March 16 2009

It was really windy up at PEARL today, with winds constantly over 25 knots and gusting over 30. You could see clouds of snow blowing right over the top of the lab - but at least here you could see the sky! At the station, everything was white. While there was no wind down there, the winds up on the hills were blowing plenty of snow into the air, blocking out all visibility and restricting the movement of the UNCLOS people who are definitely ready to head out to their ice camp.

Work-wise, there were no FTS measurements today because of the wind. The PEARL-GBS needed a warm-up and restart as it got a little cold in the penthouse for it - but then ticked along quite happily once the temperature increased. The other UV-Vis instruments were also quite happy. I am still trying to de-virus the last of the confirmed infected computers up here, but have been making some good progress in that regard, with help from Cristen who has been battling her own laptop back in Toronto.
 
Bec



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