Variables (click to expand):
Dataset code
- Label:
- Definition: Code representing Relict Channel experiment locations dataset
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
Stream
- Label:
- Definition: Name of McMurdo Dry Valley stream / channel
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
Location code
- Label:
- Definition: Code representing a given location within the Relict Channel
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
Location name
- Label:
- Definition: Name of sampling point within the Relict Channel
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
Latitude
- Label:
- Definition: Latitude / angular distance south of equator for sampling site
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: degree
- Maximum: -70
- Minimum: -80
- Precision: 0.01
- Missing values:
- Required entry = None given
Longitude
- Label:
- Definition: Longitude / angular distance east of Greenwich meridian for sampling site
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: degree
- Maximum: 165
- Minimum: 160
- Precision: 0.01
- Missing values:
- Required entry = None given
Elevation
- Label:
- Definition: Height of sample location above sea level
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: meter
- Maximum: 500
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: 0.1
- Missing values:
Comments
- Label:
- Definition: Helpful hints about the sampling site; may show other names of site used
in the past
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
Source URL: https://mcm.lternet.edu/content/relictlocs