water temperature

Daily measurement summaries from Lake Vanda Meteorological Station (VAAM), McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica (1994-2022, ongoing)

Abstract: 

As part of the McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research program, meteorological data are collected from various locations throughout the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica. This package contains daily measurement summaries derived from 15-minute data generated by the Lake Vanda Meteorological Station (VAAM), located in Wright Valley. VAAM was established in 1994, during the 94/95 field season.

LTER Core Areas: 

Dataset ID: 

7115

Associated Personnel: 

904
905
178
105
104
106

Short name: 

VAAM_DAILY

Data sources: 

VAAM_AIRT_DAILY
VAAM_RADN_DAILY
VAAM_RH_DAILY
VAAM_SOILT_DAILY
VAAM_SURFCHANGE_DAILY
VAAM_WSPD_DAILY
VAAM_ONYXT_DAILY

Methods: 

During the 1994-1995 field season, the Lake Vanda meteorological station was constructed near the mouth of the Onyx River. The station was set up to sample sensors every 30 seconds and send summary statistics (for example, averages and maximums) to solid-state storage modules every 20 minutes between November 24, 1994 and December 30, 1994, every hour between December 30, 1994 and November 21, 1995, and every 15 minutes thereafter. This has resulted in approximately 20 values being recorded for final storage in every output interval.

Additional information: 

Meteorological data is collected year-round at each of the stations in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica. 
 
After retrieving this data (usually every January), the parameters that are recorded are processed from level 0 (raw) to level 1 (processed, provided on the web). The raw data file descriptions and task lists summarize what was done to get from level 0 to level 1 for all station found at the following link: https://mcm.lternet.edu/meteorological-task-lists

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