featrutm.dat English utf8 dataset McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER http://mcmlter.org/ 2015-07-24 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - North American Profile Metadata - Data with Biological Extensions ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Stream Feature Coordinates (1994) 2015-07-24 publication Diane McKnight University of Colorado Boulder http://www.colorado.edu/ diane.mcknight@colorado.edu pointOfContact documentDigital 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 glacial meltwater stream attributes of the region. Optical topographic surveys were performed to produce a layout of the area studied. This file provides the northing, easting, and orthogonal height information for the gage boxes, flumes and rebars set up for Andersen, House, Canada, Delta and Green Creek. NOTE: These points were omitted from the plot files for the individual sites ( found in the Stream Transect Coordinate List file), since in most cases they fall outside the map area. completed McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER http://mcmlter.org/ unknown  Data was collected and organized by Gordon Shupe. It was sent to Diane  McKnight and Denise Steigerwald to include in the McMurdo Dry Valley stream database. The data was initially entered into the Microsoft Access relational database. Ascii, comma delimited and MS-DOS text files were exported from Access to generate the 'featrutm.dat' and 'featrutm.txt' data files used on the web page. In spring and summer of 2000, dataset code, location code (strmtrnsid), and stream name fields were added. T English 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 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 USGS site 7; coordinates taken from 1996-97 GPS measurements at center of weir Parent Stream: Delta Stream Provenance : GPS96-97.DOC ID: delta_f10 163.108444200000 163.108444200000 -77.624619000000 -77.624619000000 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 House Stream at H2 Description: USGS site 10; coordinates taken from 1996-97 GPS measurements at center of weir ID: house_h2 Provenance File Name :GPS96-97.DOC 162.741317749023 162.741317749023 -77.642982482910 -77.642982482910 ground condition 1994-11-29 1994-12-22 Datum (3D) is ITRF-91. Grid coordinates are UTM Zone -58. Heights are modelled orthometric, OSU91A Geoid. featrutm eng; US McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER featrutm Record Delimiter : \n Number of Header Lines : 1 Number of Footer Lines : 0 Orientation : Column Quote Character : "Field Delimiter : , false Dataset code Code representing stream feature coordinates dataset Stream name Name of McMurdo Dry Valley stream Strmtrnsid Code representing stream transect UTM northing (m) Northing coordinates of feature UTM easting (m) Easting coordinates of feature Orthometric height (m) Orthometric height of feature description a short descriptive transect blurb File name Original file name in which this information was submitted DBF dataset  Transects were established on Taylor Valley streams during January, 1994. Gage features were positioned at transect sites 1, 2, 3, 8 and 9. Three feature types were observed as follows:  gage box = top center of the surface of the square roof of the wooden shelter housing the gage recording equipment. The "center" was not measured exactly, but an X mark was scratched into the surface of the wood at the point held. gage flume = position of the flume, measured near but not directly at the center of the flume. The reference point is the top  surface of the upper right bolthead of the four bolts securing crossbraces to the top of the flume sidewalls. gage rebar = top of an existing rebar stake, situated midstream, serving as a reference for water measurements at a site without a flume.  By performing an optical topographic survey, the northing, easting,and orthogonal heights were documented for these gage features at Andersen, House, Canada, Delta and Green Creek.  Metadata Access Constraints: none Metadata Use Constraints: none annually McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER http://mcmlter.org/ pointOfContact