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tc-13-2203-2019

Name: Non-Water track properties of a polar desert in Taylor Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Published: 2023-05-10
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: land-air exchange; Permafrost; polar desert; soil hydrology; surface energy balance; water track

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land-air exchange; Permafrost; polar desert; soil hydrology; surface energy balance; water track

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Non-water track properties of a polar desert in Taylor Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica - data text file

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Median Latitude: -77.580394 * Median Longitude: 163.487566 * South-bound Latitude: -77.580830 * West-bound Longitude: 163.475040 * North-bound Latitude: -77.579250 * East-bound Longitude: 163.492340

Date/Time Start: 2012-12-27T16:15:00 * Date/Time End: 2013-01-21T13:15:00

Event(s):

Taylor_valley * Latitude: -77.637000 * Longitude: 162.842000 * Location: Transantarctic Mountains

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Comment
1	Comment	Comment		Thomas, Christoph K	Event
2	Date/time start	Date/time start		Thomas, Christoph K	Start time of averaging interval, center, formatted datetime string
3	Date/time end	Date/time end		Thomas, Christoph K	End time of averaging interval, center, formatted datetime string
4	DATE/TIME	Date/Time		Thomas, Christoph K	Geocode – Center time of averaging interval, center, serial matlab format
5	Day of the year	DOY	day	Thomas, Christoph K	Doy of Year, fractional (decimal places = time)
6	Height	Height	m	Thomas, Christoph K	Aerodynamic height (z-d), where d=displacement height
7	ELEVATION	Elevation	m a.s.l.	Thomas, Christoph K	Geocode – Elevation
8	LATITUDE	Latitude		Thomas, Christoph K	Geocode – Latitude
9	LONGITUDE	Longitude		Thomas, Christoph K	Geocode – Longitude
10	UTC offset	UTC offset		Thomas, Christoph K	UTC offset
11	Solar zenith angle	SZA	deg	Thomas, Christoph K	Zenith angle of the sun
12	Solar azimuth angle	SAA	deg	Thomas, Christoph K	Azimuth angle of the sun
13	Day-Night indicator	Day/Night		Thomas, Christoph K	Day and night indicator: 0=night,0.5=transition (sunrise/ sunset), 1=day
14	Number of data	N data		Thomas, Christoph K	Number of data in averaging interval
15	Number of data	N data		Thomas, Christoph K	Number of flagged or missing data for sonic
16	Number of data	N data		Thomas, Christoph K	Number of flagged or missing data for irga1
17	Number	n	#	Thomas, Christoph K	Number of iterations for spectral frequency correction (Moore correction)
18	Wind speed, x component	ff x	m/s	Thomas, Christoph K	Wind component x, sonic, unrotated, vectorial mean
19	Standard deviation	Std dev	±	Thomas, Christoph K	Wind component x, sonic, unrotated, vectorial standard deviation
20	Skewness	Skew		Thomas, Christoph K	Wind component x, sonic, unrotated, vectorial skewness
21	Kurtosis	Kurt		Thomas, Christoph K	Wind component x, sonic, unrotated, vectorial kurtosis
22	Wind speed, y component	ff y	m/s	Thomas, Christoph K	Wind component y, sonic, unrotated, vectorial mean
23	Standard deviation	Std dev	±	Thomas, Christoph K	Wind component y, sonic, unrotated, vectorial standard deviation
24	Skewness	Skew		Thomas, Christoph K	Wind component y, sonic, unrotated, vectorial skewness
