Site Number/Name:

GFL No.:

Name: PAL Long Term Ecological Site

State, Country: Antarctica

Priority: 1

Site designation(s): LTER

Other sponsoring/interested agencies, if any: NASA

Location and size:

USGS Quad: NONE

Center: [degrees, minutes, seconds]

NE corner: 63 4.4445 S, 59 53.1459 W

SE corner: 68 58.0473 S, 73 33.6476W

SW corner: 67 25.2879 S, 76 51.9358W

NW corner: 61 50.3286 S, 63 12.7983W

Center elevation: 10m

Size (N-S x E-W): [in kilometers-km and nautical miles – nm] 2nm

Resource to be monitored [Environmental change]:

spatial & temporal patterns of annual & seasonal water column variability.

Detailed description, management issues (e.g. ecosystem represented):

Aquatic ecosystem, including terrestrial birds and mammals.

Frequency and time(s) of collection: [six-week window] [seasonally: 4 x year in Jan, Mar, Jun, Sept]

=Nearshore Mid-October through Mid-April

= Basin grid January annually

Resolution/scale:

= Basin 20km x 100km

= Nearshore 2mile limit

Special characteristics (spectral values, thermal anomalies, underwater/ground, etc.):

Snow over land and Sea Ice over water.

Existing maps of area (digital?):

http://www.icess.ucsb.edu/lter/overvieew/gridregional.html

MEDEA sponsor (active/passive):

Sponsoring agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)

NSF agency point of contact: [Polly Penhale, Scott L. Collins]

NSF site point of contact (current security clearance, if any):

[John Vande Castle, Security Clearance  YES