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CALM SITE A11 |
NAME |
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Site code |
A11 |
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Site name |
Granite Harbour |
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CAPS I
Metadata form |
_________ |
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CAPS II
Metadata form |
_________ |
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Site
Photograph (link) |
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Responsible
for data submission |
Tanya O'Neill |
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Email Address |
tanya.o'neill@waikato.ac.nz |
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Institution/Organization |
University of
Waikato |
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Location
description |
Granite Harbour, Antarctica |
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Location Lat. |
78830.696' S |
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Location Lon. |
166845.972' E |
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Elevation
avg. (m) |
22
m______________ |
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Methods Grid |
__________________ |
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Methods Other |
__________________ |
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Landscape
Description |
fan/lateral
moraine___ |
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Vegetation
/Classification |
None______________ |
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Soils (or
Material) |
Granitic
colluvium over possible beach sand_ |
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Thaw depth
measurements (year started)
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2003______________ |
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Air temp.
measurements (year started) |
2003______________ |
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Snow cover
measurements (year started) |
N/A_______________ |
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soil temp. measurements (year started) |
2003______________ |
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soil moisture
measurements (year started) |
2003______________ |
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general
description of soil moisture (dry, moist, wet, saturated) |
Dry to
moist________ |
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soil texture:
if non organic describe texture, if organic indicate thickness of organic
layer (cm) |
Bouldery Coarse sand to fine sand |
SITE
DESCRIPTION
The Granite Harbor station is at an elevation of 4.5 m overlooking Granite Harbor. It is located on a narrow (10 m wide) fan/lateral moraine between a cliff face and the edge of sea ice in Granite Harbor.
SOIL
DESCRIPTION:
(predominant texture, i.e., ‘sand’, ‘gravel’,
‘peat’, etc.): Dystri Turbi-Histic
(Gleyic), Gleyi-Turbic Cryosols (loamy)
Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive,
calcareous, hypergelic Typic
Haploturbels
SAMPLING
DESIGN AND METHOD:
This station monitors soil
temperature to a depth of 90 cm, soil water content (2, 5, 15, 25, 45, and 75
cm depths), air temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation, and wind
(speed and direction). Measurements are made at 20-minute intervals and
averaged and recorded every hour.
REFERENCES:
Below are links to data,
pictures etc.
Site Photos