Entity Description
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Fountain A.Howard Glacier Meteorological Station Measurements.
knb-lter-mcm.7012.5
(http://metacat.lternet.edu:8080/knb/metacat/knb-lter-mcm.7012.5/mcm).
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Name: | Ice_Temperature_Units |
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Physical Structure Description:
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Object Name: | Ice_Temperature_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):
| IceT @ 20cm: 1993-1994 - 2002-2003: Campbell Scientific 107B temperature probe |
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Instrument(s):
| IceT @ 50cm: 2002-2003 - present: Fenwall Thermisters (192-102DEW-A01) and Caddock Tetrinox(TF050N) hi precision resistor (10Kohm) with +-5ppm/celcius and 0.01percent Resistor |
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Instrument(s):
| IceT @ 1m: 1993-1994 - 2002-2003: Campbell Scientific 107B temperature probe |
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Instrument(s):
| IceT @ 1m: 2002-2003 - present: Fenwall Thermisters (192-102DEW-A01) and Caddock Tetrinox(TF050N) hi precision resistor (10Kohm) with +-5ppm/celcius and 0.01percent Resistor |
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Sampling Coverage:
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Geographic Description: | The Howard Glacier meteorology station is
located at a latitude of 77 44.83507 S, a longitude of 163 4.747251167 E,
and an elevation of 472.49343 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: | 163.07913 degrees
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| East: | 163.07912 degrees
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| North: | -77.74725 degrees
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| South: | -77.74726 degrees
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Mimimum Altitude: | 473 meter |
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Maximum Altitude: | 472 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 Howard Glacier meteorology station |
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| Def | Code for given set of information for Howard Glacier meteorology station |
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| METLOCID - Location code for Howard Glacier meteorology station |
| nominal
| Def | Location code for Howard Glacier 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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| ICET20CM - Ice temperature at 20 cm depth |
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| Unit | celsius |
| Precision | 0.01 |
| Type | real |
| Min | -70
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| Max | 0
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| ICET1M - Ice temperature at 1 meter depth |
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| Unit | celsius |
| Precision | 0.01 |
| Type | real |
| Min | -70
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| Max | 0
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| ICET_ comments - Noted comments by the investigator about the particular measure of ICET_ |
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| Def | Noted comments by the investigator about the particular measure of ICET_ |
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| ICET50CM - Ice temperature at 50 cm depth |
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| Unit | celsius |
| Precision | 0.01 |
| Type | real |
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