Research Article

Surface Air Temperature Fluctuations and Lapse Rates on Olivares Gamma Glacier, Rio Olivares Basin, Central Chile, from a Novel Meteorological Sensor Network

Table 2

Comparison of surface air temperature (°C) mean hourly data for 22–26 March 2015 at DGA and the five Tinytag sites (2-m sensors). See Figure 1 and Table 1 for site details. Hours with nocturnal observations are highlighted in italic (https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/chile/santiago), here illustrated in UTC.

Hour (UTC)DGAS2S6S5S3S4

03.82.10.1−1.6−1.5−4.0
13.12.00.3−1.8−1.8−4.2
22.71.3−0.2−2.1−1.9−4.3
32.21.5−0.5−2.1−1.9−4.4
41.72.20.2−2.0−2.1−4.6
52.11.60.0−2.4−2.4−4.8
62.11.1−0.4−2.7−2.6−5.1
71.80.5−1.1−3.3−3.3−5.4
81.30.1−1.5−3.5−3.3−5.5
90.60.0−1.7−3.4−3.2−5.9
100.20.2−1.5−3.6−3.4−5.9
110.5−0.1−1.7−3.6−3.4−5.9
120.60.3−1.1−3.1−2.9−4.8
130.51.80.5−1.9−1.5−2.9
140.93.62.30.1−0.2−2.2
152.36.94.61.81.7−1.3
164.17.66.13.14.00.2
175.48.58.13.74.21.0
187.05.76.03.55.60.7
196.84.84.32.63.9−0.9
204.83.62.3−0.2−0.1−2.4
214.43.11.7−1.0−0.7−3.0
223.31.60.5−1.9−1.8−4.3
232.80.9−0.8−2.9−2.8−5.4
Mean2.72.51.1−1.2−0.9−3.6
ST DEV1.92.52.82.42.72.1