As part of the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) project in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, a systematic sampling program has been undertaken to monitor the glacial meltwater streams in that region. This table contains data for the total volume of water discharged in various streams and basins of Taylor Valley. The data covers melt periods from 1991-92 through 1996-97.
Dataset ID:
8
Short name:
wtrbudgt
Locations:
Aiken Creek at F5
Andersen Creek at H1
Andrews Creek at mouth
Bartlette Creek at mouth
Bowles Creek at mouth
Canada Stream at F1
Commonwealth Stream at C1
Crescent Stream at F8
Delta Stream at F10
Green Creek at F9
Harnish Creek at F7
House Stream at H2
Huey Creek at F2
Lawson Creek at B3
Lizotte Creek at mouth
Lost Seal Stream at F3
Lyons Creek at B4
Mariah Creek at mouth
McKay Creek at mouth
McKnight Creek at mouth
Priscu Stream at B1
Red River at Blood Falls
Santa Fe Stream at B2
Vincent Creek at mouth
Von Guerard Stream at F6
Wharton Creek at mouth
Data sources:
wtrbudgt
Maintenance:
The Taylor Valley Streamflow Volumes table was created by Harry House. It was first stored in an INGRES database, but was converted to ORACLE format in early 1996. Modifications were generally made each year after the initial creation in the early part of the year. It was transferred to INSTAAR in late 1997. In March, 2000, Denise Steigerwald added a 'dataset code' variable to this file in order to make the dataset more useful in Oracle and GIS.
Additional information:
Data collected prior to the 1993-1994 season, when the McMurdo Long-Term Ecological Research began, does not necessarily contain information for all of the sites or variables collected in subsequent years.
