GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_00002
English
dataset
British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
pdc@bas.ac.uk
pointOfContact
2022-03-22
NERC profile of ISO19115:2003
1.0
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00002
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
OGP
Antarctic microclimate data
Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00002
2022-03-22
publication
GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00002
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id=
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.
British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
High Cross, Madingley Road
Cambridge
CB3 0ET
UK
pdc@bas.ac.uk
custodian
British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
High Cross, Madingley
Cambridge
CB3 0ET
UK
pdc@bas.ac.uk
originator
unknown
NDGO0001
NERC_DDC
NERC OAI Harvesting
2022-03-22
revision
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
GCMD Parameter Valids
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Environmental monitoring facilities
Meteorological geographical features
INSPIRE themes
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air temperature
cloches
humidity
loggers
microclimate
micrometeorological
soil moisture
soil temperature
BAS Free-text keywords
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revision
This data is released under a UK Open Government Licence V3.0: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3
otherRestrictions
This data is released under a UK Open Government Licence V3.0: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3
English
biota
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
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165
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1976-01-01
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Polar Data Centre - British Antarctic Survey
+44 (0)1223 221400
pdc@bas.ac.uk
distributor
dataset
Conformity_001
INSPIRE
INSPIRE Data Specification on unknown theme Guidelines
See the referenced specification
false
Various - internally documented.