Entity Description
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Fountain A.Commonwealth Glacier Meteorological Station Measurements.
knb-lter-mcm.7007.5
(http://metacat.lternet.edu:8080/knb/metacat/knb-lter-mcm.7007.5/mcm).
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Name: | Ice_Surface_Change_Units |
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Physical Structure Description:
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Object Name: | Ice_Surface_Change_Units |
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| 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):
| Campbell Scientific Inc. SR50 Ultrasonic Distance Sensor |
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Sampling Coverage:
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Geographic Description: | The Commonwealth Glacier meteorology station is
located at a latitude of 77 48.52343 S, a longitude of 163 16.80872383 E, and
an elevation of 290.2 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: | 163.28015 degrees
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| East: | 163.28014 degrees
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| North: | -77.80871 degrees
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| South: | -77.80872 degrees
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Mimimum Altitude: | 290 meter |
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Maximum Altitude: | 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 Description
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| Type of Value | Measurement Type and Domain | Missing Value Code | | | | |
| DATASET CODE - Code for given set of information for Commonwealth Glacier meteorology station |
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| Def | Code for given set of information for Commonwealth Glacier meteorology station |
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| METLOCID - Location code for Commonwealth Glacier meteorology station |
| nominal
| Def | Location code for Commonwealth Glacier 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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| ICESURFCHANGE_CM - Elevation of ice surface measured from fixed datum (Elevation of ice surface referenced to 0 at the time of installation) |
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| Unit | centimeter |
| Precision | 0.1 |
| Type | real |
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| DEPTH_ comments - Noted comments by the investigator about the particular measure of DEPTH_ |
| nominal
| Def | Noted comments by the investigator about the particular measure of DEPTH_ |
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