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COHM_ICESURFCHANGE [1]

Description: 

COHM - Ice Surface Change

File: 

File COHM_ICESURFCHANGE.csv [2]

Methods: 

Campbell Scientific Inc. SR50 Ultrasonic Distance SensorĀ 

Instrumentation: 

Campbell Scientific Inc. SR50 Ultrasonic Distance Sensor

Variables (click to expand): 

DATASET CODE
  • Label:
  • Definition: Code for given set of information for Commonwealth Glacier meteorology station
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
METLOCID
  • Label:
  • Definition: Location code for Commonwealth Glacier meteorology station
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
DATE_TIME
  • Label:
  • Definition: Date/time of sample (New Zealand DST, +13 UTC)
  • Type: Date/time
  • Date format: MM/DD/YYYY HH:MI
  • Missing values: None specified
ICESURFCHANGE_CM
  • Label:
  • Definition: Elevation of ice surface measured from fixed datum (Elevation of ice surface referenced to 0 at the time of installation)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: centimeter
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: 0.1
  • Missing values:
    • Null = None given
ICESURFCHANGE_COMMENTS
  • Label:
  • Definition: Noted comments by the investigator about the particular measure of DEPTH_
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
DIST_TO_SURFACE
  • Label: Distance to surface
  • Definition: the distance between the sensor and the surface in meters
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: meter
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: 0.4
  • Missing values:
    • Null = None given

Date Range: 

Thursday, January 23, 2003 to Tuesday, November 27, 2018
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/cohmicesurfchange

Links
[1] https://mcm.lternet.edu/content/cohmicesurfchange
[2] https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/COHM_ICESURFCHANGE_0.csv