Valley Floor Climate Observations from the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, 1986-2000

• Main Authors: Doran, Peter T., McKay, Christopher P., Clow, Gary D., Dana, Gayle L., Fountain, Andrew G., Nylen, Thomas H., Lyons, W. Berry
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: PDXScholar 2002
• Subjects: Climate > Antarctica > McMurdo Dry Valleys; Geophysics > Research > Antarctica; Meteorology > Antarctica > Observations; Environmental Sciences; East Antarctica; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Polar Plateau; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/geog_fac/11; https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1010&context=geog_fac

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...