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Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) McMurdo Dry Valleys Meteorological Station Measurements

Entry ID: LTER_MCM_MET

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Summary

Abstract: [From http://huey.colorado.edu/LTER/meteordata.html]

Local meteorology drives and shapes all ecological systems. One of the
first objectives of the McMurdo LTER was to establish a meteorological
network that would gather representative weather data year-round from
the dry valleys. The McMurdo LTER Automatic Weather Network (LAWN)
currently consists of 13 ...

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Link: GET DATA

Description: The above search/delivery tool allows users to query AVERAGE (DAILY and
MONTHLY) air temperature, precipitation, relative humidity, radiation and
soil temperature of any station, and displays the data in comma delimitted
format.

Link: GET DATA

Description: The above search/delivery tool allows users to query air temperature,
precipitation, relative humidity, radiation and soil temperature of any
station, and displays the data in comma delimitted format.

Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -77.5

S: -77.5

E: 160.0

W: 160.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Andrew G. Fountain

Dataset Title: BEACON VALLEY METEOROLOGICAL STATION MEASUREMENTS

Dataset Release Place: WWW

Dataset Publisher: Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research

Data Presentation Form: Tables (comma delimited text file)

Online Resource: http://huey.colorado.edu/LTER/datasets/meteorology/beacon.html

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > McMurdo Dry Valleys

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > ARCTIC

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

Platform

NOAA-11 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11

Instrument

AVHRR > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

Access Constraints All dataset request in this catalogue should be forwarded to the address below

3rd Floor, Outreach Building,
Asia Institute of Technology
P.O.Box 4, Klongluang,
Pathumthani 12120,
Thailand

Ancillary Keywords

Environmental monitoring

LANDCOVER

Originating Center

GRID-Bangkok

Data Center

Regional Resource Centre, Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Environment Programme

Data Center URL: http://www.rrcap.unep.org/
Dataset ID: BAN60

Data Center Personnel
Name: SURENDRA SHRESTHA Phone: (66-2) 5162124, 5245365 Fax: (66-2) 5162125, 5246233 Email: Surendra.Shrestha at unep.org Contact Address: UNEP Regional Resource Centre for Asia and the Pacific (UNEP RRC.AP) 3rd Floor, Outreach Building c/o Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) P.O. Box 4, Klongluang City: Pathumthani Postal Code: 12120 Country: THAILAND