Data Set Citation
Doran P.McMurdo Dry Valley Lakes Blue Box data (Continuous stage (lake level), ablation, surface PAR, underwater PAR).
knb-lter-mcm.3003.4 (http://metacat.lternet.edu:8080/knb/metacat/knb-lter-mcm.3003.4/mcm).
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Metadata download:Ecological Metadata Language (EML) File
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Short Name:bluebox
Online Distribution Info:
Download File:
http://www.mcmlter.org/queries/lakes/bluebox_results.jsp?begDate=01/01/0001&endDate=01/01/3000&dataType=BLUE_BOX&lake=all
Data Set Owner(s):
Individual: Peter Doran
Address:
University of Illinois at Chicago ,
Dept of Earth and Env Sciences ,
845 W. Taylor Street,
Chicago, IL 60607-7059 USA
Phone:
(312)413-7275 (voice)
Email Address:
pdoran@uic.edu
Metadata Provider(s):
Organization:McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER
Address:
Byrd Polar Research Center ,
108 Scott Hall,
1090 Carmack Rd,
Columbus, OH 43210-1002 USA
Phone:
614-292-3229 (voice)
Phone:
(614) 292-4697 (fax)
Email Address:
mcmlter@bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu
Abstract:
 
Continuous stage (lake level), ice surface ablation, surface PAR and underwater PAR are measured at 20 minute increments for Lake Fryxell, Lake Hoare, East Lake Bonney and West Lake Bonney in Taylor Vally as part of the McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER project. MCM sometimes referrs to these measurements as "blue box" data because the instrumentation used to be housed in a blue box.
Keywords:
 
  • stage (theme)
  • lake level (theme)
  • ablation (theme)
  • PAR (theme)
  • photosynthetically active radiation (theme)
  • blue box (theme)
Additional Information:
 
Notes
Data contained in these files has been subjected to quality control standards imposed by the investigator. The user of this data should be aware that, while efforts have been taken to ensure that these data are of the highest quality, there is no guarantee of perfection for the data contained herein and the possibility of errors exists. If you encounter questionable data, please contact the MCM LTER data manager corrected or qualified. Thus, these data may be modified and future data will be appended.
License and Usage Rights:
 
MCM LTER data may be used freely with the following restrictions:
The Principal Investigator be sent a notice stating reasons for acquiring any data and a description of the publication intentions. The Principal Investigator of the data set be sent a copy of the report or manuscript prior to submission and be adequately cited in any resultant publications. A copy of any resultant publications should be sent to the McMurdo data manager and principal investigator. The end-user follow the guidelines set forth in the LTER Network Data Access Policy, Data Access Requirements, and General Data Use Agreement found at http://www.mcmlter.org/data_guidelines.htm
Geographic Coverage:
Geographic Description:Blue Boxes are set up on the ice cover of Lake Fryxell, Lake Hoare, East Lake Bonney and West Lake Bonney in Taylor Valley, Antarctica
Bounding Coordinates:
West:  162  degrees
East:  163.6  degrees
North:  -77.2  degrees
South:  -77.8  degrees
Mimimum Altitude:0  meter
Maximum Altitude:1000  meter
Temporal Coverage:
Begin:
1993
End:
2008
Maintenance:
Description:
Log files (changes made to the blue box dataset) can be found at the following URL: http://www.mcmlter.org/data/lakes/bluebox/bluebox.htm
Frequency:
Contact:
Organization:McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER
Position:Data Manager
Address:
Byrd Polar Research Center ,
108 Scott Hall,
1090 Carmack Rd,
Columbus, OH 43210-1002 USA
Phone:
614-292-3229 (voice)
Email Address:
mcmlter@bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu
Publisher:
Organization:McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER
Address:
Byrd Polar Research Center ,
108 Scott Hall,
1090 Carmack Rd,
Columbus,
Columbus, OH 43210-1002 USA
Phone:
(614) 292-4697 (fax)
Methods Info:
Step 1:  
Description:
The details of all Blue Box methods can be found in the "Blue Box Bible" at http://www.mcmlter.org/data/lakes/bluebox/MCMLTER_bluebox_bible.pdf Sensors are attached to CR10X data logger. Sampling interval of measurements is 60 seconds. Every 20 minutes program calculates average and record it in the storage module. Data were downloaded every year by beginning of the season (October-November) and by the end of the season (January-February) and cleaned from error data. Please see in the general comments section for the details on sensors and field setup. Programs can be found in technical documentation – aka “Blue Box Bible” at this web site.
Additional Metadata
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