FRSM_MONTHLY English utf8 dataset McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER Information Manager im@mcmlter.org pointOfContact 2019-08-13 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - North American Profile Metadata - Data with Biological Extensions ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Monthly measurement summaries from Friis Hills Meteorological Station (FRSM), McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica (2010-2022, ongoing) 2019-08-13 publication Peter Doran Louisiana State University http://lsu.edu pdoran@lsu.edu https://www.lsu.edu/science/geology/people/faculty/doran.php pointOfContact Andrew Fountain Portland State University http://www.pdx.edu (503) 725-3386 P.O. Box 751 Portland OR 97207 US andrew@pdx.edu http://glaciers.pdx.edu/fountain/ pointOfContact documentDigital 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 data package contains monthly measurement summaries derived from 15-minute data generated by the Friis Hills Meteorological Station (FRSM), located in Taylor Valley (Latitude: -77.7474, Longitude: 161.5162, Elevation: 1,591 meters above sea level). 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 completed McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER Information Manager im@mcmlter.org pointOfContact disturbance theme LTER Core Areas English This is where the Friis Hills station is located, all the way up there. 161.516200000000 161.516200000000 -77.747400000000 -77.747400000000 ground condition 2010-12-01 2022-12-31 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 address: https://mcm.lternet.edu/meteorological-task-lists https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/mcmlter-clim-frsm_airt-monthly-20230606.csv FRSM_AIRT_MONTHLY eng; US McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER FRSM_AIRT_MONTHLY Data Source Definition : FRSM - Air Temperature (Monthly) Record Delimiter : \n Number of Header Lines : 1 Number of Footer Lines : 1 Orientation : Column Field Delimiter : , false METLOCID Location code for this met station DATE_TIME Date sample was collected Date Time Format: mm/dd/yyyy AVG_AIRT3M Daily average air temperature at 3 m above ground STD_AIRT3M Standard deviation for the daily air temperature at 3 m above ground MIN_AIRT3M Minimum daily value of the air temperature at 3 m above ground MAX_AIRT3M Maximum daily value for the air temperature at 3 m above ground N_AIRT3M Number of observations for this average N_COMMENTS Number of comments about the measurement in this period DBF https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/mcmlter-clim-frsm_airt-monthly-20230606.csv https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/mcmlter-clim-frsm_pressta-monthly-20230606.csv FRSM_PRESSTA_MONTHLY eng; US McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER FRSM_PRESSTA_MONTHLY Data Source Definition : FRSM - Atmospheric Pressure (Monthly) Record Delimiter : \n Number of Header Lines : 1 Number of Footer Lines : 1 Orientation : Column Field Delimiter : , false METLOCID Location code for this met station DATE_TIME Date sample was collected Date Time Format: mm/dd/yyyy AVG_PRESSTA Daily average of the relative humidity values STD_PRESSTA The standard deviation for the distribution of daily atmospheric pressure distribution MIN_PRESSTA The daily minimum of the atmospheric pressure MAX_PRESSTA The daily maximum of the atmospheric pressure N_PRESSTA Number of observations for the daily stats. N_COMMENTS Number of comments about the measurement in this period DBF https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/mcmlter-clim-frsm_pressta-monthly-20230606.csv https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/mcmlter-clim-frsm_radn-monthly-20230606.csv FRSM_RADN_MONTHLY eng; US McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER FRSM_RADN_MONTHLY Data Source Definition : FRSM - Solar Radiation (Monthly) Record Delimiter : \n Number of Header Lines : 1 Number of Footer Lines : 1 Orientation : Column Field Delimiter : , false METLOCID Location code for this met station DATE_TIME Date sample was collected Date Time Format: mm/dd/yyyy AVG_NETRAD Average for the net solar radiation STD_NETRAD Standard deviation for the net solar radiation MIN_NETRAD Minimum value of the net solar radiation MAX_NETRAD Maximum net solar radiation based on applying instrument-specific multiplier N_NETRAD Number of data records included for the statistics N_COMMENTS Number of comments about the measurement in this period DBF https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/mcmlter-clim-frsm_radn-monthly-20230606.csv https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/mcmlter-clim-frsm_rh-monthly-20230606.csv FRSM_RH_MONTHLY eng; US McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER FRSM_RH_MONTHLY Data Source Definition : FRSM - Relative Humidity (Monthly) Record Delimiter : \n Number of Header Lines : 1 Number of Footer Lines : 1 Orientation : Column Field Delimiter : , false METLOCID Location code for this met station DATE_TIME Date sample was collected Date Time Format: mm/dd/yyyy AVG_RH Daily average of the relative humidity values STD_RH The standard deviation for the distribution of daily rel. humidity values MIN_RH The daily minimum of the relative humidity MAX_RH The daily maximum of the relative humidity N_RH Number of observations for the daily stats. N_COMMENTS Number of comments about the measurement in this period DBF https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/mcmlter-clim-frsm_rh-monthly-20230606.csv https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/mcmlter-clim-frsm_wspd-monthly-20230606.csv FRSM_WSPD_MONTHLY eng; US McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER FRSM_WSPD_MONTHLY Data Source Definition : FRSM - Wind Speed (Monthly) Record Delimiter : \n Number of Header Lines : 1 Number of Footer Lines : 1 Orientation : Column Field Delimiter : , false METLOCID METLOCID identification code for the meteorological station DATE_TIME Date when measurement was taken Date Time Format: DD/MM/YYYY AVG_WSPD Average of the values of the wind speed STDDEV_WSPD Standard deviation of the distribution of the wind speed MIN_WSPD Minimum value of the wind speed for the period. MAX_WSPD Maximum value of the wind speed for the period N_WSPD Number of data points used to calculate these statistics. N_COMMENTS N_COMMENTS DBF https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/mcmlter-clim-frsm_wspd-monthly-20230606.csv dataset The Friis Hills meteorological station was added to the McMurdo Dry Valley network in the 2010-2011 field season.          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 15 minutes. This has resulted in approximately 20 values being recorded for final storage in every output interval. Metadata Access Constraints: none Metadata Use Constraints: none annually McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER http://mcmlter.org/ pointOfContact