Daily summarized seasonal measurements of discharge, water temperature, and specific conductivity from Commonwealth Stream at C1, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica from 1993 to 2020

• Main Authors: Gooseff, Michael, McKnight, Diane
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Environmental Data Initiative 2021
• Subjects: Austral; Commonwealth Stream; Fryxell; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Taylor Valley; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/f4190c667fa46f0264296d20be206144; https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?packageid=knb-lter-mcm.9109.24

As part of the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) project in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, a systematic sampling program has been undertaken to monitor the glacial meltwater streams in that region. This package contains daily summaries derived from 15-minute measurements of water quality and quantity parameters measured with automatic recording devices on streams in this region. Specifically, this metadata record describes the daily hydrological summaries for the McMurdo Dry Valley's Commonwealth Stream at C1, located in the Fryxell Basin of Taylor Valley. Measurements commenced during the 1993-94 austral summer and are ongoing. This dataset extends through the first half of the 2019-20 field season.