BGS Hosted Metadata
Antarctic microclimate data
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 as cloches. 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.
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- Date (Creation)
- 2004-10-01
- Date (Revision)
- 2004-10-01
- Date (Publication)
- 2004-10-01
- Date (released)
- 2004-10-01
- Edition
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1
- Unique resource identifier
- bef1992a-0fc4-4c20-9730-0c0ba73f550f
- Codespace
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uuid
- Unique resource identifier
- GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00002
- Codespace
- Other citation details
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Please cite this item as: None
- Credit
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No credit.
- Status
- Completed
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Peat, Helen
Author NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Point of contact
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Maintenance note
- Completed
- Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
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- EARTH SCIENCE > Agriculture > Soils > Soil Temperature
- EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Radiation > Ultraviolet Radiation
- EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Air Temperature
- EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Surface Air Temperature
- EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Humidity
- EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Plant Taxonomy > Mosses and Liverworts
- EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Frozen Ground > Soil Temperature
- EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Frozen Ground > Soil Temperature
- EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Land Temperature > Land Surface Temperature
- EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Soils > Soil Moisture/Water Content
- EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Soils > Soil Temperature
- EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Soils > Thermal Conductivity
- Theme
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Environmental monitoring facilities
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Meteorological geographical features
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air temperature
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cloches
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humidity
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loggers
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microclimate
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micrometeorological
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soil moisture
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soil temperature
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- Place
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Adelaide Island Antarctica
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Livingston Island Antarctica
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Victoria Land Antarctica
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Signy Island Antarctica
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Alexander Island Antarctica
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South Georgia Antarctica
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Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica
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British Antarctic Territory Antarctica
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations to public access
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations
- Use constraints
- License
- Other constraints
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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Requests for data can be made via the UK Polar Data Centre (UK PDC) at BAS.
- Spatial representation type
- Text, table
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Biota
- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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- Begin date
- 1976-01-01
- End date
- 1976-01-01
- Supplemental Information
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It is recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of any data, and that the author be contacted with any questions regarding appropriate use. If you find any errors or omissions, please report them to polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk.
- Title
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European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-11-12
- Cited responsible party
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role European Petroleum Survey Group
Publisher
- Unique resource identifier
- urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3031
- Version
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6.18.3
Distributor
- Distributor contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Distributor
- Units of distribution
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bytes
- Transfer size
- 1
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Statement
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Methodology:
All micrometeorological data have been converted to Oracle format and are held in a database that is maintained by the PDC at BAS. However some raw data are held in additional files of various formats. Data were outputted as binary files of numbers; see equipment documentation to understand the output files (different equipment/loggers were used at different locations). Log books and documentation on sensor locations are available from the Biological Sciences Division.
The quality of the data varies, however quality status is internally documented within the dataset. Some data was listed as being raw data logged during a period when the instrument functioned correctly but having undergone no processing.
Data collection:
Note that different loggers were used at different sites.
Data quality:
Various - internally documented.
Metadata
- File identifier
- bef1992a-0fc4-4c20-9730-0c0ba73f550f XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Hierarchy level name
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2004-10-01
- Metadata standard name
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ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata
- Metadata standard version
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ISO 19115:2003(E)
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre Point of contact
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