uid=MCM,o=EDI,dc=edirepository,dc=org all public read VAAM_DAILY Daily measurement summaries from Lake Vanda Meteorological Station (VAAM), McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica (1994-2022, ongoing) Peter Doran pdoran@lsu.edu https://www.lsu.edu/science/geology/people/faculty/doran.php https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3774-2847 Andrew Fountain
P.O. Box 751 Portland OR 97207 US
(503) 725-3386 andrew@pdx.edu http://glaciers.pdx.edu/fountain/ https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5299-2273
McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER http://mcmlter.org/ Krista Myers field technician Renée Brown rfbrown@unm.edu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4986-7663 data manager Maciej Obryk
Cascades Volcano Observatory Vancouver WA 98683 US
maciej.obryk@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8182-8656 former field crew
Hassan Basagic basagic@gmail.com former field crew Thomas Nylen thomasnylen@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9579-8702 former field crew Inigo San Gil
Department of Biology, MSC03 2020 University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131 US
(505) 277-2625 (505) 277-2541 isangil@lternet.edu former data manager
2023-06-22 English
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.
air temperature climate climatology meteorology photosynthetically active radiation relative humidity snow depth soil temperature solar radiation water temperature wind wind speed LTER Controlled Vocabulary air temperature McMurdo Dry Valleys meteorology PAR photosynthetic active radiation photosynthetically active radiation relative humidity RH shortwave radiation snow depth snow height soil temperature solar radiation water temperature wind wind speed Station Keywords disturbance LTER Core Areas 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
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https://mcm.lternet.edu/content/daily-measurement-summaries-lake-vanda-meteorological-station-vaam-mcmurdo-dry-valleys Located east of Lake VandaID: VAAM 161.691300000000 161.691300000000 -77.525700000000 -77.525700000000 97 97 meter 1994-11-24 2022-12-13 McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER Information Manager im@mcmlter.org McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER http://mcmlter.org/ McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER
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.
VAAM_AIRT_DAILY VAAM - Air Temperature (Daily) mcmlter-clim-vaam_airt-daily-20230621.csv 574263 1 1 \n column , https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/mcmlter-clim-vaam_airt-daily-20230621.csv METLOCID METLOCID Location code for this met station string Location code for this met station DATE_TIME Date_time Date sample was collected date mm/dd/yyyy AVG_AIRT3M AVG_AIRT3M Daily average air temperature at 3 m above ground celsius 0.01 real Null None given STD_AIRT3M STD_AIRT3M Standard deviation for the daily air temperature at 3 m above ground celsius 0.01 real Null None given MIN_AIRT3M MIN_AIRT3M Minimum daily value of the air temperature at 3 m above ground celsius 0.01 real Null None given MAX_AIRT3M MAX_AIRT3M Maximum daily value for the air temperature at 3 m above ground celsius 0.01 real Null None given N_AIRT3M N_AIRT3M Number of observations for this average dimensionless real N_COMMENTS N_COMMENTS Number of comments about the measurement in this period dimensionless real VAAM_RADN_DAILY VAAM - Solar Radiation (Daily) mcmlter-clim-vaam_radn-daily-20230621.csv 1068891 1 1 \n column , https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/mcmlter-clim-vaam_radn-daily-20230621.csv METLOCID METLOCID Location code for this met station string Location code for this met station DATE_TIME Date_time Date sample was collected date mm/dd/yyyy AVG_PAR AVG_PAR Average photosynthetically active radiation (PAR). micromols/second/meter2 0.01 real Null None given STD_PAR STD_PAR Standard deviation for the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR). micromols/second/meter2 0.01 real Null None given MIN_PAR MIN_PAR Minimum value of the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR). micromols/second/meter2 0.01 real Null None given MAX_PAR MAX_PAR Maximum value for the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR). micromols/second/meter2 0.01 real Null None given N_PAR N_PAR Number of observations for the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) statistics dimensionless real AVG_SWRADIN AVG_SWRADIN Average for the short wave incoming radiation W/m^2 0.01 real Null None given STD_SWRADIN STD_SWRADIN Standard deviation for the short wave incoming radiation W/m^2 0.01 real Null None given MIN_SWRADIN MIN_SWRADIN Minimum value of the short wave incoming radiation W/m^2 0.01 real Null None given MAX_SWRADIN MAX_SWRADIN Maximum incoming shortwave radiation based on applying instrument-specific multiplier W/m2 0.1 real -5 400 Null None given N_SWRADIN N_SWRADIN Number of data records included for the statistics dimensionless real AVG_SWRADOUT AVG_SWRADOUT Average for the short wave outbound radiation W/m^2 0.01 real Null None given STD_SWRADOUT STD_SWRADOUT standard devation of the the short wave outbound radiation W/m^2 0.01 real Null None given MIN_SWRADOUT MIN_SWRADOUT Minimum the short wave outbound radiation W/m^2 0.01 real Null None given MAX_SWRADOUT MAX_SWRADOUT Maximum soil temperature at 10 cm depth W/m^2 0.01 real Null None given N_SWRADOUT N_SWRADOUT Number of observations the short wave outbound radiation dimensionless real N_COMMENTS N_COMMENTS Number of comments about the measurement in this period dimensionless real VAAM_RH_DAILY VAAM - Relative Humidity (Daily) mcmlter-clim-vaam_rh-daily-20230621.csv 546110 1 1 \n column , https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/mcmlter-clim-vaam_rh-daily-20230621.csv METLOCID METLOCID Location code for this met station string Location code for this met station DATE_TIME Date_time Date sample was collected date mm/dd/yyyy Required entry None given AVG_RH AVG_RH Average of the relative humidity values dimensionless real STD_RH Standard Dev. of RH The standard deviation for the distribution of daily rel. humidity values dimensionless real MIN_RH Minimum RH The minimum of the relative humidity dimensionless real MAX_RH Maximum RH The maximum of the relative humidity dimensionless real N_RH Number of Observations Number of observations for the daily stats. dimensionless real N_COMMENTS N_COMMENTS Number of comments about the measurement in this period dimensionless real VAAM_SOILT_DAILY VAAM - Soil Temperature (Daily) mcmlter-clim-vaam_soilt-daily-20230621.csv 1286104 1 1 \n column , https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/mcmlter-clim-vaam_soilt-daily-20230621.csv METLOCID METLOCID Location code for this met station string Location code for this met station DATE_TIME Date_time Date sample was collected date mm/dd/yyyy Required entry None given AVG_SOILT0CM AVG_SOILT0CM Average soil temperature at ground celsius 0.01 real Null None given STD_SOILT0CM STD_SOILT0CM Standard deviation for the soil temperature at suface ground celsius 0.01 real Null None given MIN_SOILT0CM MIN_SOILT0CM Minimum value of the soil temperature at surface ground celsius 0.01 real Null None given MAX_SOILT0CM MAX_SOILT0CM Maximum value for the air temperature at 3 m above ground celsius 0.01 real Null None given N_SOILT0CM N_SOILT0CM Number of observations for this average dimensionless real AVG_SOILT5CM AVG_SOILT5CM Average soil temperature at 5cm below ground celsius 0.01 real Null None given STD_SOILT5CM STD_SOILT5CM Standard deviation for the soil temperature at 5cm below ground celsius 0.01 real Null None given MIN_SOILT5CM MIN_SOILT5CM Minimum value of the soil temperature at 5cm below ground celsius 0.01 real Null None given MAX_SOILT5CM MAX_SOILT5CM Maximum soil temperature at 5 cm depth celsius 0.01 real Null None given N_SOILT5CM N_SOILT5CM Number of observations for this average dimensionless real AVG_SOILT10CM AVG_SOILT10CM Average soil temperature at 10 cm depth celsius 0.01 real Null None given STD_SOILT10CM STD_SOILT10CM standard devation of the soil temperature at 10 cm depth celsius 0.01 real Null None given MIN_SOILT10CM MIN_SOILT10CM Minimum soil temperature at 10 cm depth celsius 0.01 real Null None given MAX_SOILT10CM MAX_SOILT10CM Maximum soil temperature at 10 cm depth celsius 0.01 real Null None given N_SOILT10CM N_SOILT10CM Number of observations used to compute these statistics dimensionless real N_COMMENTS N_COMMENTS Number of comments about the measurement in this period dimensionless real VAAM_SURFCHANGE_DAILY VAAM - Surface Change (Daily) mcmlter-clim-vaam_surfchange-daily-20230621.csv 302407 1 1 \n column , https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/mcmlter-clim-vaam_surfchange-daily-20230621.csv METLOCID METLOCID Location code for this met station string Location code for this met station DATE_TIME Date_time Date sample was collected date mm/dd/yyyy AVG_SURF_CHANGE AVG_SURF_CHANGE Average surface change - snowfall / sediment accumulation or loss centimeter 0.01 real Null None given STD_SURF_CHANGE STD_SURF_CHANGE Standard deviation for the surface change - snowfall / sediment accumulation or loss centimeter 0.01 real Null None given MIN_SURF_CHANGE MIN_SURF_CHANGE Minimum value of the surface change - snowfall / sediment accumulation or loss centimeter 0.01 real Null None given MAX_SURF_CHANGE MAX_SURF_CHANGE Maximum value for the surface - snowfall / sediment accumulation or loss centimeter 0.01 real Null None given N_SURF_CHANGE N_SURF_CHANGE Number of observations for this average dimensionless real N_COMMENTS N_COMMENTS Number of comments about the measurement in this period dimensionless real VAAM_WSPD_DAILY VAAM - Wind Speed (Daily) mcmlter-clim-vaam_wspd-daily-20230621.csv 507760 1 1 \n column , https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/mcmlter-clim-vaam_wspd-daily-20230621.csv METLOCID METLOCID METLOCID identification code for the meteorological station string METLOCID identification code for the meteorological station DATE_TIME DATE_TIME Date when measurement was taken date MM/DD/YYYY AVG_WSPD AVG_WSPD Average of the values of the wind speed metersPerSecond real STDDEV_WSPD STDDEV_WSPD Standard deviation of the distribution of the wind speed metersPerSecond real MIN_WSPD MIN_WSPD Minimum value of the wind speed for the period. metersPerSecond real MAX_WSPD MAX_WSPD Maximum value of the wind speed for the period metersPerSecond real N_WSPD N_WSPD Number of data points used to calculate these statistics. dimensionless real N_COMMENTS N_COMMENTS Number of COMMENTS used in this stat dimensionless real VAAM_ONYXT_DAILY VAAM - Onyx River Water Temperature (Daily) VAAM_ONYXT_DAILY.csv 109038 1 1 \n column , https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/VAAM_ONYXT_DAILY_0.csv METLOCID METLOCID Location code for this met station string Location code for this met station DATE_TIME Date_time Date sample was collected date mm/dd/yyyy Required entry None given AVG_ONYXT AVG_ONYXT Daily average of temperature at Onyx River at Vanda celsius 0.01 real Null None given STD_ONYXT STD_ONYXT Standard deviation for the daily Onyx River temperature celsius 0.01 real Null None given MIN_ONYXT MIN_ONYXT Minimum daily value of the Onyx river temperature celsius 0.01 real Null None given MAX_ONYXT MAX_ONYXT Maximum daily value for the Onyx river temperature. celsius 0.01 real Null None given N_ONYXT N_ONYXT Number of observations for this average dimensionless real