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CALM SITE A5a |
NAME |
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Site code |
A5a |
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Site name |
Victoria
Valley |
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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 |
Victoria
Valley, Antarctica |
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Location Lat. |
77819.854' S |
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Location Lon. |
161836.036' E |
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Elevation
avg. (m) |
412
m_____________ |
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Methods Grid |
__________________ |
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Methods Other |
__________________ |
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Landscape
Description |
Valley
floor_________ |
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Vegetation
/Classification |
None______________ |
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Soils (or
Material) |
Granite
dominated till_ |
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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 sand
to coarse sand |
SITE
DESCRIPTION
The Victoria Valley Station is at an elevation of 410 m in a
former old lake bed characterized by strongly developed low-centered polygons.
This station is about 20 m down valley from a recessional moraine and
approximately 300 m down valley from the edge of Lake Victoria, a pro-glacial
lake abutting the upper Victoria Glacier.
SOIL
DESCRIPTION:
(predominant texture, i.e., ‘sand’, ‘gravel’,
‘peat’, etc.): Dystri Turbi-Histic
(Gleyic), Gleyi-Turbic Cryosols (loamy)
Sandy, mixed, hypergelic Typic Haplorthels
SAMPLING
DESIGN AND METHOD:
This station monitors soil
temperature to a depth of 120 cm, soil water content (10, 33, 83, 91, and 106
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