25	Kurtosis	Kurt		Thomas, Christoph K	Wind component y, sonic, unrotated, vectorial kurtosis
26	Wind speed, z component	ff z	m/s	Thomas, Christoph K	Wind component z (vertical), sonic, unrotated, vectorial mean
27	Standard deviation	Std dev	±	Thomas, Christoph K	Wind component z (vertical), sonic, unrotated, vectorial standard deviation
28	Skewness	Skew		Thomas, Christoph K	Wind component z (Vertical), sonic, unrotated, vectorial skewness
29	Kurtosis	Kurt		Thomas, Christoph K	Wind component z (Vertical), sonic, unrotated, vectorial kurtosis
30	Wind direction	dd	deg	Thomas, Christoph K	Wind direction
31	Wind speed, horizontal, scalar	ff horizontal scalar	m/s	Thomas, Christoph K	Wind horizontal speed, sonic, unrotated, scalar mean
32	Standard deviation	Std dev	±	Thomas, Christoph K	Wind horizontal speed, sonic, unrotated, scalar standard deviation
33	Skewness	Skew		Thomas, Christoph K	Wind horizontal speed, sonic, unrotated, scalar skewness
34	Kurtosis	Kurt		Thomas, Christoph K	Wind horizontal speed, sonic, unrotated, scalar kurtosis
35	Wind speed, total, scalar	ff tot scalar	m/s	Thomas, Christoph K	Total wind speed sqrt{u^2+v^2+w^2} , sonic, unrotated, scalar mean
36	Standard deviation	Std dev	±	Thomas, Christoph K	Total wind speed sqrt{u^2+v^2+w^2} , sonic, unrotated, scalar standard deviation
37	Skewness	Skew		Thomas, Christoph K	Total wind speed sqrt{u^2+v^2+w^2} , sonic, unrotated, scalar skewness
38	Kurtosis	Kurt		Thomas, Christoph K	Total wind speed sqrt{u^2+v^2+w^2} , sonic, unrotated, scalar kurtosis
39	1st rotation angle (horizontal)	1st rot angle	deg	Thomas, Christoph K	Coordinate rotation: 1st rotational angle to align coordinate system with mean wind
40	2nd rotation angle (vertical)	2nd rot angle	deg	Thomas, Christoph K	Coordinate rotation: 2ndt rotational angle to force mean vertical wind to zero
41	Wind speed, along-wind, rotated, mean	u mean rot	m/s	Thomas, Christoph K	Wind component, along-wind, rotated, mean
42	Spectral frequency correction factor	Spectral freq corr		Thomas, Christoph K	Spectral frequency correction factor applied to standard deviation
43	Standard deviation	Std dev	±	Thomas, Christoph K	Wind component, along-wind, rotated, standard deviation
44	Skewness	Skew		Thomas, Christoph K	Wind component, along-wind, rotated, skewness
45	Kurtosis	Kurt		Thomas, Christoph K	Wind component, along-wind, rotated, kurtosis
46	Wind speed, cross-wind, rotated, mean	v mean rot	m/s	Thomas, Christoph K	Wind component, cross-wind, rotated, mean
47	Spectral frequency correction factor	Spectral freq corr		Thomas, Christoph K	Spectral frequency correction factor applied to standard deviation
48	Standard deviation	Std dev	±	Thomas, Christoph K	Wind component, cross-wind, rotated, standard deviation
49	Skewness	Skew		Thomas, Christoph K	Wind component, cross-wind, rotated, skewness
50	Kurtosis	Kurt		Thomas, Christoph K	Wind component, cross-wind, rotated, kurtosis
51	Wind speed, vertical, rotated, mean	w mean rot	m/s	Thomas, Christoph K	Wind component, vertical, rotated, mean
52	Spectral frequency correction factor	Spectral freq corr		Thomas, Christoph K	Spectral frequency correction factor applied to standard deviation
53	Standard deviation	Std dev	±	Thomas, Christoph K	Wind component, vertical, rotated, standard deviation
54	Skewness	Skew		Thomas, Christoph K	Wind component, vertical, rotated, skewness
