| Contact |
Tracy Dahl
Polar Field Services
Partner in CH2M Hill Polar Services
+1-303-518-8713
http://www.polar.ch2m.com/ |
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Camp
Raven with DYE II in the backkground |
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| System |
Photovoltaic/wind
hybrid with battery back-up. |
| Location |
Raven is located on the Greenland ice cap just below
the Arctic Circle (66 29.789 N, 46 17.095 W). |
| Description |
Goal is to meet all operational energy requirements of
the camp, which serves as a training facility for the New York Air
National Guard (NYANG) from late April through mid-August and provides
a limited amount of scientific support to arctic researchers with two
year-round autonomous instrument stations.
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full system description |
| Data |
Power system supports camp infrastructure only. No
system performance or scientific data are logged or communicated. |
| Comms |
System powers camp communications infrastructure (HF
and Iridium voice/data with telex back-up) but not transfer of
scientific data. |