Entity Description
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| Data Set Citation |
Fountain A.Explorers Cove Meteorological Station Measurements.
knb-lter-mcm.7008.5
(http://metacat.lternet.edu:8080/knb/metacat/knb-lter-mcm.7008.5/mcm).
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Name: | Wind_Units |
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Physical Structure Description:
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Object Name: | Wind_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):
| Wind Speed and Direction: R.M. Young model 05103 wind monitor. |
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Sampling Coverage:
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Geographic Description: | The Explorers Cove meteorology station is located
at a latitude of 77 3.08314 S, a longitude of 163 25.0514 E, and an
elevation of 25.7466 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: | 163.41753 degrees
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| East: | 163.41752 degrees
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| North: | -77.05138 degrees
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| South: | -77.05139 degrees
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Mimimum Altitude: | 26 meter |
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Maximum Altitude: | 25 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 Explorers Cove meteorology station |
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| Def | Code for given set of information for Explorers Cove meteorology station |
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| METLOCID - Location code for Explorers Cove meteorology station |
| nominal
| Def | Location code for Explorers Cove 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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| WDIR - Average wind direction |
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| Unit | degreesfromnorth |
| Precision | 0.1 |
| Type | real |
| Min | 0
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| Max | 360
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| WDIRSTD - Standard deviation of wind direction |
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| Unit | degreesfromnorth |
| Precision | 0.1 |
| Type | real |
| Min | 0
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| WSPD - Wind speed |
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| Unit | metersPerSecond |
| Precision | 0.1 |
| Type | real |
| Min | 0
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| WSPDMAX - Maximum wind speed |
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| Unit | metersPerSecond |
| Precision | 0.1 |
| Type | real |
| Min | 0
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| WSPDMIN - Minimum wind speed |
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| Unit | metersPerSecond |
| Precision | 0.1 |
| Type | real |
| Min | 0
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| WIND_ comments - Noted comments by the investigator about the particular measure of WIND_ |
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| Def | Noted comments by the investigator about the particular measure of WIND_ |
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