Monthly highest air temperatures for Australian Antarctic stations.

• Other Authors: BARNES-KEOGAHN, IAN (hasPrincipalInvestigator), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere; AIR TEMPERATURE; EARTH SCIENCE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; MAXIMUM/MINIMUM TEMPERATURE; ENOUGH; FIELD; EXTREMES; HIGHEST AIR TEMPERATURE; MAXIMUM; MINIMUM; NBR OBS; STATION; MONTH; SURFACE; TEMPERATURE; VALUE; YEAR; AWS > Automated Weather System; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; Thermometers; ARWS > Automatic Remote Weather Station; WEATHER STATIONS; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA; ANTARCTICA > Casey; Davis; Mawson; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; VERTICAL LOCATION > BOUNDARY LAYER; Antarctic; Midwinter; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica; Macquarie Island; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/monthly-highest-air-antarctic-stations/701754; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/SOE_monthly_max_temp; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

INDICATOR DEFINITION Monthly highest temperatures obtained from observed daily maximum temperatures for Australian Antarctic stations Casey, Davis, Mawson and Macquarie Island. TYPE OF INDICATOR There are three types of indicators used in this report: 1.Describes the CONDITION of important elements of a system; 2.Show the extent of the major PRESSURES exerted on a system; 3.Determine RESPONSES to either condition or changes in the condition of a system. This indicator is one of: CONDITION RATIONALE FOR INDICATOR SELECTION Global climate models show warming in response to increased greenhouse gas (carbon dioxide, methane etc) concentrations in the atmosphere; this is called the 'enhanced greenhouse effect'. Because of this, there is interest in observations of temperature across the globe, including Antarctica. Extensive high-quality observations from fixed locations are essential to serve as direct indicators of temperature changes and also confirm climate model output. DESIGN AND STRATEGY FOR INDICATOR MONITORING PROGRAM Spatial Scale: Australian Antarctic stations: Casey (lat 66 degrees 16' 54.5" S, long 110 degrees 31' 39.4" E), Davis (lat 68 degrees 34' 35.8" S, long 77 degrees 58' 02.6" E), Mawson (lat 67 degrees 36' 09.7" S, long 62 degrees 52' 25.7" E) and Macquarie Island (lat 54 degrees 37' 59.9" S, long 158 degrees 52' 59.9" E). Temporal scale: Monthly. Measurement Technique: Thermometry. RESEARCH ISSUES There is need to develop a high-quality data set from the available data, correcting erroneous data and estimating missing data. Adjustment may be necessary for changes in site location or exposure, and for changes in instrumentation or observing practices. Some of these changes are documented in the station history files held by the Regional Observations Section. These history files are currently held as paper records, although more recent information is held electronically and there is an effort to digitise the older records. Before the data can be used for the detection of change, a concerted effort will need to be made to identify deficiencies in the data, and then make compensations where possible. This is made more difficult by the lack of suitable comparison sites. LINKS TO OTHER INDICATORS SOE Indicators 1 - Monthly mean air temperatures for Australian Antarctic Stations SOE Indicators 3 - Monthly lowest air temperature for Australian Antarctic Stations SOE Indicators 4 - Monthly mean of daily radiosonde temperatures at the 100hPa level (deg C) SOE Indicators 5 - Monthly mean of daily radiosonde temperatures at the 500hPa level (deg C) SOE Indicators 6 - Daily mean 10m Firn Temperatures at AWS sites in the AAT (deg C) SOE Indicators 8 - Monthly mean of three-hourly mean sea level pressures (hPa) SOE Indicators 11 - Atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gas species SOE Indicators 14 - Midwinter atmospheric temperature at altitude 87km SOE Indicators 16 - Extent of summer surface glacial melt (sq km) SOE Indicators 42 - Antarctic sea ice extent and concentration SOE Indicators 43 - Fast ice thickness at Davis and Mawson SOE Indicators 56 - Monthly fuel usage of the generator sets and boilers SOE Indicators 59 - Monthly electricity usage Note - Station codes in the data are as follows: 300000 - Davis 300001 - Mawson 300004 - Macquarie Island 300017 - Casey The fields in this dataset are: Temperature Highest Air Temperature Year Month Station Station Code Field Value Enough Observations Number Observations