Lake Joyce near shore water column pressure and temperature

Summary

Abstract: 

This data set includes the deployment of an anchored pressure transducer and suspended thermistor string in Lake Joyce, Pearse Valley, as part of a NASA Astrobiology: Exobiology and Evolutionary Biology project. Instruments were deployed prior to summer melt in December 2014 near a melt water stream and retrieved in December 2015. Thermistors were positioned in the fresh water lens under the ice cover, within the water column, and on the lake bottom.

This dataset is funded through the NASA grant NNX13AI60G, with USAP event G-063. This project is not funded through the MCM LTER program. MCM LTER hosts this synergistic project.

Date Range: 

Sunday, December 7, 2014 to Monday, November 16, 2015

Defintions for the lake Joyce water column study spreadsheet: units, codes, column definitions.

Variables (click to expand): 

Date
  • Label:
  • Definition: Date and time when samples were acquired
  • Type: Date/time
  • Date format: MM/DD/YYYY HH:MI24
  • Missing values: None specified
Pressure (mB)
  • Label:
  • Definition: The absolute pressure, measured in millibars
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: millibar
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
Temp 1 C
  • Label:
  • Definition: Temperature measured in celsius with the first thermistor
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: celsius
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
Temp 2 C
  • Label:
  • Definition: Temperature measured in celsius with the second thermistor
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: celsius
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
Temp 3 C
  • Label:
  • Definition: Temperature measured in celsius with the third thermistor
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: celsius
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified

DOI: 

10.6073/pasta/0aa834542a60e4d23446c4b8a69bcef2

Short name: 

LJPressureTemp

Dataset ID: 

10001
People

Principal Investigator(s): 

Tyler J. Mackey
Dawn Sumner

Contact: 

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