Stream Gauge Measurements During 1995 Tracer Experiment

Summary

Abstract: 

As part of the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) project in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, a 1995 tracer This dataset shows the stream discharges, conductivity, and water temperatures that occurred during this experiment.

Date Range: 

January 13, 1995 to January 14, 1995
Data Citation
Mcknight, D.M. 2015. Stream Gauge Measurements During 1995 Tracer Experiment . Environmental Data Initiative. DOI: 10.6073/pasta/7dac983912b9a772c809cc86afc2a1cc. Dataset accessed 16 April 2024.
Dataset(s)

Variables (click to expand): 

Dataset code
  • Label:
  • Definition: Code representing stream gauge measurements during 1995 tracer experiment dataset
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
location
  • Label:
  • Definition: Code representing stream gauge
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
DATE_TIME
  • Label: Date/time
  • Definition: Date/time of sample (McMurdo time)
  • Type: Date/time
  • Date format: MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MM
  • Missing values: None specified
Group
  • Label:
  • Definition: Number used to group records together when generating statistics of dataset
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Discharge Rate
  • Label:
  • Definition: Stream discharge
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: litersPerSecond
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: 0.01
  • Missing values:
    • Null = None given
Discharge Quality
  • Label:
  • Definition: Estimated accuracy of discharge (good=most accurate within 10%, fair=most data accurate within 25%, poor=significant amounts of data may be >25% off)
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Water Temperature
  • Label:
  • Definition: Water Temperature
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: celsius
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: 0.1
  • Missing values:
    • Null = None given
Water Temperature Quality
  • Label:
  • Definition: Estimated accuracy of water temperature (good=most accurate within 10%, fair=most data accurate within 25%, poor=significant amounts of data may be >25% off)
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Conductivity
  • Label:
  • Definition: Specific conductivity
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: microsiemens/cm
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: 0.1
  • Missing values:
    • Null = None given
Conductivity Quality
  • Label:
  • Definition: Estimated accuracy of conductivity (good=most accurate within 10%, fair=most data accurate within 25%, poor=significant amounts of data may be >25% off)
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified

File: 

trcrdschrg.csv (13.06 KB)

Short name: 

tracerdischarge

Dataset ID: 

37
People

Principal Investigator(s): 

Diane M. McKnight

Contact: 

McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER
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Methodology

Maintenance: 

Stream gauge measurements associated with the 'tracer experiment' are a subset of the information for the tracer experiment. The 'trcrdschrg.dat', 'trcrdschrg.txt', 'trcr_avg_dschrg.dat' and 'trcr_avg_dschrg.txt' files were posted on the web in July, 2000. Fields for dataset code and location code were generated in order to simplify generating links between different data and metadata fields, and assist in making the data more relational / useful in Oracle and ArcInfo.

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