Lake Untersee Antarctic Summer Meteorological Record

Lake Untersee, Antarctica Climate Data, Version 1 provides a five-year record of meteorological conditions at Lake Untersee, Antarctica, covering five astral summer seasons (December, January, and February). The dataset is managed by the NSIDCV0 organization and is available on multiple government data platforms. File formats include HTML, ISO, and BIN.

Use Cases

• Analyzing seasonal surface air temperature trends in the Antarctic summer.
• Studying atmospheric water vapor and relative humidity indicators over a multi-year period.
• Investigating surface wind patterns and solar radiation at a specific Antarctic lake site.
• Correlating permafrost temperature data with other meteorological variables.

Strengths

• Provides a focused five-year record of Antarctic summer conditions.
• Covers multiple meteorological variables including temperature, humidity, winds, and radiation.
• Available across multiple authoritative platforms (NASA Earthdata and Data.gov), indicating established provenance.

Limitations

• Specific column names and row counts are not provided by any source.
• Sources conflict on the last updated date (2014-12-07 vs 2026-03-13).
• The license is ambiguously listed as 'other-license-specified'.

Provenance

Source

NSIDCV0

Collection Method

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Time Range

Five astral summer seasons (December, January, February) over five years.

Freshness

2026-03-13 01:07:23.823318

Geography

Lake Untersee, Antarctica