Peter T. DoranAndrew G. Fountain 2019-08-12 Daily measurement summaries from Lake Vanda Meteorological Station (VAAM), McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica (1994-2022, ongoing) tabular digitial data McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER 10.6073/pasta/5d84678405f92ffc53f64585b27efa2c https://mcm.lternet.edu/content/daily-measurement-summaries-lake-vanda-meteorological-station-vaam-mcmurdo-dry-valleys As part of the McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research program, meteorological data are collected from various locations throughout the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica. This package contains daily measurement summaries derived from 15-minute data generated by the Lake Vanda Meteorological Station (VAAM), located in Wright Valley. VAAM was established in 1994, during the 94/95 field season. Meteorological data is collected year-round at each of the stations in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica.  After retrieving this data (usually every January), the parameters that are recorded are processed from level 0 (raw) to level 1 (processed, provided on the web). The raw data file descriptions and task lists summarize what was done to get from level 0 to level 1 for all station found at the following link: https://mcm.lternet.edu/meteorological-task-lists 1994-11-24 2022-12-13 ground condition As needed Located east of Lake VandaID: VAAM 161.691300000000 161.691300000000 -77.525700000000 -77.525700000000 97m 97m meter LTER Core Areas disturbance None <cntperp> <cntper>McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER Information Manager</cntper> </cntperp> <cntemail>im@mcmlter.org</cntemail> Name: Krista F. Myers Role: field technician Name: RenĂ©e F. Brown Role: data manager Name: Maciej K. Obryk Role: former field crew Name: Hassan Basagic Role: former field crew Name: Thomas Nylen Role: former field crew Name: Inigo San Gil Role: former data manager Not Applicable Not Applicable Field and/or Lab Methods During the 1994-1995 field season, the Lake Vanda meteorological station was constructed near the mouth of the Onyx River. The station was set up to sample sensors every 30 seconds and send summary statistics (for example, averages and maximums) to solid-state storage modules every 20 minutes between November 24, 1994 and December 30, 1994, every hour between December 30, 1994 and November 21, 1995, and every 15 minutes thereafter. This has resulted in approximately 20 values being recorded for final storage in every output interval. During the 1994-1995 field season, the Lake Vanda meteorological station was constructed near the mouth of the Onyx River. The station was set up to sample sensors every 30 seconds and send summary statistics (for example, averages and maximums) to solid-state storage modules every 20 minutes between November 24, 1994 and December 30, 1994, every hour between December 30, 1994 and November 21, 1995, and every 15 minutes thereafter. This has resulted in approximately 20 values being recorded for final storage in every output interval. unknown VAAM_AIRT_DAILY VAAM - Air Temperature (Daily) METLOCID Location code for this met station The data provider Location code for this met station Date_time Date sample was collected The data provider calendar date/time mm/dd/yyyy gregorian calendar AVG_AIRT3M Daily average air temperature at 3 m above ground The data provider celsius 0.01 STD_AIRT3M Standard deviation for the daily air temperature at 3 m above ground The data provider celsius 0.01 MIN_AIRT3M Minimum daily value of the air temperature at 3 m above ground The data provider celsius 0.01 MAX_AIRT3M Maximum daily value for the air temperature at 3 m above ground The data provider celsius 0.01 N_AIRT3M Number of observations for this average The data provider dimensionless N_COMMENTS Number of comments about the measurement in this period The data provider dimensionless McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER The data distributor shall not be liable for innacuracies in the content http 1 0 \n 1 column , https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/mcmlter-clim-vaam_airt-daily-20230621.csv None VAAM_RADN_DAILY VAAM - Solar Radiation (Daily) METLOCID Location code for this met station The data provider Location code for this met station Date_time Date sample was collected The data provider calendar date/time mm/dd/yyyy gregorian calendar AVG_PAR Average photosynthetically active radiation (PAR). The data provider micromols/second/meter2 0.01 STD_PAR Standard deviation for the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR). The data provider micromols/second/meter2 0.01 MIN_PAR Minimum value of the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR). The data provider micromols/second/meter2 0.01 MAX_PAR Maximum value for the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR). The data provider micromols/second/meter2 0.01 N_PAR Number of observations for the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) statistics The data provider dimensionless AVG_SWRADIN Average for the short wave incoming radiation The data provider W/m^2 0.01 STD_SWRADIN Standard deviation for the short wave incoming radiation The data provider W/m^2 0.01 MIN_SWRADIN Minimum value of the short wave incoming radiation The data provider W/m^2 0.01 MAX_SWRADIN Maximum incoming shortwave radiation based on applying instrument-specific multiplier The data provider -5 400 W/m2 0.1 N_SWRADIN Number of data records included for the statistics The data provider dimensionless AVG_SWRADOUT Average for the short wave outbound radiation The data provider W/m^2 0.01 STD_SWRADOUT standard devation of the the short wave outbound radiation The data provider W/m^2 0.01 MIN_SWRADOUT Minimum the short wave outbound radiation The data provider W/m^2 0.01 MAX_SWRADOUT Maximum soil temperature at 10 cm depth The data provider W/m^2 0.01 N_SWRADOUT Number of observations the short wave outbound radiation The data provider dimensionless N_COMMENTS Number of comments about the measurement in this period The data provider dimensionless McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER The data distributor shall not be liable for innacuracies in the content http 1 0 \n 1 column , https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/mcmlter-clim-vaam_radn-daily-20230621.csv None VAAM_RH_DAILY VAAM - Relative Humidity (Daily) METLOCID Location code for this met station The data provider