Scott Base, Antarctica

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Scott Base Soil Climate Station

Scott Base 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 Scott Base station was established in January of 1999 and is located on Ross Island and borders both the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea. The elevation is 38 m (124 ft). This station monitors soil temperature to a depth of 120 cm, soil water content at (2, 15, 25, and 40 cm depths), air temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation, net 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
• Logistics support provided by Antarctica New Zealand
   

Scott Base 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 (DOC; 582 KB)
• Data Labels (DOC; 209 KB)
• Soils - Description (DOC; 45 KB)
• Soils - Characterization
   

• Graphic Display of Data

• Scott Base - 2008
• Scott Base - 2007
• Scott Base - 2006
• Scott Base - 2005
• Scott Base - 2004
• Scott Base - 2003
• Scott Base - 2002
• Scott Base - 2001
• Scott Base - 2000
• Scott Base - 1999
   

• Download Data By Year

• Scott Base - 2008 (XLS; 13.3 MB)
• Scott Base - 2007 (XLS; 14.1 MB)
• Scott Base - 2006 (XLS; 14.8 MB)
• Scott Base - 2005 (XLS; 15.3 MB)
• Scott Base - 2004 (XLS; 15.3 MB)
• Scott Base - 2003 (XLS; 12.5 MB)
• Scott Base - 2002 (XLS; 15.2 MB)
• Scott Base - 2001 (XLS; 15.2 MB)
• Scott Base - 2000 (XLS; 15.1 MB)
• Scott Base - 1999 (XLS; 14.5 MB)
   

• Live data for this site is available on the National Water and Climate Center Webpage.
   

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