55	Kurtosis	Kurt		Thomas, Christoph K	Wind component, vertical, rotated, kurtosis
56	Wind, along-wind component, scalar	U scalar mean	m/s	Thomas, Christoph K	Wind horizontal speed, sonic, rotated, scalar mean
57	Standard deviation	Std dev	±	Thomas, Christoph K	Wind horizontal speed, sonic, rotated, scalarl standard deviation
58	Skewness	Skew		Thomas, Christoph K	Wind horizontal speed, sonic, rotated, scalar skewness
59	Kurtosis	Kurt		Thomas, Christoph K	Wind horizontal speed, sonic, rotated, scalar kurtosis
60	Sonic temperature	Ts	°C	Thomas, Christoph K	Sonic temperature, mean
61	Spectral frequency correction factor	Spectral freq corr		Thomas, Christoph K	Spectral frequency correction factor applied to standard deviation
62	Standard deviation	Std dev	±	Thomas, Christoph K	Sonic temperature, standard deviation
63	Skewness	Skew		Thomas, Christoph K	Sonic temperature, skewness
64	Kurtosis	Kurt		Thomas, Christoph K	Sonic temperature, kurtosis
65	Carbon dioxide	CO2	mmol/m³	Thomas, Christoph K	CO2 concentration, mean
66	Spectral frequency correction factor	Spectral freq corr		Thomas, Christoph K	Spectral frequency correction factor applied to standard deviation
67	Standard deviation	Std dev	±	Thomas, Christoph K	CO2 concentration, standard deviation
68	Skewness	Skew		Thomas, Christoph K	CO2 concentration, skewness
69	Kurtosis	Kurt		Thomas, Christoph K	CO2 concentration, kurtosis
70	Water vapour	WV	mmol/m³	Thomas, Christoph K	Water vapor concentration, mean
71	Spectral frequency correction factor	Spectral freq corr		Thomas, Christoph K	Spectral frequency correction factor applied to standard deviation
72	Standard deviation	Std dev	±	Thomas, Christoph K	Water vapor concentration, standard deviation
73	Skewness	Skew		Thomas, Christoph K	Water vapor concentration, skewness
74	Kurtosis	Kurt		Thomas, Christoph K	Water vapor concentration, kurtosis
75	Pressure	P	kPa	Thomas, Christoph K	Reference pressure, barometric
76	Temperature, air	TTT	°C	Thomas, Christoph K	Reference temperature
77	Density, air	Density air	kg/m³	Thomas, Christoph K	Density of dry air
78	Vapour saturation pressure	VSP	kPa	Thomas, Christoph K	Saturation vapor pressure
79	Vapour pressure	Vapour press	kPa	Thomas, Christoph K	Vapor pressure IRGA1
80	Density of moist air	Density moist air	kg/m³	Thomas, Christoph K	Density of moist air
81	Specific heat, air	Spec heat air	J/kg/K	Thomas, Christoph K	Specific heat at constant pressure computed for air density
82	Spectral frequency correction factor	Spectral freq corr		Thomas, Christoph K	Spectral frequency correction factor applied to covariance
83	Covariance	Cov		Thomas, Christoph K	Covariance u'w'
84	Spectral frequency correction factor	Spectral freq corr		Thomas, Christoph K	Spectral frequency correction factor applied to covariance
85	Covariance	Cov		Thomas, Christoph K	Covariance v'w'
86	Friction velocity	u*	m/s	Thomas, Christoph K	Friction velocity = sqrt(overbar{u'w'}^2 + overbar{v'w'}^2)
87	Momentum, flux	Momentum flux	kg/m/s²	Thomas, Christoph K	momentum flux
88	Turbulence kinetic energy	TKE	m²/s²	Thomas, Christoph K	turbulence kinetic energy = 0.5*(u^2+v^2+w^2)
89	Turbulence transport term	Turbulence transport	m²/s³	Thomas, Christoph K	turbulence transport term of the TKE budget
90	Covariance	Cov		Thomas, Christoph K	Covariance u'Ts'
91	Covariance	Cov		Thomas, Christoph K	Covariance v'Ts'
92	Spectral frequency correction factor	Spectral freq corr		Thomas, Christoph K	Spectral frequency correction factor applied to covariance
