McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER
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lakedsc [1]

Description: 

Definitions of columns, parameters, units used for the lake descriptions spreadsheet.

File: 

File lakedsc.csv [2]

Variables (click to expand): 

Lake
  • Label:
  • Definition: Name of the lake
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
lake code
  • Label:
  • Definition: The lake code, used to ID the location in other datasets
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Valley
  • Label:
  • Definition: Valley in which the lake is located
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Latitude
  • Label:
  • Definition: Latitude Degrees Minutes Seconds
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Longitude
  • Label:
  • Definition: Latitude Degrees Minutes Seconds
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Distance to the Sea (km)
  • Label:
  • Definition: Distance
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: kilometer
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • Required entry = None given
Elevation (m)
  • Label:
  • Definition: elevation
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: meter
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • Required entry = None given
Maximum Length (km)
  • Label:
  • Definition: Length
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: kilometer
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • Required entry = None given
Maximum Width (km)
  • Label:
  • Definition: Width
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: kilometer
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • Required entry = None given
Maximum Depth (m)
  • Label:
  • Definition: Maximum Depth
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: meter
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • Required entry = None given
Surface Area (km^2)
  • Label:
  • Definition: Area
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: squareKilometers
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • Required entry = None given
Average Ice Thickness (m)
  • Label:
  • Definition: ice thickness, an average or a range
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Volume(x 10^6 m^3)
  • Label:
  • Definition: volume
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: cubicm*10^6
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • Required entry = None given
Description
  • Label:
  • Definition: Description of the lake
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
LTER Network
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation Grant #OPP-1637708 for Long Term Ecological Research. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Source URL: https://mcm.lternet.edu/content/lakedsc

Links
[1] https://mcm.lternet.edu/content/lakedsc
[2] https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/lakedsc.csv