Related URL

Link: GET DATA Description: Display Antarctic State of Environment Indicator 3 Link: GET DATA Description: Download page for Australian Antarctic Data Centre Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION Description: Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset

Geographic Coverage

N: -54.0

S: -69.0

E: 159.0

W: 61.0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1948-04-01

Location Keywords

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Casey CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Davis CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Mawson GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR VERTICAL LOCATION > BOUNDARY LAYER

Data Resolution

Temporal Resolution: Monthly

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE >AIR TEMPERATURE    [Definition]

ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE >MAXIMUM/MINIMUM TEMPERATURE    [Definition]

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

ARWS >Automatic Remote Weather Station    [Information]

WEATHER STATIONS    [Information]

Instrument

AWS >Automated Weather System    [Information]

TEMPERATURE SENSORS    [Information]

Thermometers    [Information]

Quality

Lowest monthly temperatures are obtained by taking the lowest of the observed minimum temperatures for individual days of a given month. The daily minima are currently derived from temperature sensors sampling at 1 second intervals. If less than 25 days are available in any month, the monthly figure is flagged and removed from the State of Environment dataset. The monthly air temperature anomaly is calculated as the difference between the lowest air temperature for a given month and the long-term mean lowest air temperature for that calendar month between 1971 and 2000, so that: Anomaly (for given month) = Value (for given month) - Long-term Mean (for relevant calendar month) Although the Bureau of Meteorology uses the period from 1961 to 1990 as the standard period for calculation of long-term means, it was decided that for Antarctic stations, the 1971-2000 dataset was in most cases more complete, and would therefore provide a more accurate long-term mean. These records require analysis for variability and trends. However, there are likely to be significant errors in the data, and these need to be addressed first (see Research Issues).

Access Constraints

Data arising from this project are available from the state of the environment indicator URL given below.

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 at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=SOE_mont... when using these data.

Keywords

ENOUGH

EXTREMES

FIELD

LOWEST AIR TEMPERATURE

MAXIMUM

MINIMUM

MONTH

NBR OBS

STATION

SURFACE

TEMPERATURE

VALUE

YEAR

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

Bureau of Meteorology

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia    [Information] 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

Bureau of Meteorology, Australia    [Information] Data Center URL: http://www.bom.gov.au/ Data Center Personnel Name: CLIMATE SERVICES Phone: +61 3 6221 2043 Fax: +61 3 6221 2045 Email: climate.tas at bom.gov.au Contact Address: Climate and Consultancy Section GPO Box 727 Bureau of Meteorology Tasmania and Antarctica Regional Office City: Hobart Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7001 Country: Australia

Tasmanian-Antarctica Regional Office, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia    [Information] Data Center URL: http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/tas/ Data Center Personnel Name: CLIMATE SERVICES Phone: +61 3 6221 2043 Fax: +61 3 6221 2045 Email: climate.tas at bom.gov.au Contact Address: Climate and Consultancy Section GPO Box 727 Bureau of Meteorology Tasmania and Antarctica Regional Office City: Hobart Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7001 Country: Australia

Distribution

Distribution_Media: HTTP Fees: Free

Personnel

CLIMATE SERVICES Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Role: DATA CENTER CONTACT Phone: +61 3 6221 2043 Fax: +61 3 6221 2045 Email: climate.tas at bom.gov.au Contact Address: Climate and Consultancy Section GPO Box 727 Bureau of Meteorology Tasmania and Antarctica Regional Office City: Hobart Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7001 Country: Australia

REGIONAL OBSERVATIONS SECTION Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Phone: +61 3 6221 2071 Fax: (via) +61 3 6221 2045 Email: climate.tas at bom.gov.au Contact Address: Regional Observations Section GPO Box 727 Bureau of Meteorology Tasmania and Antarctica Regional Office City: Hobart Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7001 Country: Australia

IAN BARNES-KEOGAHN Role: INVESTIGATOR Role: DIF AUTHOR Phone: +61 3 6221 2043 Fax: +61 3 6221 2045 Email: I.Barnes-Keogahn at bom.gov.au Contact Address: Climate and Consultancy Section GPO Box 727 Bureau of Meteorology Tasmania and Antarctica Regional Office City: Hobart Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7001 Country: Australia