Diane M. McKnight 2015-01-20 tabular digitial data McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER 10.6073/pasta/943c9364dcb3205f0edc241c449da2e5 https://mcm.lternet.edu/content/manual-field-meter-stream-measurements 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 pertaining to periodic water quality parameters measured with hand meters on streams in this region. 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. 1990-01-01 2000-12-31 ground condition The field_meter_stream table was created by Harry House in early 1994. 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 some variables to this file in order to make the dataset more useful in Oracle and GIS. These variables included dataset code, and strmgageid. In July, 2000, data for 1997-98, 1998-99 and 1999-2000 austral summers was added. As needed Adams Stream at Weir ID: adams_weir kiwi site 3500027; 200 meters downstream of adams glacier 163.750000000000 163.750000000000 -78.131668000000 -78.131668000000 USGS site 9; coordinates taken from 1996-97 GPS measurements at center of weir Parent Stream: Andersen Creek Provenance : GPS96-97.DOC ID: andrsn_h1 162.906356800000 162.906356800000 -77.622772000000 -77.622772000000 78m 78m meter Santa Fe Stream at B2 ID: santafe_b2 USGS site 12; formerly N Taylor & Hendy Stream 162.266662597656 162.266662597656 -77.723052978516 -77.723052978516 0m 0m meter USGS site 16 Parent Stream: Lawson Creek id: lawson_b3 162.269910000000 162.269910000000 -77.721248000000 -77.721248000000 Red River art Blood Falls ID: red_bfalls 162.268051147461 162.268051147461 -77.723335266113 -77.723335266113 House Stream at H2Description: USGS site 10; coordinates taken from 1996-97 GPS measurements at center of weirID: house_h2Provenance File Name :GPS96-97.DOC 162.741317749023 162.741317749023 -77.642982482910 -77.642982482910 81m 81m meter Commonwealth Stream at C1 ID: common_c1 USGS site 13 163.380828900000 163.380828900000 -77.563332000000 -77.563332000000 USGS site 15; kiwi site 3500002; coordinates taken from 1996-97 GPS measurements at center of weir Parent Stream: Onyx River Provenance : GPS96-97.DOC ID: onyx_lwright 162.653533900000 162.653533900000 -77.444534000000 -77.444534000000 273m 273m meter Wharton Creek at mouth. ID: wharton_mouth 162.747222900391 162.747222900391 -77.645835876465 -77.645835876465 0m 0m meter McKay Creek at mouth. Id: mckay_mouth 162.747222900000 162.747222900000 -77.644722000000 -77.644722000000 0m 0m meter USGS site 1; coordinates taken from 1996-97 GPS measurements at center of weir Parent Stream: Canada Stream Provenance : GPS96-97.DOC ID: canada_f1 163.054733300000 163.054733300000 -77.613655000000 -77.613655000000 50m 50m meter Lyons Creek at B4 ID: lyons_b4 USGS site 19 162.274993900000 162.274993900000 -77.727776000000 -77.727776000000 USGS site 4;coordinates taken from 1996-97GPS measurements at center of weirParent Stream: Aiken CreekProvenance : GPS96-97.DOCID: aiken_f5 163.271942100000 163.271942100000 -77.602516000000 -77.602516000000 20m 20m meter USGS site 2; coordinates taken from 1996-97 GPS measurements at center of weir Parent Stream: Huey Creek Provenance : GPS96-97.DOC ID: huey_f2 163.127410900000 163.127410900000 -77.604897000000 -77.604897000000 19m 19m meter Priscu Stream at B1 Id: priscu_b1 USGS Site 11 162.534729000000 162.534729000000 -77.699997000000 -77.699997000000 Green Creek at F9Description: USGS site 8; coordinates taken from 1996-97 GPS measurements at center of weirID: green_f9 Provenance File Name :GPS96-97.DOC 163.059753417969 163.059753417969 -77.624099731445 -77.624099731445 25m 25m meter Bowles Creek at mouth ID: bowles_mouth 163.050003051758 163.050003051758 -77.622222900391 -77.622222900391 Mariah Creek at mouth ID: mariah_mouth 163.047226000000 163.047226000000 -77.623611000000 -77.623611000000 USGS site 5; coordinates taken from 1996-97 GPS measurements at center of weir Parent Stream: Von Guerard Stream