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Soil climate and atmospheric data for Scott Base, Marble Point, Mount Fleming, Bull Pass, Granite Harbour, Minna Bluff and the Victoria Valley, Antarctica

Entry ID: K123_1999_2008_NZ_1

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Summary

Abstract: In collaboration with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) climate stations were installed at six locations in the Ross Sea Region including Scott Base, Marble Point and Bull Pass all in the summer of 1998-1999, Mount Fleming in 2001-2002, Granite Harbour in 2002-2003 and Minna Bluff in 2002-2003. These stations make continuous atmospheric and soil climate recordings to provide ...

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Description: Climate station data accessible from the United States Department of Agriculture website

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -77.85	S: -77.85	E: 166.75	W: 166.75

N: -77.43	S: -77.43	E: 163.83	W: 163.83

N: -77.55	S: -77.55	E: 160.1	W: 160.1

	N: -77.47	S: -77.47	E: 161.7	W: 161.7

Min Depth: 0 Max Depth: 5

N: -76.88	S: -76.88	E: 162.73	W: 162.73

N: -78.52	S: -78.52	E: 166.42	W: 166.42

N: -77.42	S: -77.42	E: 161.75	W: 161.75

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1999-01-04

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > BULL PASS

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > ISLANDS

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CARNIVORES > SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

OCEANS

Platform

FIELD SURVEYS

FIELD INVESTIGATION

Instrument

TELEMETER

Quality Dates provided in temporal coverage are approximate only.

See the publications for further information.

Access Constraints Copies of two of the publications are available for download by AAD staff at the provided URL.

Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference at the provided URL when using these data.

Ancillary Keywords

Antarctic Fur Seal

subantarctic fur seal

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia

Distribution

Distribution Media: HTTP

Distribution Size: 4.5 MB

Distribution Format: PDF

Fees: Free

Personnel

JOHN MICHAEL CULLEN (DECEASED)

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Publications/References

Shaughnessy P.D., Goldsworthy S.D. (1990), Population size and breeding season of the antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella at Heard Island - 1987/88, Marine Mammal Science, 6, 4, 292-304

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2000-07-19

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-05-10

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