Entity Description

Data Set Citation
Fountain A.F6 SnowfenceStation Measurements.
knb-lter-mcm.7009.3 (http://metacat.lternet.edu:8080/knb/metacat/knb-lter-mcm.7009.3/mcm).
Name:Soil_Temperature_Units
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Method Description:
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Description:
Instrument(s): All Soil T measurements - Campbell Scientific 107 temperature probe
Sampling Coverage:
Geographic Coverage:
Geographic Description: The F6 Snowfence station is located at a latitude of 77.61 S, a longitude of 163.3 E, and an 20 m elevation of 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  degrees
East:  163.6  degrees
North:  -77.2  degrees
South:  -77.8  degrees
Mimimum Altitude:20  meter
Maximum Altitude:20  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 Lake Fryxell Snowfence meteorology station   nominal
DefCode for given set of information for Lake Fryxell Snowfence meteorology station
         
METLOCID - Location code for Lake Fryxell Snowfence meteorology station   nominal
DefLocation code for Lake Fryxell Snowfence meteorology station
         
DATE_TIME - Date/time of sample (New Zealand DST, +13 UTC)   datetime
FormatMM/DD/YY HH:MM
Precision
         
SOILTN4_5M - Soil temperature at -4.5m   ratio
Unitcelsius
Precision0.01
Typereal
Min-70 
Max25 
CodeNull
ExplNone given
       
SOILTP1M - Soil temperature at +1m   ratio
Unitcelsius
Precision0.01
Typereal
Min-70 
Max25 
CodeNull
ExplNone given
       
SOILTP1_9M - Soil temperature at +1.9m   ratio
Unitcelsius
Precision0.01
Typereal
Min-70 
Max25 
CodeNull
ExplNone given
       
SOILTP3_8M - Soil temperature at +3.8m   ratio
Unitcelsius
Precision0.01
Typereal
Min-70 
Max25 
CodeNull
ExplNone given
       
SOILT_ comments - Noted comments by the investigator about the particular measure of SOILT_   nominal
DefNoted comments by the investigator about the particular measure of SOILT_