Entity Description

Data Set Citation
Fountain A.Lake Bonney Snowfence Meteorological Station Measurements.
knb-lter-mcm.7004.3 (http://metacat.lternet.edu:8080/knb/metacat/knb-lter-mcm.7004.3/mcm).
Name:Air_PAR_Units
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Object Name:Air_PAR_Units
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Method Description:
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Description:
Instrument(s): 2000-2001 - present: LI-COR model 190SB quantum sensor
Sampling Coverage:
Geographic Coverage:
Geographic Description:The Lake Bonney Snowfence station is located at a latitude of -77.7248, a longitude of 162.3132, and an elevation of 109.1 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
Bounding Coordinates:
West:  162.3132  degrees
East:  162.3132  degrees
North:  -77.7248  degrees
South:  -77.7248  degrees
Mimimum Altitude:60  meter
Maximum Altitude:70  meter
Temporal Coverage:
Begin:
2000
End:
2006
Sampling Description:
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
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
Attribute(s) Info:
Attribute Description
(label and definition)
Type of ValueMeasurement Type and DomainMissing Value Code
DATASET CODE - Code for given set of information for Bonney Snowfence meteorology station   nominal
DefCode for given set of information for Bonney Snowfence meteorology station
         
METLOCID - Location code for Bonney Snowfence meteorology station   nominal
DefLocation code for Bonney Snowfence meteorology station
         
DATE_TIME - Date/time of sample (New Zealand DST, +13 UTC)   datetime
FormatMM/DD/YY HH:MM
Precision
         
PAR_AIR_PLUS1_5M - Photosynthetically active radiation   ratio
Unitmicromols/second/meter2
Precision0.1
Typereal
Min
Max
CodeNull
ExplNone given
       
AIR_PAR_ comments - Noted comments by the investigator about the particular measure of AIR_PAR_   nominal
DefNoted comments by the investigator about the particular measure of AIR_PAR_