HUGH_WEQ
Description:
Hughes glacier mass balance summaries spreadsheet units and column descriptions
File:
Variables (click to expand):
DATASET CODE
- Label:
- Definition: CODE REPRESENTING GLACIER MASS BALANCE SUMMARY DATASET - Glacier name plus 'WEQ'
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
GLACIER
- Label:
- Definition: NAME OF GLACIER WHERE MEASUREMENT WAS MADE
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
STAKE
- Label:
- Definition: Unique number for each stake on glacier
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
PERIOD COVERED
- Label:
- Definition: LENGTH OF PERIOD MEASURED (EITHER YEAR, WINTER, SUMMER OR A PART OF A SEASON)
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
START_DATE
- Label:
- Definition: BEGINNING DATE OF DATA MEASUREMENT
- Type: Date/time
- Date format: MM/DD/YYYY
- Missing values: None specified
END_DATE
- Label:
- Definition: ENDING DATE OF DATA MEASUREMENT
- Type: Date/time
- Date format: MM/DD/YYYY
- Missing values: None specified
WEQ
- Label:
- Definition: TOTAL MASS IN TERMS OF WATER EQUIVALENT (SUM OF ICE WEQ AND SNOW WEQ; ICE DENSITY = 0.9g/Cm3)
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: Cm3/Cm2
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: 0
- Precision: 0.1
- Missing values:
- NULL = None given
WEQ_STD_DEV
- Label:
- Definition: STANDARD DEVIATION OF WEQ
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: CmWEQ
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- NULL = None given
COMMENTS
- Label:
- Definition: NOTES ON WATER EQUIVALENT MEASUREMENTS
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
GLSTKID
- Label:
- Definition: CODE FROM GLACIER / STAKE/ DATE OF COORDINATE MEASUREMENT (TO BE USED FOR GIS MAPPING)
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
FILE NAME
- Label:
- Definition: RAW DATA FILE CONTAINING INFORMATION
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified