Lake Bonney Autonomous Lake Profiler and Samplers (ALPS): Dissolved CO2 Concentrations

Summary

Abstract: 

Knowledge of the McMurdo Dry Valley (MDV) lakes is limited by winter access, a period which is most relevant in understanding the habitability of other icy worlds and critical to understanding the overall function of these lakes. Owing to the lack of winter access, data that normally require human presence are incomplete. Our goal was to conduct the first year-round investigation of the biogeophysics of these unique lakes. An important part of the McMurdo Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) is evaluating carbon and nitrogen budgets in perennial ice-covered lakes. This data set addresses this core area of research and quantifies the dissolved CO 2 concentrations found at specific depths in McMurdo Dry Valley lakes.

Date Range: 

Friday, December 13, 2013 to Sunday, December 14, 2014

Description of the units and the details about the CO2 high range data container.

Variables (click to expand): 

DATE_TIME
  • Label:
  • Definition: Date and time when this data point was acquired
  • Type: Date/time
  • Date format: MM/DD/YYYY HH24:Mi:s
  • Missing values: None specified
co2_value_highrange
  • Label:
  • Definition: CO2 concentration from high-range sensor (0-2%)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: partsPerHundred
  • Maximum: 2
  • Minimum: 0
  • Precision: .01
  • Missing values: None specified
Sensor Internal Temperature
  • Label: internal_temp
  • Definition: Internal sensor temperature
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: celsius
  • Maximum: 10
  • Minimum: 0
  • Precision: .01
  • Missing values: None specified

Description of the units and the details about the CO2 low range data container.

Variables (click to expand): 

DATE_TIME
  • Label:
  • Definition: Date and time when this data point was acquired
  • Type: Date/time
  • Date format: MM/DD/YYYY HH24:Mi:s
  • Missing values: None specified
CO2 Concentration Low Range
  • Label: co2_value_lowrange
  • Definition: CO2 concentration from low-range sensor (0-2000 ppm)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: partsPerMillion
  • Maximum: 4000
  • Minimum: 0
  • Precision: .1
  • Missing values: None specified
Sensor Internal Temperature
  • Label: internal_temp
  • Definition: Internal sensor temperature
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: celsius
  • Maximum: 10
  • Minimum: 0
  • Precision: .01
  • Missing values: None specified

Description of the units and the details about the CO2 low range data container.

Variables (click to expand): 

DATE_TIME
  • Label:
  • Definition: Date and time when this data point was acquired
  • Type: Date/time
  • Date format: MM/DD/YYYY HH24:Mi:s
  • Missing values: None specified
CO2 Concentration Low Range
  • Label: co2_value_lowrange
  • Definition: CO2 concentration from low-range sensor (0-2000 ppm)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: partsPerMillion
  • Maximum: 4000
  • Minimum: 0
  • Precision: .1
  • Missing values: None specified
Sensor Internal Temperature
  • Label: internal_temp
  • Definition: Internal sensor temperature
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: celsius
  • Maximum: 10
  • Minimum: 0
  • Precision: .01
  • Missing values: None specified

Description of the units and the details about the CO2 high range data container.

Variables (click to expand): 

DATE_TIME
  • Label:
  • Definition: Date and time when this data point was acquired
  • Type: Date/time
  • Date format: MM/DD/YYYY HH24:Mi:s
  • Missing values: None specified
co2_value_highrange
  • Label:
  • Definition: CO2 concentration from high-range sensor (0-2%)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: partsPerHundred
  • Maximum: 2
  • Minimum: 0
  • Precision: .01
  • Missing values: None specified
Sensor Internal Temperature
  • Label: internal_temp
  • Definition: Internal sensor temperature
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: celsius
  • Maximum: 10
  • Minimum: 0
  • Precision: .01
  • Missing values: None specified

DOI: 

10.6073/pasta/928ab7198ef209d76ea7ab4004ec6be7

Short name: 

ALPS_CO2

Dataset ID: 

303
People

Principal Investigator(s): 

Cristina D. Takacs-Vesbach

Contact: 

Associated Personnel: 

Field Crew
Field Crew
Field Crew
Field Crew
Lab Crew
Lab Crew
Data Manager
Data Manager