The Antarctic with a close up of McMurdo Dry Valley

This dataset contains the recorded values of several meteorological parameters from seven automatic weather stations (AWS) in the McMurdo Dry Valleys (Antarctica) from 1995 to 2022.

Description

The dataset is available in CSV format. Parameters include air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and wind direction and were recorded in 15-min intervals. Additionally, for each data point, a foehn wind label has been added based on two threshold-based detection algorithms.

License

This data is made available under CC-BY-4.0

Data

Citation

  • AWS data taken from:

    • Doran, P.T., Fountain, A.G. 2022. High frequency measurements from Explorers Cove Meteorological Station (EXEM), McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica (1995-2021, ongoing). Environmental Data Initiative. DOI: 10.6073/pasta/3d2b24759d4e1fdd77e621af32022787. Dataset accessed 16 February 2023.

    • Doran, P.T., Fountain, A.G. 2022. High frequency measurements from Lake Bonney Meteorological Station (BOYM), McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica (1993-2021, ongoing). Environmental Data Initiative. DOI: 10.6073/pasta/c608e16b009bbce469018bc268f5cd6c. Dataset accessed 16 February 2023.

    • Doran, P.T., Fountain, A.G. 2022. High frequency measurements from Lake Brownworth Meteorological Station (BRHM), McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica (1994-2022, ongoing). Environmental Data Initiative. DOI: 10.6073/pasta/f01429fef1ca25521f16513c98b0a485. Dataset accessed 16 February 2023.

    • Doran, P.T., Fountain, A.G. 2022. High frequency measurements from Lake Fryxell Meteorological Station (FRLM), McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica (1993-2021, ongoing). Environmental Data Initiative. DOI: 10.6073/pasta/0f81d6d9c2b0f6ee9e7151db57733aec. Dataset accessed 16 February 2023.

    • Doran, P.T., Fountain, A.G. 2022. High frequency measurements from Lake Vanda Meteorological Station (VAAM), McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica (1994-2022, ongoing). Environmental Data Initiative. DOI: 10.6073/pasta/697f87a9445a4ae860504b2c4674ad16. Dataset accessed 16 February 2023.

    • Doran, P.T., Fountain, A.G. 2022. High frequency measurements from Lake Vida Meteorological Station (VIAM), McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica (1995-2022, ongoing). Environmental Data Initiative. DOI: 10.6073/pasta/b07916034eb36ef3b59c79b66ae54b69. Dataset accessed 16 February 2023.

    • Doran, P.T., Fountain, A.G. 2022. High frequency measurements from Commonwealth Glacier Meteorological Station (COHM), McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica (1993-2021, ongoing). Environmental Data Initiative. DOI: 10.6073/pasta/1fd2035c9efea9f105ecb1d6212448cc. Dataset accessed 16 February 2023.

  • Foehn wind labels created by:

    • Hofsteenge, Marte & Cullen, Nicolas & Reijmer, Carleen & Van den Broeke, Michiel & Katurji, Marwan & Orwin, John. (2022). The surface energy balance during foehn events at Joyce Glacier, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. The Cryosphere. 16. 5041-5059. 10.5194/tc-16-5041-2022.