Rock and Soil Temperature Logs for Lichen Growth at Wilkes Station, 1963

January 1963 rock and soil temperature logs were collected using thermistors in the Wilkes Station area to study lichen growth. The Australian Antarctic Division library holds the archived hard copy of this file. The data represents a specific time series from a single Antarctic research season.

Use Cases

• Correlating temperature extremes with lichen growth/no-growth zones based on the described measurement purpose.
• Analyzing historical soil and rock temperature patterns in Antarctica based on the time-series nature of the log.
• Studying microclimate conditions for polar biological studies based on the thermistor-collected data.
• Providing baseline environmental data for ecological models of Antarctic regions based on the described location and subject.

Strengths

• Data is temporally precise, collected in January 1963.
• Focuses on a specific ecological research question regarding lichen growth.
• Measurement method (thermistors) is explicitly stated in the description.

Limitations

• Last updated 1963-01 31 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

AU_AADC (Australian Antarctic Division)

Collection Method

Collected with thermistors.

Time Range

January 1963

Freshness

1963-01-31 23:59:59.999000

Geography

Wilkes Station area, Antarctica