FRSM_MONTHLY
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McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER Information Manager
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2019-08-13
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Monthly measurement summaries from Friis Hills Meteorological Station (FRSM), McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica (2010-2022, ongoing)
2019-08-13
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Peter Doran
Louisiana State University
http://lsu.edu
pdoran@lsu.edu
https://www.lsu.edu/science/geology/people/faculty/doran.php
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Andrew Fountain
Portland State University
http://www.pdx.edu
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Portland
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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: Renée 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
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McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER Information Manager
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LTER Core Areas
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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.
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McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER
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