Australian Antarctic Program
Location
Davis is the most southerly Australian Antarctic station. It is situated near the Vestfold Hills, on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of Princess Elizabeth Land. The station is about 20 km from the edge of the continental ice sheet.
Research
In recent years, Davis has supported a wide range of projects in fields including measurement and monitoring of: geodetic and geophysical information; ultraviolet radiation; upper atmosphere temperature; Antarctic clouds, radiation and precipitation; atmospheric ozone; high latitude gravity waves; near surface atmosphere and cryosphere observations; landscape vulnerability and recovery; old growth mosses as proxies for past Antarctic climates; ecological research and monitoring to improve management strategies and conservation outcomes for Antarctic breeding seabirds; and monitoring for seabird status and trends including responses to environmental variation and change.
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