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Weather data at the Zhongshan station during the 24th CHINARE in 2007

Entry ID: CN_NADC_2007_Area_Location_SensorName_Description

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Summary

Abstract: The antarctic Zhongshan weather station of China which was set up in Feb. 1989 locates in Larsmann hills, its station number is 89573. The antarctic Zhongshan weather station collects observation data four times a day (Beijing time 02, 08, 14, 20), and it records the change of the weather at any moment. Its observation items includes clouds, visibility, weather phenomenon, wind direction, wind speed, temperature, humidity, air pressure, sunlight, soil temperature, precipitation etc. And now, it also observes atmospheric ozone amount and makes site weather forecast for science research.

Related URL

Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

	N: -69.22	S: -69.22	E: 76.22	W: 76.22
Min Altitude: 14.9M Max Altitude: 14.9M

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Lu Changgui

Dataset Title: Weather data at the Zhongshan Station during the 24th CHINARE in 2007

Dataset Series Name: Weather data at the Zhongshan Station

Dataset Release Date: 2010-06-13 00:00:00.0

Dataset Release Place: http://www.chinare.org.cn

Data Presentation Form: D Format

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2007-01-01

Stop Date: 2007-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > FREEZE

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

ISO Topic Category

BOUNDARIES

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

OCEANS

Quality Please see URL link ('Information report relating to Stefansson Bay and Stibbs Bay').

Data source: Two Landsat TM scenes (WRS 139-107, 137-107), acquired 24 January 1988 and 21 January 1992 respectively.

Projection and Grid: Transverse Mercator, grid zone 40.

Co-ordinates: Geographical and UTM.

Horizontal datum: World Geodetic System 1984.

Magnetic Variation: 61.9 degrees west in October 1992, and moves westerly by about 0.1 degrees each year.

Nomenclature: Names approved by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia.

Access Constraints Contact the Australian Antarctic Data Centre.

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 provided athttp://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=stefanss... when using these data.

Ancillary Keywords

USSR

FORESTS

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC)

Data Center URL: http://daac.ornl.gov/
Dataset ID: 693

Data Center Personnel
Name: ORNL DAAC USER SERVICES OFFICE Phone: (865) 574-7447 Email: uso at daac.ornl.gov Contact Address: ORNL DAAC User Services Office Oak Ridge National Laboratory City: Oak Ridge Province or State: TN Postal Code: 37831-6407 Country: USA