Valley floor climate observations from the McMurdo dry valleys, Antarctica, 1986-2000

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
• Main Authors: Doran, Peter T., McKay, Christopher P., Clow, Gary D., Dana, Gayle L., Fountain, Andrew G., Nylen, Thomas, Lyons, W. Berry
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: LSU Digital Commons 2002
• Subjects: 0325 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Evolution of the atmosphere; 0350 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Pressure; density; and temperature; 1610 Global Change: Atmosphere (0315; 0325); 1650 Global Change: Solar variability; East Antarctica; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Polar Plateau; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/geo_pubs/671; https://doi.org/10.1029/2001JD002045; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/context/geo_pubs/article/1670/viewcontent/671.pdf

Climate observations from the McMurdo dry valleys, East Antarctica are presented from a network of seven valley floor automatic meteorological stations during the period 1986 to 2000. Mean annual temperatures ranged from -14.8°C to -30.0°C, depending on the site and period of measurement. Mean annua...