Modeling Surface Photosynthetic Active Radiation in Taylor Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

• Main Author: Acosta, Dimitri R.
• Other Authors: Berkelhammer, Max, Dombard, Andrew, Doran, Peter
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: ice-covered lakes; geographical information system (GIS); R model; meteorological data; digital elevation model (DEM); Bonney; Fryxell; Hoare; Lake Bonney; Lake Fryxell; Lake Hoare; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Taylor Valley; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10027/21180

Primary Productivity within ecosystems is a core research area of the National Science Foundation’s Long-Term Ecological Research Network. This study presents T-sPAR, a computer model that estimates total daily surface Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) for Taylor Valley, located in the McMur...