Andrew G. FountainPeter T. Doran 2015-11-22 tabular digitial data McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER 10.6073/pasta/230d53a6dd1c5bda02888d404abb161f https://mcm.lternet.edu/content/beacon-valley-meteorological-station-monthly-averages-2000-2012 As part of the McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research program (MCM LTER), meteorological data is collected from various locations throughout the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica. This package contains monthly averages from the Beacon Valley Meteorological Station (BENM), located in Beacon Valley. These data were derived from 15-minute data. BENM was established in January 2000 and removed in December 2012. 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 1for all station found at the following address: http://mcmlter.lternet.edu/data/meteorology/tasks/task_lists.htm 2000-11-01 2012-12-31 ground condition On February 12, 2003, wind direction (WDIR) values were corrected by Thomas Nylen for a systematic error in the measurement created by improper wiring. The wind sensor still worked, but the values were systematically off. The wind direction is off by 180 degrees and mirrored around the north-south axis. For example a wind direction of 160 degrees was corrected by adding 180 degrees to it (340 or -20) and takING the mirror value of that, i.e. 20 degrees. Beacon ceases operations in 2012/2013 season Andrew Fountain: First, the station was installed to support the soil experiments in Beacon that are no longer being conducted, so its original purpose no longer supports its operation. Second, the station is costly in terms of helicopter hours that could be better spent in maintaining the stations in the valleys in which we work particularly our expansion into Miers. Third, the current met station at Lake Hoare, our longest running station in the valleys, is endangered by rising lake levels. It has perhaps another year or two at most given current rates of increase. To plan for its removal to a new spot, we need to erect a new station at a new site close by (selection is underway) and have the two stations run simultaneously for a year or so to characterize the small meteorological differences between sites. We do not have another station to do that and propose to move the Beacon Station to Hoare. Finally, Beacon Valley may be the best monitored valley in the region for air temperature and other met variables because of other projects including Sletten, Marchant, and MacKay. Sletten's station in Beacon is not far from ours, it has a relatively long data record, and I'm sure we could use his data if needed. As needed [term:vocabulary] 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> Name: Thomas Nylen Role: field crew Name: Renée F. Brown Role: data manager Name: Inigo San Gil Role: former data manager Not Applicable Not Applicable Field and/or Lab Methods The Beacon Valley meteorological station was added to the McMurdo Dry Valley network in the 2000-2001 field season. It was established in Beacon Valley. 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 approximately 20 values being recorded for final storage in every output interval. The Beacon Valley meteorological station was added to the McMurdo Dry Valley network in the 2000-2001 field season. It was established in Beacon Valley. 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 approximately 20 values being recorded for final storage in every output interval. unknown BENM_AIRT_MONTHLY Description and details of the spreadsheet containing monthly averages of the Beacon Met station METLOCID Location code for this met station The data provider Location code for this met station Date_time Date sample was collected The data provider calendar date/time mm/dd/yyyy gregorian calendar AVG_AIRT3M Average air temperature at 3 m above ground The data provider celsius 0.01 STD_AIRT3M Standard deviation for the air temperature at 3 m above ground The data provider celsius 0.01 MIN_AIRT3M Minimum value of the air temperature at 3 m above ground The data provider celsius 0.01 MAX_AIRT3M Maximum value for the air temperature at 3 m above ground The data provider celsius 0.01 N_AIRT3M Number of observations for this average The data provider dimensionless McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER The data distributor shall not be liable for innacuracies in the content http 1 0 \n 44 column , https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/BENM_AIRT_MONTHLY.csv None BENM_RADN_MONTHLY Description and details of the spreadsheet containing solar radiation monthly averages of the Beacon Met station METLOCID Location code for this met station The data provider Location code for this met station Date_time Date sample was collected The data provider calendar date/time mm/dd/yyyy gregorian calendar AVG_PAR Average photosynthetically active radiation (PAR). The data provider W/m^2 0.01 STD_PAR Standard deviation for the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR). The data provider W/m^2 0.01 MIN_PAR Minimum value of the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR). The data provider W/m^2 0.01 MAX_PAR Maximum value for the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR). The data provider W/m^2 0.01 N_PAR Number of observations for the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) statistics The data provider dimensionless AVG_SWRADIN