Entity Description

Data Set Citation

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).

Name:

Solar_Radiation_Units

Online Distribution Info:
Download File:	Solar_Radiation_Units

Physical Structure Description:

Object Name:

Solar_Radiation_Units

Text Format:

Number of Header Lines:

Number of Foot Lines:

Record Delimiter:

\n\r

Maximum Record Length:

column

Simple Delimited:

Field Delimeter:	,
Quote Character:	"

Method Description:

Step 1:

Description:

Instrument(s):

Longwave Radiation (incoming): Eppley precision infrared radiometer (pyrgeometer)

Instrument(s):

Longwave Radiation (outgoing): Eppley precision infrared radiometer (pyrgeometer)

Instrument(s):

Solar Flux (incoming): Eppley precision spectral pyranometer

Instrument(s):

Solar Flux (outgoing): Eppley precision spectral pyranometer

Instrument(s):

THMIR (ice surface thermal infrared - summer only 1995-1996) Everest model 4000 4GL infared temperature transducer. Summer-only measurements.

Substep 1

Description:

*Note: see documentation on Procedures for Correcting Eppley Pyrgeometer Data for an explanation of the differences between LwRadIn and LwRadIn2 measurements @ http://www.mcmlter.org/data/meteorology/methods/pyrgeometer.html

Sampling Coverage:

Geographic Coverage:

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.

Bounding Coordinates:

West:	163.28015 degrees
East:	163.28014 degrees
North:	-77.80871 degrees
South:	-77.80872 degrees
Mimimum Altitude:	290 meter
Maximum Altitude:	meter

Temporal Coverage:

Begin:

1993

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 Value

Measurement Type and Domain

Missing Value Code

DATASET CODE - Code for given set of information for Commonwealth Glacier meteorology station

nominal

Def

Code for given set of information for Commonwealth Glacier meteorology station

METLOCID - Location code for Commonwealth Glacier meteorology station

nominal

Def

Location code for Commonwealth Glacier meteorology station

DATE_TIME - Date/time of sample (New Zealand DST, +13 UTC)

datetime

Format	MM/DD/YY HH:MM
Precision

LWRADIN - Incoming longwave radiation based on applying instrument-specific multiplier

ratio

Unit	W/m2
Precision	0.1
Type	real
Min	-5
Max	400

Code	Null
Expl	None given

LWRADIN2 - Incoming longwave radiation calculated from thermopile, case thermistor and the dome or hemisphere thermistor measurements

ratio

Unit	W/m2
Precision	0.1
Type	real
Min	-5
Max	400

Code	Null
Expl	None given

LWRADOUT - Outgoing longwave radiation based on applying instrument-specific multiplier

ratio

Unit	W/m2
Precision	0.1
Type	real
Min	-5
Max	400

Code	Null
Expl	None given

LWRADOUT2 - Outgoing longwave radiation calculated from thermopile, case thermistor and the dome or hemisphere thermistor measurements

ratio

Unit	W/m2
Precision	0.1
Type	real
Min	-5
Max	400

Code	Null
Expl	None given

SWRADIN - Incoming shortwave radiation/solar flux

ratio

Unit	W/m2
Precision	0.1
Type	real

Code	Null
Expl	None given

SWRADOUT - Outoing shortwave radiation/solar flux

ratio

Unit	W/m2
Precision	0.1
Type	real

Code	Null
Expl	None given

THMIR - Thermal infrared surface temperature

ratio

Unit	celsius
Precision	0.1
Type	real

Code	Null
Expl	None given

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