Antarctic Microclimate Data

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Originator: British Antarctic Survey

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title: Antarctic Microclimate Data

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Originator: British Antarctic Survey

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title: Antarctic Microclimate Data

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Series_Name: BIOTEX1 microclimate data

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Automatic data loggers are often used to monitor environmental variables such as temperature (of air and soil), humidity, wind speed and radiation in microclimates where experimental or ecological studies are being carried out. Some loggers are only in operation for a few weeks or months while others have been run for several years. Loggers have been sited in a wide variety of locations from the sub-Antarctic (South Georgia), South Orkney Islands (Signy) various Peninsula sites (as far south as Alexander Island - 70S), and some continental localities (e.g. Victoria Land). These form an important data resource to the climate conditions experienced by Antarctic terrestrial organisms. Various types of logger are used. Sensors tend to be deployed at or near ground level and in and around particular types of vegetation, or other experimental sites, such a cloches. Data are available from 1976 depending on the specific site. All micrometeorological data have been conv erted to Oracle format and are held in a database that is maintained in the Biological Sciences Data and Resource Centre at BAS. However some raw data are held in additional files of various formats within the Biological Sciences Division. High level locations include Signy Island, South Georgia, Alexander Island, Adelaide Island, Livingston Island and Victoria Land. Loggers used include Grant, Delta-T, Campbell and Squirrels. Victoria Land data for Kay Island and Edmonson Point in 1995 and 1996 was collected under the BIOTEX 1 experiment of the SCAR BIOTAS (Biological Investigations of Terrestrial Antarctic Systems) Programme. An overview of BIOTEX is available as a PDF file. Hosted by the Programma Nazionale Richerche in Antartide (PNRA) of Italy at Terra Nova Bay station in Victoria Land, the expedition was conceived to investigate the hypothesis that: "the closed moss community at Edmonson Point represents the climax stage of a biotic succession along an environment al and nutritional gradient from isolated cold dry continental endoli thic communities to warmer, wetter coastal cryptogamic communities enriched by run-off and excreta from sea birds." Data were collected from a variety of habitats and sites and were transferred to Oracle in July and August 1996 with a separate table for each logger/habitat combination. Height above sea level ranged from approximately 5 to 100m above sea level. Variables measured included soil temperature, air temperature, relative humidity, radiation (UV a anfd UV b), soil moisture and wind speed.

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REFERENCE: For the BIOTEX1 data: Smith RIL & Wynn-Williams DD. 1996. Biotex 1 at Terra Nova Bay, 1995/1996. The first BIOTAS international expedition comes to fruition. BIOTAS Newsletter, No. 10, 5-7.

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Beginning_Date: 19760101

Ending_Date: Unknown

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

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Progress: In Work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 165.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: -54.333

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.25

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Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > HUMIDITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LAND TEMPERATURE > LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > SOIL TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > FROZEN GROUND > SOIL TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS > MOSSES/HORNWORTS/LIVERWORTS

Theme_Keyword: FIELD SURVEYS

Theme_Keyword: GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS

Theme_Keyword: FIELD INVESTIGATION

Theme_Keyword: ANEMOMETERS

Theme_Keyword: HUMIDITY SENSORS

Theme_Keyword: SOIL MOISTURE PROBE

Theme_Keyword: SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE

Theme_Keyword: TEMPERATURE LOGGERS

Theme_Keyword: TEMPERATURE PROBES

Theme_Keyword: TEMPERATURE SENSORS

Theme_Keyword: THERMISTORS

Theme_Keyword: PYRANOMETERS

Theme_Keyword: BIOTAS > BIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF TERRESTRIAL ANTARCTIC SYSTEMS

Theme_Keyword: Air Temperature

Theme_Keyword: Cloches

Theme_Keyword: Humidity

Theme_Keyword: Light

Theme_Keyword: Loggers

Theme_Keyword: Microclimate

Theme_Keyword: Micrometeorological

Theme_Keyword: Soil Moisture

Theme_Keyword: Soil Temperature

Theme_Keyword: BIOTA

Theme_Keyword: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

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Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > ADELAIDE ISLAND

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > LIVINGSTON ISLAND

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > VICTORIA LAND

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > SIGNY ISLAND

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > ALEXANDER ISLAND

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > SOUTH GEORGIA

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > ANTARCTIC PENINSULA

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY

Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Access_Constraints: By Arrangement with PI Access is by arrangement with the Principal Investigator (PI), or Responsible Scientist / Initial Contact.

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Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: HELEN J. PEAT

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: British Antarctic Survey

Address: Terrestrial and Freshwater Life Sciences Division

Address: High Cross, Madingley Road

City: Cambridge

Postal_Code: CB3 0ET

Country: United Kingdom

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 01223 251400

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 01223 362616

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: H.Peat@bas.ac.uk

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Various - internally documented The quality of the data varies, however quality status is internally documented within the data set. Some data was listed as being; Raw Data logged during a period when the instrument functioned correctly but having undergone no processing.

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Contact_Organization: GB/NERC/BAS/PDC > Polar Data Centre, British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, United Kingdom

Contact_Person: HELEN CAMPBELL

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Polar Data Centre

Address: British Antarctic Survey

Resource_Description: GB-NERC-BAS-AEDC-00002 > Antarctic Microclimate Data

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http://www.antarctica.ac.uk//about_bas/our_organis...

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DATA CENTER URL

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Fees: Not Available

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20041001

Metadata_Review_Date: 20100427

Metadata_Contact:

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Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: ELLEN ALEXANDRA BAZELEY-WHITE

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time