93	Covariance	Cov		Thomas, Christoph K	Covariance w'Ts', kinematic buoyancy flux
94	Heat, flux coefficient	Heat flux coeff	J/m³/K	Thomas, Christoph K	Heat flux coefficient, standard conditions
95	Buoyancy, flux	Buoyancy flux	W/m²	Thomas, Christoph K	Buoyancy flux, energetic
96	Heat, flux coefficient	Heat flux coeff	J/m³/K	Thomas, Christoph K	Heat flux coefficient computed for current air density
97	Buoyancy, flux	Buoyancy flux	W/m²	Thomas, Christoph K	Buoyancy flux, energetic, computed for current air density
98	Heat, flux, sensible	Qh	K*m/s	Thomas, Christoph K	Sensible heat flux (Schotanus correction applied), kinematic
99	Heat, flux, sensible	Qh	W/m²	Thomas, Christoph K	Sensible heat flux (Schotanus correction applied), energetic
100	Covariance	Cov		Thomas, Christoph K	Covariance u'CO2'
101	Covariance	Cov		Thomas, Christoph K	Covariance v'CO2'
102	Spectral frequency correction factor	Spectral freq corr		Thomas, Christoph K	Spectral frequency correction factor applied to covariance
103	Covariance	Cov		Thomas, Christoph K	Covariance w'CO2', vertical CO2 flux, FCO2, uncorrected
104	Covariance	Cov		Thomas, Christoph K	Covariance u'H2O'
105	Covariance	Cov		Thomas, Christoph K	Covariance v'H2O'
106	Spectral frequency correction factor	Spectral freq corr		Thomas, Christoph K	Spectral frequency correction factor applied to covariance
107	Covariance	Cov		Thomas, Christoph K	Covariance w'H2O', latent heat flux, LE, ET, uncorrected
108	Latent heat of vaporization	Latent heat of vaporization	J/kg	Thomas, Christoph K	Latent heat of vaporization
109	Heat, flux, latent	Qe	W/m²	Thomas, Christoph K	Latent heat flux, energetic, uncorrected
110	Density correction	Density corr	mmol/m²/s	Thomas, Christoph K	Density correction for FCO2
111	Density correction	Density corr	mmol/m²/s	Thomas, Christoph K	Density correction for latent heat flux
112	Carbon dioxide, flux	CO2 flux	mmol/m²/s	Thomas, Christoph K	CO2 Flux, FCO2, corrected
113	Heat, flux, latent	Qe	W/m²	Thomas, Christoph K	Latent heat flux, energetic, corrected
114	Obukhov length	Obukhov l	m	Thomas, Christoph K	Obukhov length computed using buoyancy flux w'Ts'
115	zeta	zeta	z/L	Thomas, Christoph K	z/L
116	Obukhov length	Obukhov l	m	Thomas, Christoph K	Obukhov length computed using sensible heat flux w'T'
117	zeta	zeta	z/L	Thomas, Christoph K	z/L_irga1
118	Integral turbulence characteristic	Itc		Thomas, Christoph K	Integral turbulence characteristic, along-wind component, std(u)/u*
119	Integral turbulence characteristic	Itc		Thomas, Christoph K	Integral turbulence characteristic, cross-wind component, std(v)/u*
120	Integral turbulence characteristic	Itc		Thomas, Christoph K	Integral turbulence characteristic, vertical wind component, std(w)/u*
121	Integral turbulence characteristic	Itc		Thomas, Christoph K	Integral turbulence characteristic, sonic temperature, std(Ts)/T, T=w'Ts'/u*
122	Integral turbulence characteristic	Itc		Thomas, Christoph K	Integral turbulence characteristic, dry-bulb temperature, std(T)/T, T=w'T'/u*
123	Integral turbulence characteristic	Itc		Thomas, Christoph K	Integral turbulence characteristic, carbon dioxide, std(CO2)/CO2, CO2=w'CO2'/u*
124	Integral turbulence characteristic	Itc		Thomas, Christoph K	Integral turbulence characteristic, water vapor, std(H2O)/H2O, H2O=w'H2O'/u*
