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CALM SITE A9 |
NAME |
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Site code |
A9 |
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Site name |
Mt. Fleming |
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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 |
Mt. Fleming,
Antarctica |
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Location Lat. |
77832.712' S |
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Location Lon. |
160817.412' E |
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Elevation
avg. (m) |
1700
m____________ |
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Methods Grid |
__________________ |
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Methods Other |
__________________ |
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Landscape
Description |
Cirque_____________ |
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Vegetation
/Classification |
None______________ |
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Soils (or
Material) |
Dolerite
dominated ablation till |
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Thaw depth
measurements (year started)
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2002______________ |
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Air temp.
measurements (year started) |
2002______________ |
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Snow cover
measurements (year started) |
N/A_______________ |
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soil temp. measurements (year started) |
2002______________ |
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soil moisture
measurements (year started) |
2002______________ |
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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 sandy loam |
SITE
DESCRIPTION
This station is located on patterned ground (high centered
polygons) within a cirque, on the north side of Mt. Fleming near the edge of
polar plateau. The cirque is also next to an ice fall located at the head of
the Upper Wright Glacier polar plateau at an elevation of 1700 m.
SOIL
DESCRIPTION:
(predominant texture, i.e., ‘sand’, ‘gravel’,
‘peat’, etc.): Dystri Turbi-Histic
(Gleyic), Gleyi-Turbic Cryosols (loamy)
Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive,
nonacid, hypergelic Typic Haplorthels
SAMPLING
DESIGN AND METHOD:
This station monitors soil
temperature to a depth of 60 cm, soil water content (7.5, 15, and 30 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