Average for the short wave incoming radiation The data provider W/m^2 0.01 STD_SWRADIN Standard deviation for the short wave incoming radiation The data provider W/m^2 0.01 MIN_SWRADIN Minimum value of the short wave incoming radiation The data provider W/m^2 0.01 MAX_SWRADIN Maximum incoming shortwave radiation/solar flux The data provider W/m2 0.1 Number of Observations Number of observations for the derived data statistics. The data provider dimensionless AVG_SWRADOUT Average for the short wave outbound radiation The data provider W/m^2 0.01 STD_SWRADOUT standard devation of the the short wave outbound radiation The data provider W/m^2 0.01 MIN_SWRADOUT Minimum the short wave outbound radiation The data provider W/m^2 0.01 MAX_SWRADOUT Maximum soil temperature at 10 cm depth The data provider W/m^2 0.01 N_SWRADOUT Number of observations the short wave outbound radiation The data provider dimensionless McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER The data distributor shall not be liable for innacuracies in the content http 1 0 \r\n 44 column , https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/BENM_RADN_MONTHLY.csv None BENM_RH_MONTHLY Description and details of the spreadsheet containing RH monthly averages of the Beacon Met station METLOCID Location code for this met station The data provider Location code for this met station Date_time Date sample was collected The data provider calendar date/time mm/dd/yyyy gregorian calendar AVG_RH Average of the relative humidity values The data provider dimensionless STD_RH The standard deviation for the distribution of rel. humidity values The data provider dimensionless MIN_RH The minimum of the relative humidity The data provider dimensionless MAX_RH The maximum of the relative humidity The data provider dimensionless Number of Observations Number of observations for the daily stats. The data provider dimensionless McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER The data distributor shall not be liable for innacuracies in the content http 1 0 \n 44 column , https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/BENM_RH_MONTHLY.csv None BENM_SOILT_MONTHLY Description and details of the spreadsheet containing monthly averages of the Beacon Met station METLOCID Location code for this met station The data provider Location code for this met station Date_time Date sample was collected The data provider calendar date/time mm/dd/yyyy gregorian calendar AVG_SOILT0CM Average soil temperature at ground The data provider celsius 0.01 STD_SOILT0CM Standard deviation for the soil temperature at suface ground The data provider celsius 0.01 MIN_SOILT0CM Minimum value of the soil temperature at surface ground The data provider celsius 0.01 MAX_SOILT0CM Maximum value for the air temperature at 3 m above ground The data provider celsius 0.01 N_SOILT0CM Number of observations for this average The data provider dimensionless AVG_SOILT5CM Average soil temperature at 5cm below ground The data provider celsius 0.01 STD_SOILT5CM Standard deviation for the soil temperature at 5cm below ground The data provider celsius 0.01 MIN_SOILT5CM Minimum value of the soil temperature at 5cm below ground The data provider celsius 0.01 MAX_SOILT5CM Maximum daily soil temperature at 5 cm depth The data provider celsius 0.01 N_SOILT5CM Number of observations for this average The data provider dimensionless AVG_SOILT10CM Average soil temperature at 10 cm depth The data provider celsius 0.01 STD_SOILT10CM standard devation of the soil temperature at 10 cm depth The data provider celsius 0.01 MIN_SOILT10CM Minimum soil temperature at 10 cm depth The data provider celsius 0.01 MAX_SOILT10CM Maximum soil temperature at 10 cm depth The data provider celsius 0.01 N_SOILT10CM Number of observations used to compute these statistics The data provider dimensionless McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER The data distributor shall not be liable for innacuracies in the content http 1 0 \n 44 column , https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/BENM_SOILT_MONTHLY.csv None BENM_WSPD_MONTHLY Monthly averages for the wind speed at the Beacon met station - description of the spreadsheet container, units used and other details  METLOCID METLOCID identification code for the meteorological station The data provider METLOCID identification code for the meteorological station DATE_TIME Date when measurement was taken The data provider calendar date/time DD/MM/YYYY gregorian calendar AVG_WSPD Average of the values of the wind speed The data provider metersPerSecond STDDEV_WSPD Standard deviation of the distribution of the wind speed The data provider metersPerSecond MIN_WSPD Minimum value of the wind speed for the period The data provider metersPerSecond MAX_WSPD Maximum value of the wind speed for the period The data provider metersPerSecond N_WSPD Number of data points used to calculate these statistics. The data provider dimensionless N_COMMENTS N_COMMENTS The data provider N_COMMENTS McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER The data distributor shall not be liable for innacuracies in the content http 1 0 \n 44 column , https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/BENM_WSPD_MONTHLY.csv None 2015-11-22 2015-11-22 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. Drupal Ecological information Management Systems, version D7, Biological Data Profile module