Air temperature data for D1 chart recorder, 1952 - ongoing.

Temperature data were collected on a daily time-scale from the D-1 climate station (3743 m) since 1952. Over time, various circumstances have led to days with missing values. These values were estimated from redundant sensors and nearby climate stations and using various methodolgy. Greenland 1987 was a basis for methodology however when not possible to use this methodolgy, new methods were developed. NOTE: The LTER data portal display does not display important maintenance/log information or other EML metadata features. Please be sure to view the EML file (a text file that contains XML tags) which is included in the zip archive (click on "Download zip archive") pertaining to each dataset. The EML file name will have the following format: knb-lter-nwt.[3 digit dataset number].[version number].xml. Most web browsers can parse the EML so it's easier to read.