LTER network Toolik Field Station MBLhome page

Weather at Toolik

Toolik Weather Graphs

Arctic LTER Weather Stations

Toolik Webcam

Animated Gif of yesterday's Webcam

Arctic LTER Inhouse login
Arctic LTER Database

Arctic LTER Database

Conditions of Use

The re-use of scientific data has the potential to greatly increase communication, collaboration and synthesis within and among disciplines, and thus is fostered, supported and encouraged. Permission to use this dataset is granted to the Data User free of charge subject to the following terms:

1) Acceptable use. Use of the dataset will be restricted to academic, research, educational, government, recreational, or other not-for-profit professional purposes. The Data User is permitted to produce and distribute derived works from this dataset provided that they are released under the same license terms as those accompanying this Data Set. Any other uses for the Data Set or its derived products will require explicit permission from the dataset owner.
2 ) Redistribution. The data are provided for use by the Data User. The metadata and this license must accompany all copies made and be available to all users of this Data Set. The Data User will not redistribute the original Data Set beyond this collaboration sphere.
3 ) Citation. It is considered a matter of professional ethics to acknowledge the work of other scientists. Thus, the Data User will properly cite the Data Set in any publications or in the metadata of any derived data products that were produced using the Data Set. Citation should take the following general form: Creator, Year of Data Publication, Title of Dataset, Publisher, Dataset identifier. For example:

Shaver, G. 1989. Above ground biomass in acidic tussock tundra experimental site, 1989, Arctic LTER, Toolik, Alaska. Arctic LTER, Marine Biological Lab, Woods Hole, Ma 02543. 1989gsttbm http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/arc/terrest/biomass/index.shtml 

4 ) Acknowledgement. The Data User should acknowledge any institutional support or specific funding awards referenced in the metadata accompanying this dataset in any publications where the Data Set contributed significantly to its content. Acknowledgements should identify the supporting party, the party that received the support, and any identifying information such as grant numbers. For example:

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.

5 ) Notification. The Data User will notify the Data Set Contact when any derivative work or publication based on or derived from the Data Set is distributed. The Data User will provide the data contact with two reprints of any publications resulting from use of the Data Set and will provide copies, or on-line access to, any derived digital products. Notification will include an explanation of how the Data Set was used to produce the derived work.
6 ) Collaboration. The Data Set has been released in the spirit of open scientific collaboration. Data Users are thus strongly encouraged to consider consultation, collaboration and/or co-authorship with the Data Set Creator.

By accepting this Data Set, the Data User agrees to abide by the terms of this agreement. The Data Owner shall have the right to terminate this agreement immediately by written notice upon the Data User's breach of, or non-compliance with, any of its terms. The Data User may be held responsible for any misuse that is caused or encouraged by the Data User's failure to abide by the terms of this agreement.

Disclaimer

While substantial efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of data and documentation contained in this Data Set, complete accuracy of data and metadata cannot be guaranteed. All data and metadata are made available "as is". The Data User holds all parties involved in the production or distribution of the Data Set harmless for damages resulting from its use or interpretation.