Location code for this met station Date_time Date sample was collected The data provider calendar date/time mm/dd/yyyy gregorian calendar AVG_RH Average of the relative humidity values The data provider dimensionless Standard Dev. of RH The standard deviation for the distribution of daily rel. humidity values The data provider dimensionless Minimum RH The minimum of the relative humidity The data provider dimensionless Maximum RH The maximum of the relative humidity The data provider dimensionless Number of Observations Number of observations for the daily stats. The data provider dimensionless N_COMMENTS Number of comments about the measurement in this period The data provider dimensionless McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER The data distributor shall not be liable for innacuracies in the content http 1 0 \n 1 column , https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/mcmlter-clim-vaam_rh-daily-20230621.csv None VAAM_SOILT_DAILY VAAM - Soil Temperature (Daily) METLOCID Location code for this met station The data provider Location code for this met station Date_time Date sample was collected The data provider calendar date/time mm/dd/yyyy gregorian calendar AVG_SOILT0CM Average soil temperature at ground The data provider celsius 0.01 STD_SOILT0CM Standard deviation for the soil temperature at suface ground The data provider celsius 0.01 MIN_SOILT0CM Minimum value of the soil temperature at surface ground The data provider celsius 0.01 MAX_SOILT0CM Maximum value for the air temperature at 3 m above ground The data provider celsius 0.01 N_SOILT0CM Number of observations for this average The data provider dimensionless AVG_SOILT5CM Average soil temperature at 5cm below ground The data provider celsius 0.01 STD_SOILT5CM Standard deviation for the soil temperature at 5cm below ground The data provider celsius 0.01 MIN_SOILT5CM Minimum value of the soil temperature at 5cm below ground The data provider celsius 0.01 MAX_SOILT5CM Maximum soil temperature at 5 cm depth The data provider celsius 0.01 N_SOILT5CM Number of observations for this average The data provider dimensionless AVG_SOILT10CM Average soil temperature at 10 cm depth The data provider celsius 0.01 STD_SOILT10CM standard devation of the soil temperature at 10 cm depth The data provider celsius 0.01 MIN_SOILT10CM Minimum soil temperature at 10 cm depth The data provider celsius 0.01 MAX_SOILT10CM Maximum soil temperature at 10 cm depth The data provider celsius 0.01 N_SOILT10CM Number of observations used to compute these statistics The data provider dimensionless N_COMMENTS Number of comments about the measurement in this period The data provider dimensionless McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER The data distributor shall not be liable for innacuracies in the content http 1 0 \n 1 column , https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/mcmlter-clim-vaam_soilt-daily-20230621.csv None VAAM_SURFCHANGE_DAILY VAAM - Surface Change (Daily) METLOCID Location code for this met station The data provider Location code for this met station Date_time Date sample was collected The data provider calendar date/time mm/dd/yyyy gregorian calendar AVG_SURF_CHANGE Average surface change - snowfall / sediment accumulation or loss The data provider centimeter 0.01 STD_SURF_CHANGE Standard deviation for the surface change - snowfall / sediment accumulation or loss The data provider centimeter 0.01 MIN_SURF_CHANGE Minimum value of the surface change - snowfall / sediment accumulation or loss The data provider centimeter 0.01 MAX_SURF_CHANGE Maximum value for the surface - snowfall / sediment accumulation or loss The data provider centimeter 0.01 N_SURF_CHANGE Number of observations for this average The data provider dimensionless N_COMMENTS Number of comments about the measurement in this period The data provider dimensionless McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER The data distributor shall not be liable for innacuracies in the content http 1 0 \n 1 column , https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/mcmlter-clim-vaam_surfchange-daily-20230621.csv None VAAM_WSPD_DAILY VAAM - Wind Speed (Daily) METLOCID METLOCID identification code for the meteorological station The data provider METLOCID identification code for the meteorological station DATE_TIME Date when measurement was taken The data provider calendar date/time MM/DD/YYYY gregorian calendar AVG_WSPD Average of the values of the wind speed The data provider metersPerSecond STDDEV_WSPD Standard deviation of the distribution of the wind speed The data provider metersPerSecond MIN_WSPD Minimum value of the wind speed for the period. The data provider metersPerSecond MAX_WSPD Maximum value of the wind speed for the period The data provider metersPerSecond N_WSPD Number of data points used to calculate these statistics. The data provider dimensionless N_COMMENTS Number of COMMENTS used in this stat The data provider dimensionless McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER The data distributor shall not be liable for innacuracies in the content http 1 0 \n 1 column , https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/mcmlter-clim-vaam_wspd-daily-20230621.csv None VAAM_ONYXT_DAILY VAAM - Onyx River Water Temperature (Daily) METLOCID Location code for this met station The data provider Location code for this met station Date_time Date sample was collected The data provider calendar date/time mm/dd/yyyy gregorian calendar AVG_ONYXT Daily average of temperature at Onyx River at Vanda The data provider celsius 0.01 STD_ONYXT Standard deviation for the daily Onyx River temperature The data provider celsius 0.01 MIN_ONYXT Minimum daily value of the Onyx river temperature The data provider celsius 0.01 MAX_ONYXT Maximum daily value for the Onyx river temperature. The data provider celsius 0.01 N_ONYXT Number of observations for this average The data provider dimensionless McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER The data distributor shall not be liable for innacuracies in the content http 1 0 \n 1 column , https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/VAAM_ONYXT_DAILY_0.csv None 2019-08-12 2019-08-12 McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER http://mcmlter.org/ Biological Data Profile of the Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata devised by the Federal Geographic Data Committee. Drupal Ecological information Management Systems, version D7, Biological Data Profile module