- 89532 SYOWA
Location
- Continent
- Antarctica
- Latitude
- 69.01° S
- Longitude
- 39.58° E
- Altitude
- 21.6 m
Map
Institution / Operator
- Name
- JMA
- -long, international
- Japan Meteorological Agency
- -long, national
- Office of Antarctic Observations, Japan Meteorological Agency
- Website
- www.jma.go.jp/jma/
- Description
- government agency
Site Contact
- Name
- HISAMITSU Junji
- Affiliation
- Office of Antarctic Observations, Japan Meteorological Agency
- Address
- Japan Meteorological Agency
- 3-6-9 Toranomon, Minato-ku
- Tokyo 105-8431
- Japan
- antarctic@met.kishou.go.jp
- Phone
- Fax
Site Description
- Foundation
- 1957
- General type
- rural
- Topography
- plain
- Land use (within 10 km)
- summer : mostly snow, ice sheet, sea ice and small rock, open water; other : snow, ice sheet, sea ice
- Climate
- polar climate
- Website
- www.jma.go.jp/jma/
Membership in other networks
- BSRN
- since 1994
- GUAN
- since 1995
Relevant Documents
- ICM-15 (2024)
GRUAN Site Report for Syowa - Osamu Ijima
- ICM-14 (2022)
GRUAN Site Report for Syowa - Yutaka Ogawa
- ICM-13 (2021)
GRUAN Station Report for Syowa - Yoshinobu Tanaka
- ICM-12 (2020)
GRUAN Station Report for Japanese Sites (Tateno, Minamitorishima, Syowa) - Hisamitsu Junji
- ICM-11 (2019)
GRUAN Site Report for Tateno, Syowa, Minamitorishima - Kenji Suzuki
New instruments and data transmission of Tateno, Minamitorishima and Syowa - Shunsuke Hoshino- ICM-10 (2018)
GRUAN Site Report for Tateno, Syowa, Minamitorishima - Kenji Suzuki
Update of Tateno, Minamitorishima and Syowa - Masami Iwabuchi- ICM-9 (2017)
Updates from Tateno and introducing the new candidate sites - Masami Iwabuchi
Measurement Systems
| Key | Name | Description | Instrument View | Instrument Change | ZIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SYO-GN-01 | GNSS site SYOG | 2024-08-14 | |||
| SYO-RS-01 | Syowa Station Radiosonde Launch Site | 2024-08-14 |
Current data flow
