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Uruguay 1 July 2000 - 30 June 2001

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Member Country: Uruguay
National SCAR Committee
Title	Uruguayan Antarctic Institute
Address	Avenida 8 de Octubre 2958, Montevideo - Uruguay, C.P. 11.600 P.O. BOX 6051 Telephone: + 598 2 487 83 41 to 43 Fax: + 598 2 487 60 04 E-mail:antartic@iau.gub.uy Web.page:www.iau.gub.uy
		Name	Address
	Chairman/President	General Hebert Fígoli Almandós
	Secretary
Representatives:
	to SCAR
	Permanent Delegate	Dr. Bartolomé A. Grillo	1
	Alternate Delegate	Lic. Juan Abdala	1
	to SCAR Working Groups
	Biology	Dr. Bartolomé A. Grillo	1
	Geodesy and Geographic Information	Maj. Héctor Rovera	2
	Geology
	Glaciology	Lt. Cder. (Navy) Albert Lluberas	1
	Human Biology and Medicine	Dr. Bartolomé A. Grillo	1
	Physics and Chemistry of the Atmosphere
	Solar-Terrestrial and Astrophysical Research
	Solid Earth Geophysics
National Operating Agency
Title	Uruguayan Antarctic Institute
Address	Avenida 8 de Octubre 2958, Montevideo - Uruguay, 11600 PO BOX 6051 Telephone: + 598 2 487 83 41 to 43 Fax: + 598 2 487 60 04 E-mail:antartic@iau.gub.uy Web Site:www.iau.gub.uy
	Director	General Hebert Fígoli Saavedra	1
	COMNAP Representative	General Hebert Fígoli Almandós	1
	SCALOP Representative	Cnel. (Air Force) Bernabé Gadea Capt. (Navy) Daniel Ressia	1 1

Wintering Stations
Name	Location	Coordinates
Artigas Antarctic Scientific Base	King George Is South Shetland Is	-62 °11'4 S -58 ° 57'7 W
Summer-only Stations
Name	Location	Coordinates
Lt. (Navy) Ruperto	Hope Bay,	- 63 ° 24'08 S
Elichiribehety Scientific Station	Antarctic Peninsula	- 56 ° 54'23 W
Automatic Recording Stations/Observatories
Name/Identifier	Coordinates	Parameters Recorded
DINAMET 89054	-62 ° 11@4 S, -58 ° 57@7 W	Meteorology, Automatic Meteorological Station
RIOMETER	-62 ° 11@4 S, -58 ° 57@7 W	Cosmic Noise Absorption at 30mhz
Brewer Ozone Spectrophotometer	-62 ° 11@4 S, -58 ° 57@7 W	O3, SO2 and UV-B levels
Water Level Recorder Aanderaa WLR-7		Tide altitudes, salinity and temperature

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National Programmes/Projects by Working Group

Biology
Subject	Investigation	Locality	Duration	Principal Investigator	Address
Ornithological Survey at King George Is and Nelson Is. ANTARAVE PROJECT	To carry out census of birds and breeding success indexes	Fildes Peninsula	2001-2002	Dr. Nibia Fontana	5
Geodesy and Geographic Information
Subject	Investigation	Locality	Duration	Principal Investigator	Address
Geodesic network support "EPOCH 02" GIANT Program	Determination of tectonic deformations of Antarctica	Fildes Peninsula	2001-2002	Maj. Héctor Rovera	2
Mareographic Observations	Tides Fluctuations. Terrestrial Tides project support.	Maxwell Bay	Permanent	Capt. (Navy) Hugo Roldós de la Sovera	3
Geosciences
Subject	Investigation	Locality	Duration	Principal Investigator	Address
None
Glaciology (and Climatology)
Subject	Investigation	Locality	Duration	Principal Investigator	Address
Meteorological Station DINAMET 89054	Establishment of a Meteorological National Data Center at Artigas Base.	King George Is.	Permanent	National Meteorology Department	6
Selected mobile Meteorological Station ROU 26 Vanguardia Vessel	To broadcast of meteorological and oceanographical Information collected on board in real time joining International Programs such as World Weather Watch from the WMO and others from NOAA	Atlantic Ocean and Drake Passage	2001-2002	Naval Oceanography Hidrography and Meteorology Service	3
Glaciological Studies	Monitoring Collins Glacier front and surface to understand it's movements and mass changes. Cooperation with Korea to identify pollutant traces and other environmental parameters in snow and ice.	Collins Glacier, King George Is.	2001-2002	C/C (Navy) Albert Lluberas	1
Human Biology and Medicine
Subject	Investigation	Locality	Duration	Principal Investigator	Address
Antarctic Environment impact on antibiotics resistance and sensibility of human being microorganism	Sampling, grow in plates and testing of different antibiotics in human being microorganism in correlation of climate variables.	Artigas Antarctic Scientific Base	Nov. 01 - May 02	Dr. Felipe Schelotto	8
Study of the necessary Psychological Charactristics of men for their insertion in the Antarctic environment and it applications	Study and comparison of the human characteristics and symptoms of the Antarctic personnel and family support	Artigas Antarctic Scientific Base and Montevideo Uruguay	Permanent	Ps. A. Quartarolo	1
Physics and Chemistry of the Atmosphere
Subject	Investigation	Locality	Duration	Principal Investigator	Address
Operation of a Ozonometric Station at Artigas Antarctic Scientific Station	Data collection of the ozone layer thickness in accordance with the WMO	Artigas Antarctic Scientific Station	Permanent	Lt. Col. (Air Force) Raúl García	4
Atmospheric Corrosiveness Station	Study of the aggressiveness in different coatings of standardized material of industrial interest. Calibration Indexes and corrosion rates	Artigas Antarctic Scientific Base	Permanent	Eng. Susana Rivero	7
Solar Terrestrial and Astrophysical Research
Subject	Investigation	Locality	Duration	Principal Investigator	Address
None