TAYLOR GLACIER ROVER STATIONS
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Taylor Glacier Rover station
Photo taken by Thomas Nylen - 2000-2001 Season
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Acceptance and utilization of LTER data requires that:
- The Principal Investigator be sent a notice stating reasons for acquiring
any data and a description of the publication intentions.
- The Principal Investigator be sent a copy of the report or
manuscript prior to submission and be adequately cited in any resultant
publications.
- A copy of any resultant publications should be sent to the McMurdo data
manager.
CONTACTS:
| MCM LTER Data Manager: | Chi Yang |
| Address: | Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Campus Box 450, University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado 80309-0450 |
| Phone: | (303) 492-4639 |
| E-Mail: | Chi.Yang@colorado.edu |
| PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: | Andrew G. Fountain |
| Address: | Department of Geology, Portland State University, Portland OR, 97207-0751 |
| Phone: | (503)725-3022 |
| E-Mail: | fountaina@pdx.edu |
| OTHERS: | Thomas Nylen |
| Address: | Department of Geology, Portland State University, Portland OR, 97207-0751 |
| Phone: | (503)725-3355 |
| E-Mail: | nylent@pdx.edu |
MEASUREMENTS
1995/1996 Season
Rover Meteorological Station -Stake 83
- For data collected between 12/18/95 13:15 and 12/20/95 14:45 (Raw files: rov95608.dat to rov95609 .dat) click here (Comma Delimited Ascii Format).
- For data file description click here.
Eddy Correlation Station - Stake 83
- For data collected between 12/18/95 13:15 and 12/20/95 14:45 (Raw files: rov95608.dat to rov95609 .dat) click here (Comma Delimited Ascii Format).
- For data file description click here.
1998/1999 Season
Roving met station - 2 canyons S of Blood Falls, 4 ponds up from toe of glacier, Taylor Glacier
- For data collected between 1/18/99 12:30 and 1/25/99 10:15 (Raw files: rover008) click here (Comma Delimited Ascii Format).
- For data file description click here.
1999/2000 Season
2000/2001 Season
Roving met station -
- For the first rover station data collected between 11/22/2000 13:30 and 1/15/2001 12:00 click here (Comma Delimited Ascii Format).
- For the second rover station data collected between 1/5/2001 11:45 and 1/15/2001 15:45 click here (Comma Delimited Ascii Format).
- For data file description click here.
KEYWORDS: glacier, ice temperature, air temperature, RH, shortwave radiation, distance, wind direction, wind speed,
eddy correlation, thermistor
ABSTRACT: Data in this file comes from various temporary stations set up on the Taylor Glacier since the '97-'98
Antarctic field season. These stations were established by Karen Lewis, Gayle Dana, Robin Johnston and Thomas Nylen.
For information concerning each station, see general details and file description. Some files for the same station were combined
FIXED VARIABLES: Year, Day, Time (hrmin), Date/Time (Local). For the other variables
see general details and file description for each station
RESEARCH LOCATION: Various locations around Canada Glacier
METHODS: See general details and file description for each station for details on the methods.
TIMING: 1997/98 to 2000/01 seasons
CITATIONS:
COMMENTS:
STATUS: Public Access (Type 1).
VARIABLE DESCRIPTION: The description of the files are
LOG: All dates are in local time (UTM +13 hours)
NOTE: Data contained in these files has been subjected to quality
control standards imposed by the investigator. The user of this data should be
aware that, while efforts have been taken to ensure that these data are of the
highest quality, there is no guarantee of perfection for the data contained
herein and the possibility of errors exists. If you encounter questionable data,
please contact Thomas Nylen (telephone: 503-725-3355) so that the
data can be corrected or qualified. Thus, these data may be modified and future
data will be appended.