Dataset URLs:METADATA: HTML, Rich Text, XML(EML compliant)
DATA: Comma Delimited, Excel file with Metadata and data
Dataset ID:89dltld.3
Dataset Title:Daily weather data file for Arctic Tundra LTER site at Toolik Lake, Arctic LTER 1989.
Investigator 1: 
First Name:Gus
Last Name:Shaver
Organization:Marine Biological Lab
Address line 2:Ecosystems Center
Address line 3:7 MBL St
City:Woods Hole
State:MA
Zip Code:02543
Country:USA
Investigator 2: 
First Name:Jim
Last Name:Laundre
Organization:Marine Biological Lab
Address line 2:Ecosystems Center
Address line 3:7 MBL St
City:Woods Hole
State:MA
Zip Code:02543
Country:USA
Associate Investigators:
Keywords:weather, temperature, wind, rain
Abstract:Daily weather data file for Arctic Tundra LTER site at Toolik Lake. Included are daily averages and/or maximums and minimums of air, soil and lake temperature, wind speed, vapor pressure, and sum of global radiation and unfrozen precipitation recorded near Toolik Lake.
For questions about the Metadata and data contact the Investigators.
For information about this web site 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.1508&urlTail=weather/tl/data/89dltld.csv
Data File Name 89dltld.dat
Beginning Date 5/1/1989
End Date 9/1/1989
Number of Data Records 365
Other Files to Reference
Availability Status
Quality Control Information
Maintenance Description
Log of Changes: Log of changes: 22NOV99 Error checked and made estimates for missing data using averages for small gaps and regressions with Imnavait data for larger gaps. JL For Archival Use: DATE RECEIVED: Aug1989 DATA FILE ENTERED BY: Jim Laundre DATA FILE VALIDATION: NAME: Jim Laundre
Version 2: 13Sept06 Created excel metadatasheet inculded attributes. 14Apr10 updated the metadata sheet. Use same version number since it has not been used in metacat Jim L
Version 3: Metadata updated to newer form (with sites sheet). Units updated to current standards. Discrepancy with variable names fixed. CH April 2013.
 
RESEARCH LOCATION:                  
Location Name TFS Weather Station Select Site or enter New One Select Site or enter New One Select Site or enter New One Select Site or enter New One Select Site or enter New One Select Site or enter New One Select Site or enter New One  
Geographic Description University of Alaska Fairbanks Toolik Field Station, North Slope of Alaska (68 degrees 38'N, 149 degrees 36'W). Enter Description Enter Description Enter Description Enter Description Enter Description Enter Description Enter Description  
Location Bounding Box                  
West Bounding Coordinate                  
East Bounding Coordinate                  
North Bounding Coordinate                  
South Bounding Coordinate                  
OR if single point location                  
Latitude 68.628256 In Decimal Degrees In Decimal Degrees In Decimal Degrees In Decimal Degrees In Decimal Degrees In Decimal Degrees In Decimal Degrees  
Longitude -149.59598 In Decimal Degrees In Decimal Degrees In Decimal Degrees In Decimal Degrees In Decimal Degrees In Decimal Degrees In Decimal Degrees  
Elevation 726.5 In Meters In Meters In Meters In Meters In Meters In Meters In Meters  
Link to Google Map View on Google Map                
                   
 
TAXONOMIC COVERAGE:
Organisms studied
 
Methods:

Weather data has been collected at Toolik Lake (68 degrees 38'N, 149 degrees 36'W) by a Campbell 21x datalogger since June 1988. Sensors that are measured every minute and averaged or totaled every hour include: air temperature and relative humidity at 1 and 5 meters, wind speed at 1 and 5 meters, wind direction at 5 meters, global solar radiation, photosynthetically active radiation, barometric pressure, and unfrozen precipitation. Sensors measured every 10 minutes and averaged every three hours include: soil temperatures, lake temperature, lake depth, and evaporation pan depth and pan water temperature. Net radiation and pan evaporation are only measured during the summer months. The hourly data are in the file 89DLTLH.DAT, the three hourly data are in 89DLTLO.DAT, and daily summaries are in 89DLTLD.DAT. The full description of the sensors and site is in file
SENSORS.DOC. The original data is in file 89DLTDAT.ZIP which is
archived at The Marine Biological Lab, Woods Hole, MA.

Notes: Wind speed less than .447 is considered calm.
Radiation data were not totaled for the winter months since no attempt was made to keep sensors snow and frost-free. Lake temperature is measured near the lake depth sensor. Therefore the lake depth measurements give the depth at which lake temperature is measured. The precipitation tipping rain bucket has an Alter type wind screen.
For the winter of 88-89, only the 5 meter temperature/RH, wind speed and direction, soil temperature, and lake temperature were recorded. For 5 meter air temperatures less then -40, a regression of 5 meter air temperature verse air TC (only used 0 to -35 for regression) was used to correct the air temperatures. The 5 meter air thermister is only accurate to -40 Celsius.
Missing data for air temperature and rain were estimated when possible. For small gaps the in the hourly data before and after were averaged. For larger gaps regressions were made with the Imnaviat data set (a weather station maintained by Hinzman and Kane, Water Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5860, which is about 12 kilometers to the east and 200 meters higher).

