Entity Description
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Fountain A.Beacon Valley Meteorological Station Measurements.
knb-lter-mcm.7002.7
(http://metacat.lternet.edu:8080/knb/metacat/knb-lter-mcm.7002.7/mcm).
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Name: | Solar_Radiation_Units |
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Physical Structure Description:
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Object Name: | Solar_Radiation_Units |
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Text Format: |
| Number of Header Lines: | 29 |
| Number of Foot Lines: | 0 |
| Record Delimiter: | \n |
| Maximum Record Length: | column |
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| Quote Character: | " |
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Method Description:
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Description:
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Instrument(s):
| Solar Flux (incoming and outgoing) 2000-2001 - present: LI-COR model L1200X silicon pyranometer |
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Instrument(s):
| PAR 2000-2001 - present: LI-COR model 190SB quantum sensor. |
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Sampling Coverage:
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Geographic Description: | The Beacon Valley meteorology station is located at
a latitude of 77.828 S, a longitude of 160.657 E, and an elevation of 1176
meters above sea level. Descriptions of this and other McMurdo Dry Valley
meteorology stations can be found at
http://www.mcmlter.org/data/meteorology/locations/metlocs.html.
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Bounding Coordinates:
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| West: | 160.65684 degrees
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| East: | 160.65683 degrees
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| North: | -77.828001 degrees
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| South: | -77.828001 degrees
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Mimimum Altitude: | 1176 meter |
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Maximum Altitude: | 1175 meter |
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Sampling Description:
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| Sampling and Averaging Intervals |
For Sampling frequency and Data Logger output and averaging intervals please visit:
http://www.mcmlter.org/data/meteorology/methods/Interval_Dates.pdf
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| Seasonal Task Summary |
To view the data post-processing steps for each season please visit:
http://www.mcmlter.org/data/meteorology/tasks/task_lists.htm
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| Attribute(s) Info: |
Attribute Description
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| Type of Value | Measurement Type and Domain | Missing Value Code | | | | |
| DATASET CODE - Code for given set of information for Beacon Valley meteorology station |
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| Def | Code for given set of information for Beacon Valley meteorology station |
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| METLOCID - Location code for Beacon Valley meteorology station |
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| Def | Location code for Beacon Valley meteorology station |
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| DATE_TIME - Date/time of sample (New Zealand DST, +13 UTC) |
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| Format | MM/DD/YY HH:MM |
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| PAR - Photosynthetically active radiation |
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| Unit | micromols/second/meter2 |
| Precision | 0.1 |
| Type | real |
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| SWRADIN - Incoming shortwave radiation/solar flux |
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| Unit | W/m2 |
| Precision | 0.1 |
| Type | real |
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| SWRADOUT - Outgoing shortwave radiation/solar flux |
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| Unit | W/m2 |
| Precision | 0.1 |
| Type | real |
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| radiation comments - Noted comments by the investigator about the particular measure of radiation |
| nominal
| Def | Noted comments by the investigator about the particular measure of radiation |
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