GAFM English utf8 dataset McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER http://mcmlter.org/ 2014-11-05 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - North American Profile Metadata - Data with Biological Extensions ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Garwood Ice Cliff Meteorological Station Measurements, 2012- 2014-11-05 publication Joseph Levy Colgate University https://www.colgate.edu jlevy@colgate.edu https://sites.google.com/colgate.edu/levy pointOfContact documentDigital       As part of the Long Term Ecological Research in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, meteorological data was collected from various locations throughout Beacon, Taylor, Wright and Victoria Valleys. These files contain data for the Garwood Ice Cliff meteorology  station. This station reported data for about a year, during 2011. On January 10, 2012 the station was being transferred to the custody of the MCM LTER program by Joe Levy (UT), completing of the handover on the Austral summer of 2014. The GAFM station was moved ~5 m from its original site in 2013 (out of the stream bed).        The Garwood ice cliff met station ceased operations in 2013.      completed McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER http://mcmlter.org/ unknown        On Season 2010/11, by Thomas Nylen   1. Converted station to LTER format   2. CR10X time was set to UTC, but changed to local daylight saving time. CR10X 55 secs behind. Changed at 12/23/2010 0930. Changed output results to local time (UTC + 13hrs)   3. Wind Pointing north, declination at site is 152 degrees   4. GPS location: 77.74738, 161.51634   5. Sensor Heights: Temp/RH = 2.5m, Wind = 3.6m and NetRad = 2.05m   6. Loaded new program Friis1011v1 on 12/23/2010 1007.   7. Processed data back to 2005. Duplicated line of data on 1/18/2008 10:55 (local time). Deleted second extra line.   8. Replaced HMP45C RH sensor on Dec 16, 2008 @ 1304 (local). Wind direction alignment checked and is pointing north.   9. Pressure added by Wisconsin AWS group on 02/04/2008 11:00        English Garwood Ice Cliff Meteorological Station, it was temporarily located in the Miers Valley,   164.131500000000 164.131500000000 -78.025900000000 -78.025900000000 ground condition 2012-01-10 2014-12-31  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 address:   http://mcmlter.org/meteorological-task-lists      https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/GAFM_AIRT.csv GAFM_AIRT eng; US McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER GAFM_AIRT Data Source Definition : GAFM Air temperature spreadsheet Record Delimiter : \n Number of Header Lines : 27 Number of Footer Lines : 1 Orientation : Column Quote Character : "Field Delimiter : , false DATASET_CODE Code for given set of information for Lake Vida meteorology station METLOCID Location code for Lake Vida meteorology station DATE_TIME Date/time of sample (New Zealand DST, +13 UTC) Date Time Format: MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI AIRT3M Average air temperature at 3 m above ground AIRT_COMMENTS Noted comments by the investigator about the particular measure of air temperature DBF https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/GAFM_AIRT.csv https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/GAFM_RADN.csv GAFM_RADN eng; US McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER GAFM_RADN Data Source Definition : Garwood Valley Solar Radiation Measurements and Units Record Delimiter : \n Number of Header Lines : 27 Number of Footer Lines : 1 Orientation : Column Quote Character : "Field Delimiter : , false DATASET_CODE Code for given set of information for Lake Vida meteorology station METLOCID Location code for Lake Vida meteorology station DATE_TIME Date/time of sample (New Zealand DST, +13 UTC) Date Time Format: MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI SWRAD_SOUTH south facing shortwave radiation/solar flux SWRAD_NORTH north-facing shortwave radiation/solar flux RADN_COMMENTS Noted comments by the investigator about the particular measure of radiation LWRAD_SOUTH long wave south facing radiation LWRAD_NORTH north facing Long wave radiation DBF https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/GAFM_RADN.csv https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/GAFM_RH.csv GAFM_RH eng; US McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER GAFM_RH Data Source Definition : Garwood Valley Relative Humidity Measurement and Units Record Delimiter : \n Number of Header Lines : 27 Number of Footer Lines : 1 Orientation : Column Quote Character : "Field Delimiter : , false DATASET_CODE Code for given set of information for Lake Vida meteorology station METLOCID Location code for Lake Vida meteorology station DATE_TIME Date/time of sample (New Zealand DST, +13 UTC) Date Time Format: MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI RH Relative humidity at 3 meters RH_COMMENTS Noted comments by the investigator about the particular measure of relative humidity DBF https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/GAFM_RH.csv https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/GAFM_WIND.csv GAFM_WIND eng; US McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER GAFM_WIND Data Source Definition : Garwood Valley Wind Measurement and Units Record Delimiter : \n Number of Header Lines : 27 Number of Footer Lines : 1 Orientation : Column Quote Character : "Field Delimiter : , false DATASET_CODE Code for given set of information for Lake Vida meteorology station METLOCID Location code for Lake Vida meteorology station DATE_TIME Date/time of sample (New Zealand DST, +13 UTC) Date Time Format: MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI WDIR Average wind direction WDIRSTD Standard deviation of wind direction WSPD Wind speed WSPDMAX Maximum wind speed WSPDMIN Minimum wind speed WIND_COMMENTS Noted comments by the investigator about the particular measure of WIND DBF https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/GAFM_WIND.csv dataset  The Garwood Ice Cliff meteorological station was added to the McMurdo Dry Valley network in the 2012-13 field season.            GAFM transfer process will be finished off this year         The GAFM station was moved ~5 m from its original site in 2013 (out of the stream bed). At this time, the three 107 temperature probes were placed in a vertical profile (10, 5, and 0 cm), similar to the other AWS (recording in Celsius)         Air temp and RH are at 3 m, along with wind direction and speed. Incoming and outgoing SW and LW are also at 3 m, but were oriented parallel to the ground surface (rather than normal) in order to capture radiative flux into/out of the ice cliff. In 2013-2014, these sensors were replaced with a single NR-LITE2 net rad sensor which is oriented in a typical, ground-normal orientation (the original sensors did not survive contact with a katabatic wind storm some time over the winter). The SR is also at 3m and points towards the ice cliff. This instrument died in 2013 and failed in 2013-2014. I've got a replacement we can install this field season, since it is a useful measurement.           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 15 minutes. This has resulted in approximately20 values being recorded for final storage in every output interval.   Metadata Access Constraints: none Metadata Use Constraints: none annually McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER http://mcmlter.org/ pointOfContact