The McMurdo Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) project monitors patterns of inorganic material transport in perennial ice-capped lakes. This data set addresses this core area of research and quantifies dissolved inorganic nitrogen concentrations at specific depths in McMurdo Dry Valley lakes.
Dataset Results
1993-10-10 to 2014-10-31
10.6073/pasta/8a32b31bdf6daec942898461b31c77f0
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Knowledge of the McMurdo Dry Valley (MDV) lakes is limited by winter access, a period which is most relevant in understanding the habitability of other icy worlds and critical to understanding the overall function of these lakes. Owing to the lack of winter access, data that normally require human presence are incomplete. Our goal was to conduct the first year-round investigation of the biogeophysics of these unique lakes. An important part of the McMurdo Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) is evaluating carbon and nitrogen budgets in perennial ice-covered lakes.
Date Range:
2013-12-01 to 2014-12-12
Data sources:
DOI:
10.6073/pasta/d5a713692f42cbcbf8e18d136da0164a
Dataset ID:
305
Knowledge of the McMurdo Dry Valley (MDV) lakes is limited by winter access, a period which is most relevant in understanding the habitability of other icy worlds and critical to understanding the overall function of these lakes. Owing to the lack of winter access, data that normally require human presence are incomplete.
Date Range:
2013-12-13 to 2014-12-14
Data sources:
DOI:
10.6073/pasta/928ab7198ef209d76ea7ab4004ec6be7
Dataset ID:
303