Granite Harbour, Antarctica

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Granite Harbour Soil Climate Station

Granite Harbour station is one of seven long-term soil-climate stations in Antarctica that were set up such that the effects of latitude, elevation, and soil age could be studied. The Granite Harbour station was established in January of 2003 and is the northern most coastal station. It borders the Ross Sea and is 195 km (120 miles) north of the Minna Bluff station. The elevation is about 4.5 m (15ft). This station monitors soil temperature to a depth of 90 cm, soil water content (2, 5, 15, 25, 45, and 75 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.

Project Personnel

• Landcare Research, Hamilton, New Zealand
• Jackie Aislabie
• Malcolm McLeod
• Waikato University, Hamilton, New Zealand
• Megan Balks
• University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
• David Saul
• USDA-NRCS
• Cathy Seybold, National Soil Survey Center
• Debbie Harms, National Soil Survey Center
• Gary Schaefer, National Water & Climate Center
• Ron Paetzold (Retired)
• Don Huffman (Retired)

Granite Harbour Readings

Station data files contain a lot of data and are therefore very large files. It is recommended that you download the file before viewing it. To do so, right-click the link and select "Save Target As..." or select the save option in the File Download dialog box.

• Description of Station, Data, and Soils

• Station Record (280 KB)
• Data Labels (131 KB)
• Soils - Description (27.5 KB)

 

• Graphic Display of Data

• Granite Harbour - 2007
• Granite Harbour - 2006
• Granite Harbour - 2005
• Granite Harbour - 2004
• Granite Harbour - 2003
   

• Download Data By Year

• Granite Harbour - 2007 (9.9 MB)
• Granite Harbour - 2006 (9.9 MB)
• Granite Harbour - 2005 (9.8 MB)
• Granite Harbour - 2004 (9.7 MB)
• Granite Harbour - 2003 (4.9 MB)
   

• Disclaimer

Last Modified: 05/09/2008

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