Data Table

Variable Name Variable Description Data Type Units DateTime Format Code Information Missing Value Code
YEAR Year in yyyy text        
DATE Date datetime   dd-mmm-yyyy    
Month Month of collection datetime   mm    
ID Datalogger program step. number number     #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
JULIAN Julian date number number      
Rain Total daily rain number millimeter     #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
AT 1M Daily average Air temperature at 1 number celsius     #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
AT 5M Daily average Air temperature at 5 number celsius     #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
ATMAX 1M Maximum temperature at 1 meter number celsius     #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
ATMAX HR 1M Time of maximum air temperature at 1 meters 2400 datetime   hhmm   #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
ATMAX 5M Maximum air temperature at 5 meter number celsius     #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
ATMAX HR 5M Time of maximum air temperature at 5 meters 2400 datetime   hhmm   #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
ATMIN 1M Minimum air temperature at 1 meter number celsius     #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
ATMIN HR 1M Time of minimum air temperature at 1 meter 2400 datetime   hhmm   #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
ATMIN 5M Minimum air temperature at 5 meters number celsius     #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
ATMIN HR 5M Time of minimum air temperature at 5 meter 2400 datetime   hhmm   #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
WSMAX 1M Wind Speed Maximum at 1 meter number meterPerSecond     #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
WSMAX HR 1M Time of wind speed Max at 1M datetime   hhmm   #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
WSMAX 5M Wind Speed Maximum at 5 meter number meterPerSecond     #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
WSMAX HR 5M Time of wind speed Max at 5M datetime   hhmm   #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
WIND SP 1M Daily average wind speed at 1 meter number meterPerSecond     #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
WIND SP 5M Daily average wind speed at 5 meter number meterPerSecond     #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
Vapor Press Avg. Vapor Pressure at 5 meters number millibar     #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
Pyr j/cm2 Total joules per sq cm per day number joulePerCentimeterSquaredPerDay     #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
Quantum Mol/m2/day Total Photosynthetical Active Radiation number molePerMeterSquaredPerDay     #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
Moss1 Temp Soil moss layer temperature - set 1 number celsius     #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
Soil1 5cm Soil temperature at 5 cm - set 1 number celsius     #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
Soil1 10cm Soil temperature at 10 cm - set 1 number celsius     #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
Soil1 20cm Soil temperature at 20 cm - set 1 number celsius     #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
Soil1 50cm Soil temperature at 50 cm - set 1 number celsius     #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
Soil1 100cm Soil temperature at 100 cm - set 1 number celsius     #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
Soil1 150cm Soil temperature at 150 cm - set 1 number celsius     #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
Lake Temp Lake water temperature at approx. 2 m (see notes) Celsius number celsius     #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
Comments Notes on data text        
FrostFreeDays Frost free days number number     #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
Pyr w/winter (MJ/m2/day) Sensor measures global solar radiation (sun plus sky). MJ/m2/day Winter months include so values must be used qualitatively since the sensor is not cleared of snow or frost. number joulePerCentimeterSquaredPerDay     #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
Moss2 Temp Avg. Soil moss layer temperature - set 2 Celsius number celsius     #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
Soil2 5cm Avg. Soil temperature at 5 cm - set 2 Celsius number celsius     #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
Soil2 10cm Avg. Soil temperature at 10 cm - set 2 Celsius number celsius     #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
Soil2 20cm Avg. Soil temperature at 20 cm - set 2 Celsius number celsius     #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
Soil2 50cm Avg. Soil temperature at 50 cm - set 2 Celsius number celsius     #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
Soil2 100cm Avg. Soil temperature at 100 cm - set 2 Celsius number celsius     #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
Soil2 150cm Avg. Soil temperature at 150 cm - set 2 Celsius number celsius     #N/A=Missing or Not Measured
Please contact arc_im@mbl.edu with questions, comments, or for technical assistance regarding this web site.