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Daily measurement summaries from Canada Glacier Meteorological Station (CAAM), McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica (1994-2022, ongoing)
CAAM_RADN_DAILY
CAAM - Solar Radiation (Daily)
File:
mcmlter-clim-caam_radn-daily-20230706.csv
(846.3 KB)
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or query the dataset by variables and dates of interest:
Variables
METLOCID
Label:
Definition:
Location code for Canada Glacier meteorology station - CAAM
Type:
Nominal
Missing values:
None specified
DATE_TIME
Label:
Date_time
Definition:
Date sample was collected
Type:
Date/time
Date format:
mm/dd/yyyy
Missing values:
None specified
AVG_SWRADIN
Label:
Definition:
Daily avgerage of the Incoming shortwave radiation based on applying instrument-specific multiplier
Type:
Physical quantity
Unit:
W/m2
Maximum:
400
Minimum:
-5
Precision:
0.1
Missing values:
None specified
STD_SWRADIN
Label:
Definition:
Standard deviation of the daily Incoming shortwave radiation distribution based on applying instrument-specific multiplier
Type:
Physical quantity
Unit:
W/m2
Maximum:
400
Minimum:
-5
Precision:
0.1
Missing values:
Null = None given
MIN_SWRADIN
Label:
Definition:
Daily minimum for the incoming shortwave radiation based on applying instrument-specific multiplier
Type:
Physical quantity
Unit:
W/m2
Maximum:
400
Minimum:
-5
Precision:
0.1
Missing values:
Null = None given
MAX_SWRADIN
Label:
Definition:
Maximum daily incoming shortwave radiation based on applying instrument-specific multiplier
Type:
Physical quantity
Unit:
W/m2
Maximum:
400
Minimum:
-5
Precision:
0.1
Missing values:
Null = None given
N_SWRADIN
Label:
Definition:
Number of data records included for the statistics
Type:
Physical quantity
Unit:
dimensionless
Maximum:
Not specified
Minimum:
Not specified
Precision:
Not specified
Missing values:
None specified
AVG_THMIR
Label:
Definition:
Daily average of the Thermal infrared surface temperature
Type:
Physical quantity
Unit:
celsius
Maximum:
Not specified
Minimum:
Not specified
Precision:
Not specified
Missing values:
None specified
STD_THMIR
Label:
Definition:
Standard deviation of the daily Thermal infrared surface temperature
Type:
Physical quantity
Unit:
celsius
Maximum:
Not specified
Minimum:
Not specified
Precision:
Not specified
Missing values:
Null = None given
MIN_THMIR
Label:
Definition:
Daily minimum for the Thermal infrared surface temperature
Type:
Physical quantity
Unit:
celsius
Maximum:
Not specified
Minimum:
Not specified
Precision:
Not specified
Missing values:
Null = None given
MAX_THMIR
Label:
Definition:
Maximum daily Thermal infrared surface temperature
Type:
Physical quantity
Unit:
celsius
Maximum:
Not specified
Minimum:
Not specified
Precision:
Not specified
Missing values:
Null = None given
N_THMIR
Label:
Definition:
Number of data records used to compute the statistics
Type:
Physical quantity
Unit:
dimensionless
Maximum:
Not specified
Minimum:
Not specified
Precision:
Not specified
Missing values:
None specified
AVG_SWRADOUT
Label:
Definition:
Daily average of the outbound (reflected) shortwave radiation based on applying instrument-specific multiplier
Type:
Physical quantity
Unit:
W/m2
Maximum:
Not specified
Minimum:
Not specified
Precision:
Not specified
Missing values:
None specified
STD_SWRADOUT
Label:
Definition:
Standard deviation of the daily outgoing shortwave radiation distribution based on applying instrument-specific multiplier
Type:
Physical quantity
Unit:
W/m2
Maximum:
Not specified
Minimum:
Not specified
Precision:
Not specified
Missing values:
Null = None given
MIN_SWRADOUT
Label:
Definition:
Daily minimum for the outgoing shortwave radiation based on applying instrument-specific multiplier
Type:
Physical quantity
Unit:
W/m2
Maximum:
Not specified
Minimum:
Not specified
Precision:
Not specified
Missing values:
Null = None given
MAX_SWRADOUT
Label:
Definition:
Maximum daily outgoing shortwave radiation based on applying instrument-specific multiplier
Type:
Physical quantity
Unit:
W/m2
Maximum:
Not specified
Minimum:
Not specified
Precision:
Not specified
Missing values:
Null = None given
N_SWRADOUT
Label:
Definition:
Number of data records included for the statistics
Type:
Physical quantity
Unit:
dimensionless
Maximum:
Not specified
Minimum:
Not specified
Precision:
Not specified
Missing values:
None specified
AVG_NETRAD
Label:
Definition:
Daily average of the net radiation
Type:
Physical quantity
Unit:
W/m2
Maximum:
Not specified
Minimum:
Not specified
Precision:
0.1
Missing values:
None specified
STD_NETRAD
Label:
Definition:
Standard deviation of the daily the net radiation distribution
Type:
Physical quantity
Unit:
W/m2
Maximum:
Not specified
Minimum:
Not specified
Precision:
0.1
Missing values:
Null = None given
MIN_NETRAD
Label:
Definition:
Daily minimum of the net radiation
Type:
Physical quantity
Unit:
W/m^2
Maximum:
Not specified
Minimum:
Not specified
Precision:
Not specified
Missing values:
None specified
MAX_NETRAD
Label:
Definition:
daily maximum of the Net radiation
Type:
Physical quantity
Unit:
W/m2
Maximum:
Not specified
Minimum:
Not specified
Precision:
0.1
Missing values:
Null = None given
N_NETRAD
Label:
Number of Observations
Definition:
Number of observations for the daily stats.
Type:
Physical quantity
Unit:
dimensionless
Maximum:
Not specified
Minimum:
Not specified
Precision:
Not specified
Missing values:
None specified
N_COMMENTS
Label:
Definition:
Number of comments about the measurement in this period
Type:
Physical quantity
Unit:
dimensionless
Maximum:
Not specified
Minimum:
Not specified
Precision:
Not specified
Missing values:
None specified
Data Source Details
Header lines:
1
Footer lines:
1
Orientation:
Column
Field delimiter:
,
Record delimiter:
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