Four automatic weather stations collected air temperature, soil temperature, wind speed, and solar radiation data along a 370-meter altitudinal gradient on Mt Elder, Macquarie Island. The dataset underpins a climate change scenario study that analyzed 50 years of temperature data and made forecasts to 2030. Data was collected by the Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AU_AADC) and last updated in July 1999.
Use Cases
- Modeling local climate change scenarios based on high spatio-temporal resolution temperature data.
- Analyzing temperature-altitude relationships using data from stations positioned along a 370-meter gradient.
- Forecasting future surface air temperature trends using ARIMA time series analysis methods described.
- Studying microclimatic differences between feldmark and short grassland vegetation sites near the summit.
Strengths
- Data from four stations provides spatial coverage along a defined 370-meter altitudinal gradient.
- Includes multiple measured variables: dry/wet bulb air temperature, soil temperature, wind speed, and solar radiation.
- Supports a detailed climate reconstruction and forecast study spanning from 1912 to 2030.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Last updated 1999-07-12 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- AU_AADC (Australian Antarctic Data Centre)
- Collection Method
- Collected by automatic weather stations (AWSs) positioned along an altitudinal transect on Mt Elder.
- Time Range
- Primary collection period 1998-1999, with study analysis covering 1912-2030.
- Freshness
- Last updated 1999-07-12 23:59:59.999000
- Geography
- Mt Elder, Macquarie Island (sub-Antarctic)