Brunt Ice Shelf AWS data for 2015
GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01380
Abstract:
Temperature, pressure, wind speed and wind direction from two automatic weather stations on the Brunt Ice Shelf that operated during 2015.
Citation:
Colwell, S. (2020). Brunt Ice Shelf AWS data for 2015 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/4e963d9b-da5d-43d5-a605-fc44ead63d97
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License
| Use: | This data is governed by the NERC data policy http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/sites/data/policy/ and supplied under Open Government Licence v.3 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/. |
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Basic Information
| Creation Date: | 2020-09-24 |
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| Dataset Progress: | Complete |
| Dataset Language: | English |
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Additional Information
| Quality: | The data has been quality controlled. In AWS_B_2015.txt, the wind speed/direction sensor was not working prior to 29 January 2015. Additionally, the temperatures prior to 18:10 on 29 January 2015 have been corrected by ADDING 0.36degC |
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| Lineage/Methodology: | Data was logged every 10 seconds and then used to calculate 10 minute averages which were stored on the logger and then downloaded during the Antarctic summer season. | |
Extent
| Temporal Coverage: | |
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| Start Date | 2015-01-01 |
| End Date | 2015-12-31 |
| Spatial Coverage: | |
| Latitude | |
| Southernmost | -75.55 |
| Northernmost | -75.55 |
| Longitude | |
| Westernmost | -27.45 |
| Easternmost | -27.45 |
| Altitude | |
| Min Altitude | N/A |
| Max Altitude | N/A |
| Depth | |
| Min Depth | N/A |
| Max Depth | N/A |
| Latitude | |
| Southernmost | -75.58 |
| Northernmost | -75.58 |
| Longitude | |
| Westernmost | -26.79 |
| Easternmost | -26.79 |
| Altitude | |
| Min Altitude | N/A |
| Max Altitude | N/A |
| Depth | |
| Min Depth | N/A |
| Max Depth | N/A |
| Location: | |
| Location | Antarctica |
| Detailed Location | Brunt Ice Shelf |
Instrumentation
| Sensor(s): |
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| Data Collection: | Automatic weather station using a Campbell Scientific logger. |
Storage
| Distribution: | |
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| Distribution Media | Online Internet (HTTP) |
| Distribution Size | 1.5 MB |
| Distribution Format | ASCII |
| Fees | N/A |
| Data Storage: | Two data files. Format description at the top of both files. |