Provenance : GPS96-97.DOC ID: vguerard_f6 163.253997802734 163.253997802734 -77.608200073242 -77.608200073242 19m 19m meter USGS site 3; coordinates taken from 1996-97 GPS measurements at center of weir Parent Stream: Lost Seal Stream Provenance : GPS96-97.DOC ID: lostseal_f3 163.244400000000 163.244400000000 -77.595268000000 -77.595268000000 25m 25m meter McKnight Creek at mouth ID: mcknight_mouth 163.264724700000 163.264724700000 -77.599724000000 -77.599724000000 Sharp Creek at mouth. Id: sharp_mouth 162.247222900391 162.247222900391 -77.722221374512 -77.722221374512 Opportunistical point(s) Parent Stream: Onyx River Vincent Creek at mouth (vincent_mouth) 162.425003051758 162.425003051758 -77.720275878906 -77.720275878906 Canada Stream at deltaID: canada_deltaCoordinates based on averaging the starting and ending points of the 'Canada stream at delta' transect (measurements are occasionally made in middle of the established transect) Provenance : StreamsIC-97-98_ques.txt 163.069992065430 163.069992065430 -77.614707946777 -77.614707946777 USGS site 6; coordinates taken from 1996-97 GPS measurements at center of weir Parent Stream: Crescent Stream Provenance : GPS96-97.DOC ID: crescent_f8 163.184463500000 163.184463500000 -77.619064000000 -77.619064000000 23m 23m meter LTER Core Areas disturbance None <cntorg>McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER</cntorg> <onlink>http://mcmlter.org/</onlink> <span property="dc:title" content="McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> STREAM_FIELD_MEASUREMENTS Dataset code Code representing field meter stream measurements dataset The data provider Code representing field meter stream measurements dataset strmgageid Code representing stream gauge station The data provider Code representing stream gauge station Sample Name Original name for sample when gathered in field, submitted to INSTAAR The data provider Original name for sample when gathered in field, submitted to INSTAAR Location Name of stream gauge station The data provider Name of stream gauge station Date/Time Date/time of sample (McMurdo time) The data provider calendar date/time MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MM gregorian calendar Discharge Rate (cfs) Stream discharge The data provider cubicFeetPerSecond 0.01 Discharge Rate (L/sec) Stream discharge The data provider 0 3000 litersPerSecond 0.01 Discharge Method Method used to measure discharge (meter=from current meter; estimate=from visual estimate; flume=from portable flume) The data provider Method used to measure discharge (meter=from current meter; estimate=from visual estimate; flume=from portable flume) Discharge comments Comments pertaining to discharge measurement The data provider Comments pertaining to discharge measurement Water Temperature Water temperature The data provider -10 20 celsius 0.1 WATER_TEMP_COMMENTS Comments pertaining to Water Temp measurement The data provider Comments pertaining to Water Temp measurement SC (uS) Specific conductivity The data provider 0 110000 microsiemens/cm 0.1 SC_COMMENTS Comments pertaining to SC measurement The data provider Comments pertaining to SC measurement pH hydrogen ion concentration found in stream water The data provider 0 10 pH 0.1 PH_COMMENTS Comments pertaining to pH measurement The data provider Comments pertaining to pH measurement Field Notes Field notes The data provider Field notes McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER The data distributor shall not be liable for innacuracies in the content http 1 0 \n 28 column , https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/STREAM_FIELD_MEASUREMENTS.csv None 2015-01-20 2015-01-20 McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER http://mcmlter.org/ Biological Data Profile of the Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata devised by the Federal Geographic Data Committee. 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