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CALM SITE A2 |
NAME |
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Site code |
A2 |
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Site name |
Bull Pass__ |
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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 |
Wright
Valley, Antarctica_______ |
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Location Lat. |
77831.098' S |
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Location Lon. |
161851.924' E |
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Elevation
avg. (m) |
152
m_____________ |
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Methods Grid |
__________________ |
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Methods Other |
__________________ |
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Landscape
Description |
colluvial
fan_________ |
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Vegetation
/Classification |
None______________ |
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Soils (or
Material) |
Granite
dominated till and colluvium__________ |
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Thaw depth
measurements (year started)
|
1999______________ |
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Air temp.
measurements (year started) |
1999______________ |
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Snow cover
measurements (year started) |
N/A_______________ |
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soil temp. measurements (year started) |
1999______________ |
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soil moisture
measurements (year started) |
1999______________ |
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general
description of soil moisture (dry, moist, wet, saturated) |
dry________________ |
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soil texture:
if non organic describe texture, if organic indicate thickness of organic
layer (cm) |
Gravelly
coarse sand to fine sandy loam |
SITE
DESCRIPTION
The Bull Pass Station is
located on the footslope of the side of an outwash
terrace (or colluvial fan) below Bull Pass in the Wright Valley of the McMurdo Dry Valleys.
SOIL
DESCRIPTION:
(predominant texture, i.e., ‘sand’, ‘gravel’,
‘peat’, etc.): Dystri Turbi-Histic
(Gleyic), Gleyi-Turbic Cryosols (loamy)
Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive,
calcareous, hypergelic Nitric Anhyorthels
SAMPLING
DESIGN AND METHOD:
This station monitors soil
temperature to a depth of 120 cm, soil water content
(2, 20, 30, 40, 50, and
120 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