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FILE: AAS_4046_Long term climatic data.xlsxThis file summarises key long-term climate variables during the austral growing season (1 December – 28/29 February), including:
4 worksheets:
1. “wind speed” - Daily average wind speed (km/h) during the growing seasons recorded at Casey Station from 1960 to 2022.
2. “MSLP” - Daily average mean sea level pressure (hPa) during the growing seasons from 1960 to 2022.
3. “SAM” - Monthly Southern Annular Mode (SAM) index from 1979 onwards.
4. “Ozone” - Mean ozone hole area (million km²) averaged over 7 September – 13 October for each year from 1979.
FILE: AAS_4046_Environmental data between 1999 and 2000 seasons.xlsx
This file provides daily weather variables across two growing seasons (1999–2000 and 2002–2003), including: Sunshine duration (h), Relative humidity (%), Wind speed (km/h), Air temperature (°C), Precipitation (mm), Total UV radiation (W/m²). Each worksheet corresponds to one growing season.
FILE: AAS_4046_Pigment data.xlsx
This file contains pigment profiles data (e.g., Chla/b, Z/Tchl, DEPS) from three moss species collected over two growing seasons: During 1999–2000 season, samples collected by Jodie Dunn on 14 dates (28 Nov 1999 – 5 Feb 2000) from three sites: Two within ASPA 135 on Bailey Peninsula (~1 km from Casey Station); One at Robinson Ridge (~10 km south). A total of 141 samples were collected (47 per species). During 2002–2003 season, samples collected by Johanna Turnbull on 20 dates (15 Nov 2002 – 1 Feb 2003), exclusively within ASPA 135. A total of 189 samples were collected (63 per species).
All pigment data were obtained using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) at the University of Wollongong.
4. AAS_4046_TWC data.xlsx
This file includes turf water content (TWC) data, measured using a sponge-based method immediately before sampling during both growing seasons.
5. AAS_4046_Yield and PAR.xlsx
This file contains measurements of Yield and PAR immediately prior to moss sampling during the 2002–2003 growing season only.
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Progress Code: completedNotes
PurposeThere is limited understanding of seasonal wind speed variability during the East Antarctic growing season, and of how such changes influence the physiological and ecological functioning of native vegetation. This dataset supports a study near Casey Station, East Antarctica, which combines long-term wind-related climate records and large-scale atmospheric indices with seasonal physiological data from dominant moss species across two contrasting growing seasons.
Data time period: 1999-11-28 to 2000-02-05
Data time period: 2002-11-15 to 2003-02-01
text: westlimit=110.393; southlimit=-66.469; eastlimit=110.655; northlimit=-66.237
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