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Annual SCAR Report on National Antarctic Scientific Activities
1998 - 1999

and Planned New Programmes

Uruguay 1 July 1998 - 30 June 1999

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 Rear Admiral Oscar Otero
Secretary

Representatives:
to SCAR
Permanent Delegate Lic. Juan Abdala 1
Alternate Delegate Dr. Bartolomé Grillo 1
to SCAR Working Groups
Biology Lic. Juan Abdala 1
Geodesy and Geographic Information Maj. Héctor Rovera 2
Geology
Glaciology Lt. Cder. (Navy) Albert Lluberas 3
Human Biology and Medicine Lt. Col. (Air Force) Dr. Roberto Lagomarsino 1
Physics and Chemistry of the Atmosphere Col. (Air Force) Raúl Romero 4
Solar-Terrestrial and Astrophysical Research
Solid Earth Geophysics Maj. Héctor Rovera 2

National Operating Agency
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
Director Rear Admiral Oscar Otero 1
COMNAP Representative Rear Admiral Oscar Otero 1
SCALOP Representative Col.(Air Force) Washington Odella 4

 

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 Elichiribehety Scientific Station Hope Bay, Antarctic Peninsula

- 63

°24'08 S - 56
°

54'23 W

Automatic Recording Stations/Observatories
Name/Identifier Coordinates Parameters Recorded
DINAMET 89054

-62

°11@4 S -58
°

57@7 W

 Meteorology
RIOMETER

-62

°11@4 S -58
°

57@7 W

 Cosmic Noise Absorption at 30mhz
Terrestrial Tides Station Gravimeter Lacoste & Rosemberg

-62

°11@4 S -58
°

57@7 W

 Geoidal and Ellipsoidal altitudes
Brewer Ozone Spectrophotometer

-62

°11@4 S -58
°

57@7 W

O3 level, SO2 level
Water Level Recorder Aanderaa WLR-7 Tide altitudes, salinity and temperature

Member Country :Uruguay

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 nesting . Settlement Fildes Peninsula Jan. 99- Feb. 99 Dr. Nibia Fontana 5
Antarctic Seals Monitoring Program Diet study of the Antarctic Fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) at King George Island. Drake Passage coast at Fildes Peninsula Dec. 98 - Jan. 99 Mr. Nicolás Gutiérrez 1

Geodesy and Geographic Information
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
Geodesic network support "EPOCH 99" GIANT Program Determination of tectonic deformations of Antarctica Fildes Peninsula Jan. 99 - . 99 Maj. Héctor Rovera 2
Mareographic Observations Tides Fluctuations Terrestrial Tides project support. Maxwell Bay Permanent Capt. (Navy) Hugo Roldós 3

Geosciences
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
Not Applicable

Glaciology (and Climatology)
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
Meteorological Station DINAMET 89054 Establishment of a National Data Center about climate at Artigas Base. King George Is. Permanent National Meteorology Department 6
Selected mobile Meteorological Station "ROU Vanguardia Ship" To broadcast of meteorological and oceanographical Information collected on board in real time joining international Prog. such as world weather watch from the WMO and others from NOAA. Atlantic Ocean and Drake Passage

Dec. 98
Jan. 99

 Naval Oceanography Hidrography and Meteorology Service 3

Human Biology and Medicine
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
Impact of the Antarctic environment on resistance and sensibility to antibiotics of microorganisms to human beings Sampling and cultivation in plates. Artigas Scientific Antarctic Base

Nov. 98
May 99

 Dr. Felipe Schelotto 8

Physics and Chemistry of the Atmosphere
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
Ionosphere (IONANTARU) Records continuous of 30MHz frequency absorption King George Island Permanent Lt. Col.(Air Force) Mariano Rodrigo 4
Operation of a Ozonometric Station at Artigas Antarctic Scientific Station Data collection of the ozone layer thickness in accordance with the WMO Artigas Scientific Antarctic Base Permanent Col.(Air Force) Raúl Romero 4
Atmospheric Corrosiveness Station Study of the aggressiveness in different coatings of standardized material of industrial interest Calibration indexes, high corrosion rates. Artigas Scientific Antarctic Station Permanent Eng. Susana Rivero 7

Solid Earth Geophysics
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
Earth Tide Monitoring at Artigas Station. A Lacoste & Rosemberg relative gravimeter with a Feedback System began to to work since December 1997 Artigas Scientific Antarctic Station Permanent Maj. Héctor Rovera 2

 

Member Country : Uruguay

Planned New Programmes/Projects by Working Group

Biology
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
See on going and Permanent Projects

Geodesy and Geographic Information
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
See on going and Permanent Projects

Geosciences
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
Not applicable

Glaciology (and Climatology)
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
See on going and Permanent Projects

Human Biology and Medicine
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
See on going and Permanent Projects

Physics and Chemistry of the Atmosphere
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
See on going and Permanent Projects

Solid Earth Geophysics
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
None

Member Country : Uruguay

Contact Addresses, Telephone, Facsimile and E-mail numbers

1.
Uruguayan Antarctic Institute.
Av. 8 de Octubre 2958.
Montevideo- Uruguay.
P.O.Box 6051.
Zip Code 11600.
Tel. +598 2 487 8341 to 43.
Fax +598 2 487 6004.
E-mail antartic@iau.gub.uy.
Web site: http//www.iau.gub.uy

2.
Geographic Military Service.
Av. 8 de Octubre 3225.
Montevideo- Uruguay.
Tel. +598 2 487 1810.
Fax +598 2 487 0868.
E-mail: geografi@seciu.uy.

3.
Naval Oceanography, Hidrography and Meteorology Service.
Capurro 980.
Montevideo- Uruguay.
Tel. +598 2 309 3775.
Fax +598 2 309 9220.

4.
Uruguayan Air Force.
Av. Pedro de Mendoza 5553.
Montevideo- Uruguay.
Tel. +598 2 222 4400.
Fax +598 2 222 3830

5.
Cattle Raising, Agriculture and Fishing Ministry &endash; Fauna Division.
Cerrito 318, 2nd Floor.
Montevideo- Uruguay.
Tel. +598 2 905 9842.
Fax +598 2 905 6456.

6.
National Meteorology Direction.
J. Barrios Amorín 1488.
Montevideo- Uruguay.
Tel. +598 2 400 5555.
Fax +598 2 409 7391.
E. Mail: DNM25255@adinet.com.uy

7.
Engineering University &endash; Republic University.
Av. Julio Herrera y Reissig 565.
Tel. +598 2 711 0698.

8.
Hygiene Institute - Medicine University &endash; Republic University.
Av. Alfredo Navarro 3051.
Montevideo- Uruguay.
Tel. +598 2 407 1296.
Fax +598 2 407 3073