Santa Fe Stream Gauge Measurements

As part of the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) project in the McMurdo Dry
Valleys of Antarctica, a systematic sampling program has been undertaken to monitor the
glacial meltwater streams in that region. These tables contain data pertaining to continuous
monitored water quality and quantity parameters measured with automatic recording devices on
streams in this region. This metadata record describes the hydrology data measurements conducted
at the Santa Fe stream, from 1993 to 2000. Due to the Lake Bonney water level rise, the Santa
Fe gauge was found completely underwater since late 2000, forcing the stream team to stop the
continuous measurements at this station. Effort was made to continue some discrete flow
measurements to estimate calculation for the flow in Santa Fe based on the flow record at
Lawson Creek, which is nearby and has a gauge site that is located at higher ground. So this stream transitioned from being continuously monitored to one for which discrete measurements of flow may be made during site visits to Lawson.