125	Turbulence intensity	Turbulence int		Thomas, Christoph K	Turbulence intensity, along-wind component, std(u)/U, U=mean horizontal wind speed
126	Turbulence intensity	Turbulence int		Thomas, Christoph K	Turbulence intensity, cross-wind component, std(v)/U, U=mean horizontal wind speed
127	Turbulence intensity	Turbulence int		Thomas, Christoph K	Turbulence intensity, vertical wind component, std(w)/U, U=mean horizontal wind speed
128	Time lag	Time lag		Thomas, Christoph K	Used time lag for buoyancy flux
129	Time lag	Time lag		Thomas, Christoph K	Used time lag for FCO2
130	Time lag	Time lag		Thomas, Christoph K	Used time lag for latent heat flux
131	Coriolis parameter f	Coriolis		Thomas, Christoph K	Coriolis parameter f, dependent on latitude
132	Non-stationarity	Non-stationarity		Thomas, Christoph K	Non-stationarity of covariance of u'w' after Foken et al. (2004)
133	Non-stationarity	Non-stationarity		Thomas, Christoph K	Non-stationarity of covariance of v'w' after Foken et al. (2004)
134	Non-stationarity	Non-stationarity		Thomas, Christoph K	Non-stationarity of covariance of w'Ts' after Foken et al. (2004)
135	Non-stationarity	Non-stationarity		Thomas, Christoph K	Non-stationarity of covariance of w'co2' after Foken et al. (2004)
136	Non-stationarity	Non-stationarity		Thomas, Christoph K	Non-stationarity of covariance of w'h2o' after Foken et al. (2004)
137	Integral turbulence characteristic	Itc		Thomas, Christoph K	Integral turbulence characteristic of u, modeled with z/L after Foken et al. (2004)
138	Integral turbulence characteristic	Itc		Thomas, Christoph K	Integral turbulence characteristic of w, modeled with z/L after Foken et al. (2004)
139	Integral turbulence characteristic	Itc		Thomas, Christoph K	Integral turbulence characteristic of Ts, modeled with z/L after Foken et al. (2004)
140	Deviation	Deviation		Thomas, Christoph K	Deviation of itc_u from itc_u.model, indicating if measurements disagree with theory
141	Deviation	Deviation		Thomas, Christoph K	Deviation of itc_w from itc_w.model, indicating if measurements disagree with theory
142	Deviation	Deviation		Thomas, Christoph K	Deviation of itc_Ts from itc_Ts.model, indicating if measurements disagree with theory
143	Quality flag	QF		Thomas, Christoph K	Quality flag for covariance of u'w' after Foken et al. (2004), simplified: 1-3=0, 4-6=1, 7-9=2
144	Quality flag	QF		Thomas, Christoph K	Quality flag for covariance of w'Ts' after Foken et al. (2004), simplified: 1-3=0, 4-6=1, 7-9=2
145	Quality flag	QF		Thomas, Christoph K	Quality flag for covariance of w'co2' after Foken et al. (2004), simplified: 1-3=0, 4-6=1, 7-9=2
146	Quality flag	QF		Thomas, Christoph K	Quality flag for covariance of w'h2o' after Foken et al. (2004), simplified: 1-3=0, 4-6=1, 7-9=2
147	Battery terminal voltage	Vbat	V	Thomas, Christoph K	Battery Voltage
148	Temperature, technical	T tech	°C	Thomas, Christoph K	Temperature of the logger shield
149	Temperature, air	TTT	°C	Thomas, Christoph K	Air Temperature at 2 m, HMP
150	Vapour pressure	Vapour press	kPa	Thomas, Christoph K	Vapor pressure, HMP
151	Vapour saturation pressure	VSP	kPa	Thomas, Christoph K	Saturation vapor pressure, HMP
152	Humidity, relative	RH	%	Thomas, Christoph K	Relative humidity, HMP
153	Dew/frost point	TdTdTd	°C	Thomas, Christoph K	Dewpoint temperature, HMP
154	Short-wave downward (GLOBAL) radiation	SWD	W/m²	Thomas, Christoph K	Downwelling shortwave radiation, NR01
