CANADA GLACIER LONGWAVE STATION


1998/99 Glacier Longwave Metadata

Peter Pan (a) and Captain Hook (b) cliff longwave radiation measurements:
lnw24a.dat
lnw25a.dat
lnw1-26a.dat
lnw2-26a.dat
lnw2-26b.dat
lnw27a.dat
lnw27b.dat
 
Includes an epply pyrgeometer pointed away from the cliff measuring incoming longwave radiation, and IRT pointed toward the cliff measuring the temperature of the cliff face (from which we can calculate outgoing longwave radiation), and a 107 temperature probe mounted to the underside of the board for air temperature.
 
Pyrgeometers run on cliff:
31512F3 cal = 3.47*10^-6 Vm^2/W
29786F3 cal = 4.01*10^-6 Vm^2/W
Calibration multiplier used for moving sensor = 288.2
Need calibration multiplier used for the fixed sensor to correct the fixed data. Would Thomas have that? They were pyrgeometers run during the 1998-99 summer and then sent to ASA for recalibration after AGF and KJL finished with them.
If not, fixed pyrgeometer probably uses 249.4 as multiplier, assuming the above calibration coefficients are correct.
 
Sampling is every 2 seconds, averaged and saved every minute. Soil temperatures were measure nearby (see field notes Taylor Valley 1998.02 pg. 71). Soil A is next to the ice apron south of the experiement site on the cliff. Soil B is a small hill about 40-60 m NW of the cliff site, soil C is next to the stream gauge box. Directly in front of the cliff site is the creek and beyond that the bog area with water, wetted soil, and sandbars.
 
Output array definitions for lnw24a.dat and lnw25a.dat:
1. array I.D.
2. day
3. time (hour/minute)
4. seconds
5. pyrg
6. tpile
7. hemiT
8. caseT
9. IRT (C)
10. Tair (C)
 
lnw24a.dat: started at 21:25 JD 24
soil A 8.5C
2m 2128-2130
4m 2133-2135
6m 2137-2139, soil A 8.5C
8m 2142-2144
10m 2147-2149
12m 2152-2154, soil A 8.5C
At 2200 moist soil 5.8 C (pea-gravel), water 0.9 C, saturated sand 5.8 C, soil B (dry) 6.0 C, further east of B 7.5 C (sunnier?), soil C 6.1 C
 
lnw25a.dat: started at 1315 JD 25 (AGF)
1315.23 platform at ground level, sky 10/10 overcast, soil A 8.5 C, moist soil near stream 8.5 C, stream 1.0 C, soil B 11.5 C (thermometer in ice bath 0.4 C)
note on time: 1315.23 is 1300 hours (1pm), 15 minutes, 23 seconds
1321.34 hoisting
2m 1323.18 in position, soil 9.0
     1329.10 hoist
4m 1330 in position
     1335.07 hoist
6m 1336.10 in position, soil 8.9 C, moist soil 8.1 C, soil B 12.1 C
     1341.40 hoist
8m 1343 in position, soil 8.1 C
     1348.07 hoist
10m 1350 in position
     1355.25 hoist
12m 1357 in position, soil A 7.6 C, moist soil 7.5 C, soil B 9.3 C
     1403.25 lower
10m 1405 in place, soil 8.4 C
     1410.22 lower
8m 1412 in place, soil 8.7 C
     1417.20 lower
6m 1419 in place, soil 8.7 C, moist sand 8.6 C, soil B 11.3 C
     1424.30 lower
4m 1426 in place, soil 9.0 C
     1431.30 lower
2m 1433 in place, soil 9.3 C
     1438.30 lower
0m 1440 in place on ground, soil 9.5 C, moist sand 8.5 C, soil B 12.7 C, stream 1.4 C
     1445.20 end
 
 
Output array definitions for lnw1-26a.dat, lnw2-26a.dat, lnw2-26b.dat, lnw27b.dat:
1. array I.D.
2. day
3. time (hour/minute)
4. seconds
5. pyrg
6. tpile
7. hemiT
8. caseT
9. IRT (C)
10. Tair (C)
11. Thermocouple (C)
12. Battery voltage
Note: lnw1-26a.dat and lnw2-26a.dat are both moving-platform runs. lnw2-26b.dat is a second pyrgeometer fixed on a post at the bottom of the cliff on the ice apron. There is no IRT on this station, so the IRT data is garbage. It is running a ventilated thermocouple. I'm not sure if the platform is also running a Tc, or if that data slot is junk.
 
lnw1-26a.dat: started at 1806 JD 26
cliff in shadow (all shadowed), 4/10 cloud, mid-height, soil A 8.4 C, moist soil 6.0 C, water 0.8 C, soil B 6.6 C
2m 1818.20 in place
1825.05 raise
4m 1826 in place
     1831 raise
6m 1832 in place, soil A 6.6 C, moist soil 4.1 C, water 0.7 C, soil B 6.0 C
     1837 raise
8m 1838 in place
     omit 1839 - switching cords
     1844 raise
10m 1846 in place
     1851 raise
12m 1853 in place, soil A 5.0 C, moist soil 2.6 C, water 0.7 C, soil B 5.4 C
     1858 lower
 
lnw2-26a.dat: started at 2130 JD 26
partly cloudy, 1/10, generally sunny
run documented by AGF
2m stable at 2136, 61. C near soil, 1.0 C stream, 5.5 C damp soil, 6.3 C soil B
     2141.08 hoist
4m 2143 stable
     2148.15 hoist
6m 2149 stable, 7.7 C soil near ice, stream water 0.7 C, moist soil 5.7 C, soil B 10.6 C
     2154.30 hoist
8m 2156 stable
     2201.30 hoist
10m 2203 stable, soil 8.5 C
     2208.40 hoist
12m 2210 stable, soil 8.7 C, 4.5 C damp, 5.9 C dry soil
     2215 drop
 
lnw2-26b.dat
second system set up on apron and run concurrent with lnw2-26a.dat to record incoming longwave radiation at a fixed point near the ground during the run.
 
 
lnw27a.dat: started 1130 JD 27
2m 1130 steady start, shaded soil near apron -0.7 C, shaded stream water 0.3 C, shaded moist (frozen) soil 0.3 C, sunny soil B 8.7 C, sun/shade line halfway between stream flume and gauge box
     1135.45 hoist
4m 1137 steady
     1142.30 hoist
6m 1143 steady, shaded apron soil -0.1 C, shaded water 0.3 C, shaded moist (frozen) soil 0.1 C, sunny soil B (dry soil) 11.2 C, sun/shade line 2/3 towards flume
     1150.30 hoist
8m 1152 steady
     1157.20 hoist
10m 1159 steady
     1204.30 hoist
12m 1206 steady, shaded apron soil -0.4 C, shaded water 0.4 C, shaded moist (frozen) soil 0.1 C, shade/sun line ¾ towards flume
     1212.02 lower
6m 1214 stable
     1219.30 lower
2m 1220 stable
     1225.15 lower and end
 
lnw27b.dat
second system set up on apron and run concurrent with lnw27a.dat to record incoming longwave radiation at a fixed point near the ground during the run.