Arctic LTER

Weather at Toolik

Arctic LTER Database

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Data sets were provided by the Arctic LTER. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants #DEB-981022, 9211775, 8702328; #OPP-9911278, 9911681, 9732281, 9615411, 9615563, 9615942, 9615949, 9400722, 9415411, 9318529; #BSR 9019055, 8806635, 8507493.

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Dataset URLs:	METADATA: HTML, Rich Text, XML(EML compliant) DATA: Comma Delimited, Excel file with Metadata and data
Dataset ID:	2005 peotmp
Dataset Title:	Oksrukuyik Creek 2005 summer temperature.
Investigator 1:
First Name:	Bruce
Last Name:	Peterson
Address line 1:	7 MBL St.
Address line 2:
Address line 3:
City:	Woods Hole
State:	MA
Zip Code:	02543
Country:	USA
Associate Investigators:	Adrian Green
Keywords:	temperature
Abstract:	Oksrukuyik Creek continuous temperature recorded by a datalogger
Contact:	Arctic LTER Information Manager The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Lab 7 MBL St Woods Hole, MA 02543 Phone (508) 289 7496 Email: arc_im@mbl.edu Online URL: http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/ARC/
DATA FILE INFORMATION:
Data File URL	http://metacat.lternet.edu/das/dataAccessServlet?docid=knb-lter-arc.10044&urlTail=streams/tempdischarge/data/05peotmp.dat
Data File Name	05peotmp.dat
Beginning Date	6/28/2005
End Date	8/10/2005
Number of Data Records
Other Files to Reference
Availability Status	1
Quality Control Information
Maintenance Description
Log of Changes:	DATA FILE ENTERED: Elissa Schuett
	Metadata entered: Elissa Schuett
	Version 2: Upadte LTERNET Data Access server proxy link for Excel and comma delimited data files. Changed from knb to das in url.

RESEARCH LOCATION:	Site 1	Site 2
Geographic Description	Oksrukuyik Creek, North Slope of Alaska
Location Bounding Box
West Bounding Coordinate
East Bounding Coordinate
North Bounding Coordinate
South Bounding Coordinate
OR if single point location
Latitude	68.689378°
Longitude	-149.093880°
Elevation


TAXONOMIC COVERAGE:
Taxonomic Protocols
Organisms studied

Methods:	A Campbell Scientific CR10 datalogger was installed on 28Jun05 and removed on 10Aug05. The datalogger recorded temperature every 10 minutes. It was located about 10m downstream of the Dalton Highway crossing.

Data Table

Variable Name	Variable Description	Units	Measurement Scale	Code Information	Number Type	DateTime Format	Missing Value Code	Missing Value Code Explanation
SITE CODE	LTER site code for Oksrukuyik Creek		nominal
Date	Date		datetime			MM/DD/YY HH:MM
Time	time recorded by datalogger		datetime			hh:mm
Temperature	temperature	celsius	interval		real

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