Survey Report for the Casey-Antarctica Air Transport Project 2003-2004

Taken from the survey report:\n\nConstruction of a suitable runway near Casey is a major objective of the Air Link from Hobart to the Australian Antarctic Territory and the main focus of this season's fieldwork. The 2002/2003 summer season's Air Transport Project identified and started construction of a snow capped 'Blue Ice' runway site known as A6 South, located in the Upper Vanderford Glacier (UVG) region approximately 65 km south east of Casey Station.\n\nThis season a five-member team was assembled to undertake additional investigation work in relation to snow pavement and to finalise the appropriate aeronautical charts needed to operate a runway supporting wheeled aircraft conducting inter-continental flights from Hobart.\n\nThe runway survey work this season had several objectives:\n\n1) undertake further work on A6 South to produce Type A and B aeronautical charts;\n\n2) determine the Runway flow (movement) rates;\n\n3) survey the Taxiway and Apron areas to facilitate their design; and\n\n4) survey the traverse route from Casey to the site to assist in VHF communications between the Runway and Casey station.\n\nAdditional to the Runway survey a number of other tasks were also carried out in\n\nsupport of science programs being undertaken at Casey.\n\nThe tasks outlined in the surveyors brief are varied and numerous and are included to provide the surveyor with a full and appropriate work program. The various tasks are prioritised, usually with one or two major tasks and a number of minor tasks listed to be undertaken if the opportunity arises. This season's Survey Brief has been included in Appendix A with a summary of achievements listed in Appendix B.\n\nThe following report covers the survey fieldwork undertaken by Air Transport Project (ATP) during the 2003/2004 Summer Field Season. Data collected in support of other scientific programs has been included in this report primarily as a record of work undertaken by the mapping program. These data have been supplied to the various scientists for inclusion in their studies.\n\nSpot height and contour data that were a product of this survey are included in shapefiles available from the Related URLs. The spot heights and contours that were a product of this survey have Dataset_id = 278 in the attribute table.\n\nThe spot heights are along the route from Casey to Wilkins aerodrome, in the vicinity of the aerodrome, along the route to Browning Peninsula and from Browning Peninsula to the aerodrome.\n\nThe contours cover Wilkins aerodrome and nearby area.\n\nElevations are in metres above mean sea level.\n\nThe surveyor, Aaron Read, calculated the elevations above mean sea level from elevations above the ellipsoid using the EGM96 geoid model.

本报告源自一份调查报告：

从霍巴特飞往澳大利亚南极领地（Australian Antarctic Territory）的航空联运项目核心目标之一，是在凯西站（Casey Station）附近修建适配跑道，而本季度野外作业的核心任务正是围绕这一目标展开。2002/2003夏季航空运输项目已完成对凯西站东南约65公里处范德福德上冰川（Upper Vanderford Glacier，UVG）区域内一处名为A6 South的雪盖“蓝冰”（Blue Ice）跑道场址的勘察与初步施工。

本季度组建了一支五人团队，针对雪面跑道开展补充勘察工作，并最终编制适配航空图，以支持从霍巴特起飞的洲际航班轮式飞机在此跑道起降。

本季度的跑道勘察工作包含多项目标：
1) 推进A6 South场址相关工作，以编制A型与B型航空图；
2) 测定跑道运行流量（起降频次）；
3) 对滑行道与停机坪区域开展勘察，为其设计提供依据；
4) 勘察凯西站至跑道场址的往返路线，以辅助跑道与凯西站间的甚高频（VHF）通信保障。

除跑道勘察任务外，团队还完成了多项支撑凯西站科研项目的辅助工作。

勘察大纲中列明的任务类型多样、数量繁杂，旨在为勘察人员提供完整且适配的工作方案。各项任务均设定优先级，通常包含1~2项核心任务，以及若干可在条件允许时开展的次要任务。本季度的勘察大纲已收录于附录A（Appendix A），本季度工作成果汇总见附录B（Appendix B）。

本报告涵盖了航空运输项目（Air Transport Project, ATP）在2003/2004夏季野外作业季开展的勘察野外工作。为支撑其他科研项目所采集的数据已纳入本报告，主要作为测绘项目工作开展情况的记录，这些数据已提交给相关科研人员，供其在各自研究中使用。

本次勘察产出的点高程与等高线数据，可通过相关链接获取的形状文件（shapefiles）中获取。本次勘察产出的点高程与等高线数据，在属性表中的数据集编号为278。

点高程数据覆盖范围包括：凯西站至威尔金斯机场（Wilkins aerodrome）的沿线、机场周边区域、前往勃朗宁半岛（Browning Peninsula）的沿线，以及从勃朗宁半岛至机场的沿线。

等高线数据覆盖威尔金斯机场及周边区域。

高程单位为平均海平面以上米数。

勘察人员亚伦·里德（Aaron Read）采用EGM96大地水准面模型（EGM96 geoid model），将椭球高转换为平均海平面以上高程。