Taylor Valley Water Budgets, 1991-1997

Summary

Abstract: 

As part of the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) project in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, a systematic sampling program has been undertaken to monitor the glacial meltwater streams in that region. This table contains data for the total volume of water discharged in various streams and basins of Taylor Valley. The data covers melt periods from 1991-92 through 1996-97.

Date Range: 

January 1, 1993 to December 31, 1997
Data Citation
Mcknight, D.M. 2015. Taylor Valley Water Budgets, 1991-1997. Environmental Data Initiative. DOI: 10.6073/pasta/b7b256bb1d7395121be97df7565da5f3. Dataset accessed 26 January 2025.
Dataset(s)

Description: 

Taylor valley water budgets spreadsheet description

Variables (click to expand): 

Dataset code
  • Label:
  • Definition: Code representing Taylor Valley water budgets dataset
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Season
  • Label:
  • Definition: Time period / austral season covered
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Basin
  • Label:
  • Definition: Lake / body of water that stream flows into
  • Type: Code list
  • Codes:
    • Hoare = Hoare Basin
    • Bonney = Bonney Basin
    • Fryxell = Fryxell Basin
    • New Harbor = New Harbor Basin
  • Missing values: None specified
STREAM_NAME
  • Label: Stream
  • Definition: Name of stream
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
DISCHARGE
  • Label: Total Discharge
  • Definition: Stream or basin discharge for season
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: cubicMeter
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: 1
  • Missing values:
    • Null = None given
PERCENT_STRM_INPUT
  • Label: %Total Stream Inputs
  • Definition: Percentage of basin's discharge represented by stream
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: 100
  • Minimum: 0
  • Precision: 0.01
  • Missing values:
    • Null = None given
WTRBUDGT_COMMENTS
  • Label: Comments
  • Definition: Comments pertaining to water budget
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified

File: 

wtrbudgt.csv (10.95 KB)

Short name: 

wtrbudgt

Dataset ID: 

8
People

Principal Investigator(s): 

Diane M. McKnight

Contact: 

McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER
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Methodology

Maintenance: 

The Taylor Valley Streamflow Volumes table was created by Harry House. It was first stored in an INGRES database, but was converted to ORACLE format in early 1996. Modifications were generally made each year after the initial creation in the early part of the year. It was transferred to INSTAAR in late 1997. In March, 2000, Denise Steigerwald added a 'dataset code' variable to this file in order to make the dataset more useful in Oracle and GIS.

Additional information: 

Data collected prior to the 1993-1994 season, when the McMurdo Long-Term Ecological Research began, does not necessarily contain information for all of the sites or variables collected in subsequent years.

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