Entity Description
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| Data Set Citation |
Fountain A.Lake Brownworth Meteorological Station Measurements.
knb-lter-mcm.7005.5
(http://metacat.lternet.edu:8080/knb/metacat/knb-lter-mcm.7005.5/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: | 27 |
| Number of Foot Lines: | 0 |
| Record Delimiter: | \n\r |
| Maximum Record Length: | column |
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| Field Delimeter: | , |
| Quote Character: | " |
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Method Description:
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Description:
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Instrument(s):
| PAR: LI-COR model 190SB quantum sensor. |
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Instrument(s):
| Solar Flux (incoming): LI-COR model L1200S silicon pyranometer |
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Instrument(s):
| Solar Flux (outgoing): LI-COR model L1200S silicon pyranometer |
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Instrument(s):
| Net Radiation 1994-1995 - 1996-1997: REBS net radiometer |
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Instrument(s):
| UVA 2003-2004 - present: Macam SDl04A-Cos UV-A sensor |
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Sampling Coverage:
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Geographic Description: | The Lake Brownworth meteorology station is located
at a latitude of 77 13.05647 S, a longitude of 162 42.21760783 E, and an
elevation of 279.07546 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: | 162.70363 degrees
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| East: | 162.70362 degrees
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| North: | -77.433468 degrees
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| South: | -77.433468 degrees
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Mimimum Altitude: | 279 meter |
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Maximum Altitude: | 280 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 Lake Brownworth meteorology station |
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| Def | Code for given set of information for Lake Brownworth meteorology station |
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| METLOCID - Location code for Lake Brownworth meteorology station |
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| Def | Location code for Lake Brownworth meteorology station |
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| DATE_TIME - Date/time of sample (New Zealand DST, +13 UTC) |
| datetime
| Format | MM/DD/YY HH:MM |
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| PAR - Photosynthetically active radiation |
| ratio
| Unit | micromols/second/meter2 |
| Precision | 0.1 |
| Type | real |
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| SWRADIN - Incoming shortwave radiation/solar flux |
| ratio
| Unit | W/m2 |
| Precision | 0.1 |
| Type | real |
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| SWRADOUT - Outgoing shortwave radiation/solar flux |
| ratio
| Unit | W/m2 |
| Precision | 0.1 |
| Type | real |
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| UVA - Incoming ultraviolet-A radiation |
| ratio
| Unit | W/m2 |
| Precision | 0.1 |
| Type | real |
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| UVB - Incoming ultraviolet-B radiation |
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| Unit | W/m2 |
| Precision | 0.1 |
| Type | real |
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| NETRAD - Net radiation |
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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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