Monthly Summaries of Soil Temperature and Soil Moisture at Oil Contamination Sites in Antarctica, Version 1
Data set id:
GGD626
DOI: 10.7265/t8tb-3c87
This is the most recent version of these data.

Overview

To determine the effects of oil spills on soil temperature and moisture, soil climate stations were built at existing contamination sites -- Scott Base, Marble Point, Bull Pass, and nearby control sites in the Ross Sea Region, Antarctica. Sensors recorded soil temperature, soil moisture, air temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation, net radiation, wind speed, and wind direction. Data extend from January 1999 through December 2001. Data from individual stations are available in tab-delimited ASCII text files. An Excel spreadsheet contains the same data compiled together in a single file. NSIDC currently provides these summary data via ftp; the full soil temperature and moisture data set is available from Ron Paetzold, USDA.
Parameter(s):
HUMIDITYNET RADIATIONSOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENTSOIL TEMPERATURESOLAR RADIATIONSURFACE AIR TEMPERATURESURFACE WINDS
Platform(s):
Not Specified
Sensor(s):
Not Specified
Data Format(s):
ASCII, Excel
Temporal Coverage:
21 January 1999 to 31 December 2001
Temporal Resolution:
Not Specified
Spatial Resolution:
  • Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
N:
-77.45
S:
-77.9806
E:
166.7806
W:
161.8806
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

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