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Antarctica Soil Climate Research Stations

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posted on 2023-11-30, 08:29 authored by USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Nine long-term soil-climate stations in Antarctica were set up to study the effects of latitude, elevation, and soil age. Stations monitor soil temperature, soil water content, air temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation, and wind (speed and direction). Stations: Bull Pass, Bull Pass East, Don Juan Pond, Granite Harbour, Marble Point, Minna Bluff, Mt. Fleming, Scott Base, Victoria Valley. Information and data presented for each station cover Personnel; Description of Station, Data, and Soils; Graphic Display of Data (HTML); Download Data (daily averages) by Year, (Excel).


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Funding

Natural Resources Conservation Service

History

Data contact name

Seybold, Cathy

Data contact email

cathy.seybold@lin.usda.gov

Publisher

United States Department of Agriculture

Temporal Extent Start Date

1999-01-01

Temporal Extent End Date

2018-12-31

Frequency

  • continual

Theme

  • Not specified

Geographic Coverage

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Geographic location - description

Bull Pass, Bull Pass East, Don Juan Pond, Granite Harbour, Marble Point, Minna Bluff, Mt. Fleming, Scott Base, and Victoria Valley Stations, Antarctica; McMurdo Dry Valleys and other ice-free areas of the Ross Island Region of Antarctica

ISO Topic Category

  • environment
  • geoscientificInformation
  • imageryBaseMapsEarthCover

National Agricultural Library Thesaurus terms

climate change; soil temperature; soil water; research facilities; air temperature; Antarctica; McMurdo Sound; age of soil; latitude; soil water content; relative humidity; solar radiation; wind; cold soils; climatic factors

OMB Bureau Code

  • 005:53 - Natural Resources Conservation Service

OMB Program Code

  • 005:027 - Conservation Operations

Primary article PubAg Handle

Pending citation

  • No

Public Access Level

  • Public

Preferred dataset citation

Soil Survey Staff, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Soil Climate Research Station Data - Antarctica. Available online at https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/soils/survey/climate/. Accessed [month/day/year].

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    Keywords

    soil climate

    Licence

    U.S. Public Domain

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