LGP - Latitudinal Gradient Project

Data Products

LINZ bathymetry of Cape Hallett area

NIWA multibeam map of Cape Hallett area

Meteorological Data

Year

Comments

1957 - 1964 From Cape Hallett Station. See 'notes' section in workbook for sources and further information.

1965-1973
All raw data
Monthly Radiation

Summer only meteorological data from Cape Hallett Station
(Retrieved from the US National Climate Data Centre)
Explanation of columns

April 2002 - January 2004
NIWA Data
Note: no data between 24/1/03 and 22/2/03. Supplied by Ian Hawes at NIWA.
Notes download for further information on this data.

December 2003
LTER data
Metadata
Note that the NIWA and LTER data overlap as one unit was installed while the other was removed between Dec 03 and Jan 04.

January - December 2004 Metadata

January - December 2005 Metadata

January - December 2006 Note shift in data at download date on 02/01/06
Metadata

January - November 2007 Metadata

Monthly 10 minute data
Starting from November 2007 when ARGOS (38338) transmitter was installed.
Ownership of AWS transferred from MCM LTER to University of Wisconsin AWS Project.

Real time Meteorogram

Meteorogram values

LTER Cape Hallett AWS website
Real time data acknowledged to: The Antarctic Meteorological Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison

University of Wisconsin Cape Hallett AWS Page

Soil Moisture Data (from University of Waikato probes logging on a NZ logger)
Vitel probe: Soil temperature and moisture 21/10/05-1/3/06
MRC probe: soil temperature at depths from 0-1.2m below surface 1/4/05-3/1/06
This unit was visited and downloaded on 26 November 2009. Data from 4 January to 6 October 2006 and 1 June to 26 November 2009 were downloaded and will be available from this site shortly.

Baseline Data
This is the completion of a pre-prepared form describing the different aspects of a site. The form is similar to RiSCC's (now EBA) baseline data form so that sites along the latitudinal gradient have comparable descriptors.
Seabee Hook
Cape Hallett Scree Slope
Luther Lake (below Luther Peak)
Towles Glacier Neve
Cape Wheatstone
Cotter Cliffs

Cape Hallett Sea Ice Records
Sea Ice History 1959-2003
Sea ice information for the 03/04 season
Sea ice information for the 04/05 season
Sea ice information for the 05/06 season