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Seasonal frost and soil temperature data, Western Cape Mountains, South Africa

Entry ID: ggd482

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Summary

Abstract: Micro-climatic monitoring of air and ground was started in 1990 to evaluate climatic controls on the present-day diurnal soil frost environment in the Western Cape mountains of South Africa. To this effect two data logger stations were established in the summit region of the Waaihoek mountains. Two sites were established at Waaihoek Peak and Mount Superior, respectively. Waaihoek Peak - The ...

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -33.42

S: -33.53

E: 19.5

W: 19.25

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1990-02-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AFRICA > SOUTHERN AFRICA > SOUTH AFRICA > WAAIHOEK PEAK AND MOUNT SUPERIOR, WESTERN CAPE MOUNTAINS,

Science Keywords

AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT

AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL STRUCTURE

ISO Topic Category

FARMING

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

INLAND WATERS

Ancillary Keywords

Active Layer

Diurnal Freeze/thaw

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

World Data Center for Glaciology, Boulder

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/wdc/

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Frozen Ground Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/fgdc/

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC FGDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Personnel

JAN BOELHOUWERS

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: +46 18 4712524

Fax: +46 18 555920

Email: jan.boelhouwers at natgeog.uu.se

Contact Address:

Uppsala University

Physical Geography, Department of Earth Sciences

Villav. 16

City: Uppsala

Postal Code: 7535

Country: Sweden

Publications/References

Boelhouwers, J.,1995b, Present-day soil frost activity at Mt Superior, Hex River mountains, South Africa. Zeitschrift fuer Geomorphologie, 39(2), 237-248. Boelhouwers, J.C., 1996: The present-day frost action environment and its geomorphological significance in the Western Cape mountains, South Africa, unpublished PhD thesis, Department of Earth Sciences, University of the Western Cape. Boelhouwers, J., 1997a, Sediment movement by frost in the Hex River Mountains, South Africa, South African Geographical Journal, 97(2), 129-135. Boelhouwers, J., 1997b, Environmental controls on diurnal soil frost activity in the Hex River Mountains, South Africa, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, in press.

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-01-24

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