As part of the McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) project, ice thickness and density are measured annually for several lakes located throughout this region of Antarctica. Ice thickness is measured from the bottom of the ice cover to the piezometric water level and to the top of the ice cover. Because most limnological sampling holes are drilled in low-lying areas, it was thought that ice thickness measurements were biased. Therefore, random ice thickness measurements were performed in a 1000 m2 sampling grid on each lake in past years.
Dataset Results
1989-11-16 to 2023-01-07
10.6073/pasta/515c54434ee203a7611ed7db1e2501ae
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As part of the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) project in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, a series of Taylor Valley lakes have been monitored for conductivity, temperature, and depth (CTD). A Seabird instrument was used to record CTD profiles in these perennial ice covered lakes.
Date Range:
1993-12-06 to 2023-01-07
Data sources:
DOI:
10.6073/pasta/650871571843bde5e0db6fb52cf549a4
Dataset ID:
88