155	Short-wave upward (REFLEX) radiation	SWU	W/m²	Thomas, Christoph K	Upwelling shortwave radiation, NR01
156	Long-wave downward radiation	LWD	W/m²	Thomas, Christoph K	Downwelling longwave radiation, NR01
157	Long-wave upward radiation	LWU	W/m²	Thomas, Christoph K	Upwelling longwave radiation, NR01
158	Long-wave downward radiation	LWD	W/m²	Thomas, Christoph K	Downwelling longwave radiation, corrected for device temperature, NR01
159	Long-wave upward radiation	LWU	W/m²	Thomas, Christoph K	Upwelling longwave radiation, corrected for device temperature, NR01
160	Device temperature net radiometer	Device T	°C	Thomas, Christoph K	NR01 temperature
161	Device temperature net radiometer	Device T	K	Thomas, Christoph K	NR01 temperature
162	Short-wave net radiation	SW net	W/m²	Thomas, Christoph K	Shortwave net radiation, NR01
163	Long-wave net radiation	LW net	W/m²	Thomas, Christoph K	Longwave net radiation, NR01
164	Albedo, fraction	Alb frac		Thomas, Christoph K	Upwelling shortwave radiation / Downwelling shortwave radiation, NR01
165	Downward radiation, total	Dn tot	W/m²	Thomas, Christoph K	Total downwelling radiation, NR01
166	Upward radiation, total	Up tot	W/m²	Thomas, Christoph K	Total upwelling radiation, NR01
167	Net radiation	NET	W/m²	Thomas, Christoph K	Total net radiation, NR01
168	Indicator	Indicator		Thomas, Christoph K	Indicator for erroneous thermocouple measurements
169	Temperature, soil	T soil	°C	Thomas, Christoph K	Soil temperature, thermocouple 1
170	DEPTH, soil	Depth soil	m	Thomas, Christoph K	Geocode – Depth in the soil, thermocouple 1
171	Temperature, soil	T soil	°C	Thomas, Christoph K	Soil temperature, thermocouple 2
172	DEPTH, soil	Depth soil	m	Thomas, Christoph K	Geocode – Depth in the soil, thermocouple 2
173	Temperature, soil	T soil	°C	Thomas, Christoph K	Soil temperature, thermocouple 3
174	DEPTH, soil	Depth soil	m	Thomas, Christoph K	Geocode – Depth in the soil, thermocouple 3
175	Number of measurements	n	#	Levy, Joseph S	Number of averaged raw thermistor measurements
176	Temperature, soil	T soil	°C	Levy, Joseph S	Soil temperature, thermistor 1
177	DEPTH, soil	Depth soil	m	Levy, Joseph S	Geocode – Depth in the soil, thermistor 1
178	Temperature, soil	T soil	°C	Levy, Joseph S	Soil temperature, thermistor 2
179	DEPTH, soil	Depth soil	m	Levy, Joseph S	Geocode – Depth in the soil, thermistor 2
180	Temperature, soil	T soil	°C	Levy, Joseph S	Soil temperature, thermistor 3
181	DEPTH, soil	Depth soil	m	Levy, Joseph S	Geocode – Depth in the soil, thermistor 3
182	Heat storage change	Heat storage change	W/m²	Linhardt, Tobias	Heat storage change in the thawed layer, from logarithmic temperature interpolation
183	Net radiation	NET	W/m²	Linhardt, Tobias	Total net radiation, corrected for outliers
184	Heat, flux, sensible	Qh	W/m²	Linhardt, Tobias	Sensible heat flux, corrected for outliers
185	Heat, flux, latent	Qe	W/m²	Linhardt, Tobias	Latent heat flux, corrected for outliers
186	Heat storage change	Heat storage change	W/m²	Linhardt, Tobias	Heat storage change in the thawed layer, corrected for outliers
187	Soil heat, flux	Soil heat flux	W/m²	Linhardt, Tobias	Soil heat flux at ice tabe depth (WT/NWT: 0.48 m/0.30 m), calculated as energy balance residual of variables 183-186
188	Ground heat, flux	Ground heat flux	W/m²	Linhardt, Tobias	Ground heat flux, calculated as energy balance residual of variables 183-185

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