As part of the McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research program, continuous stage (lake level), ice surface ablation, surface PAR, and underwater PAR are collected at various lakes throughout the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica. This package contains data measured at 20 minute intervals for Lake Fryxell, Lake Hoare, East Lake Bonney, and West Lake Bonney in Taylor Valley as well as Lake Miers in Miers Valley. MCM sometimes refers to these measurements as "blue box" data because the instrumentation used to be housed in a blue box.
Dataset Results
1994-12-05 to 2019-06-30
10.6073/pasta/55af539736e63439fdcad8b2d98a7e0f
3003
As part of the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) project in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, PAR is measured at one depth during primary production experiments in Dry Valley Lakes. This data set quantifies instantaneous underwater PAR at 10-meter depths in Lakes Bonney and Hoare, and at 7-meter depth in Lake Fryxell (depths vary after 2008, check data file for actual depth). Ambient PAR was also measured at the air-ice interface from each of these lakes.
Date Range:
1995-09-14 to 2022-12-22
Data sources:
DOI:
10.6073/pasta/382094c181c137173457b2d5866cc042
Dataset ID:
3001
As part of the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) project in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, lakes are monitored for photosynthetic active radiation (PAR) levels. This data set exemplifies the vertical profile of underwater PAR profiles in perennial ice covered lakes and ambient PAR measured at the air-ice interface. Profile data can be used to calculate extinction coefficients for the water column and ice layer.
Date Range:
1993-10-28 to 2023-01-07
Data sources:
DOI:
10.6073/pasta/89139a7d28cef6b4dce8b4ff29b39d0c
Dataset ID:
46
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 15-minute data from the Lake Bonney Meteorological Station (BOYM), located in Taylor Valley. BOYM was established in 1993, during the 93/94 field season.
Date Range:
1993-11-24 to 2022-12-07
Data sources:
DOI:
10.6073/pasta/d1fb2d06eab04ec29bfa31b74e8d7e42
Dataset ID:
7003
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 15-minute data from the Lake Vida Meteorological Station (VIAM), located in Victoria Valley.
Date Range:
1995-11-24 to 2022-12-14
Data sources:
DOI:
10.6073/pasta/550ff8cd5de3983de8b704a872426162
Dataset ID:
7016