Danish Automatic Weather Station

When required for AWS maintenance, the principal investigator and sometimes another team member will spend two to three days annually tent-camping at Summit Station. At Summit Station, he/they will remove snow from around the AWS as well as inspect and provide maintenance to the station. In 2007, the team dug out and elevated the weather station by 1 meter. In some years no personnel travel will be made to Summit but the instruments continue to run. In 2021, the science team will not travel to Greenland, however, two DMI AWS towers will be removed from Summit Station. The stations will be excavated manually by the Summit Station staff, from where they are buried at approximately 4 meters base depth. The towers and science systems will be disassembled for shipment. The removed hardware will be transported on the Air National Guard (ANG) from Summit Station to Kangerlussuaq. At that point, the science team will take responsibility for onward transport, storage, and/or disposal arrangements.

Battelle ARO will provide labor at Summit Station for the excavation, disassembly, and cargo preparation of the two weather stations. Battelle ARO will also coordinate cargo transportation on the ANG of removed equipment from Summit Station to Kangerlussuaq. All other support expenses, including onward transport, storage, and/or disposal of equipment after arrival in Kangerlussuaq, will be the responsibility of the science team.