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    A review of social science research at Lincoln University

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    There are two social science departments and three centres directly involved in social science research at Lincoln University, and three professional departments informed by social science research. About one quarter of staff and an estimated total of 57 masters and Ph.D. graduate students at Lincoln University have some involvement with social science research. Two departments and most centres typically undertake primary social science research drawing on social science disciplines to study a range of social phenomena. The professional departments, one centre and some natural science departments undertake secondary social science research . Overall, the research can be characterised as quantitative, linked to natural phenomena and applied in nature. Some potential problems with this applied orientation are noted and the character and problems of commercial research are described. For the 1992 year the estimated total level of funding received by social science researchers was $538,150, half of which was obtained by the two social science departments. A number of factors make funding from FoRST an unlikely source of research funds. Publications data show that social science departments have fewer refereed publications per staff member but also have fewer staff with Ph.D.s and high student/staff ratios. Researchers stated a number of problems in doing research, including lack of time and money. Lack of collegial support and the need to develop research skills with guidance from mentors or supervisors were also significant. There are four main problems with social science research, namely the need for: improved skills, more time for research, more funds for research and improved breadth and rigour of research

    Meteorological observations at Lincoln: 1962

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    Lincoln meteorological observations have been taken at a range of sites over the years. A NIWA report (Mullan, A.B; Stuart, S.J; Hadfield, M.G; Smith, M.J (2010). Report on the Review of NIWA's 'Seven-Station' Temperature Series. NIWA Information Series No. 78. pp.129-154) records a number of these along with the work undertaken to reconcile the data between different sites. It is not yet clear which site(s) these measurements were taken at as we have not yet identified a correspondence with NIWA's records.The datasets had been stored as .DAT files. The .DAT files have been uploaded as is, and also standardised and converted into .csv format.Headers: The original .DAT files were stored without headers. Most of these could be recovered for the .csv by running the data through an old program that had been used in conjunction with the data, but one column remains "unknown".Missing data: In the .DAT files, missing measurements are variously recorded, depending on context, as 0, -9, -99 or (in the case of Cloud cover) 9. In the .csv these values have been removed and left blank.Units are most likely:* solar radiation - probably MJ/m2 (megajoules per square metre)* temperatures - Celsius (in early years possibly converted from an original measurement in Fahrenheit)* rainfall - millimetres* cloud - oktas (eighths of the sky taken up by cloud)* wind run - kilometres* vapour pressure - probably Pa (pascals

    Meteorological observations at Lincoln: 1986

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    Lincoln meteorological observations have been taken at a range of sites over the years. A NIWA report (Mullan, A.B; Stuart, S.J; Hadfield, M.G; Smith, M.J (2010). Report on the Review of NIWA's 'Seven-Station' Temperature Series. NIWA Information Series No. 78. pp.129-154) records a number of these along with the work undertaken to reconcile the data between different sites. It is not yet clear which site(s) these measurements were taken at as we have not yet identified a correspondence with NIWA's records.The datasets had been stored as .DAT files. The .DAT files have been uploaded as is, and also standardised and converted into .csv format.Headers: The original .DAT files were stored without headers. Most of these could be recovered for the .csv by running the data through an old program that had been used in conjunction with the data, but one column remains "unknown".Missing data: In the .DAT files, missing measurements are variously recorded, depending on context, as 0, -9, -99 or (in the case of Cloud cover) 9. In the .csv these values have been removed and left blank.Units are most likely:* solar radiation - probably MJ/m2 (megajoules per square metre)* temperatures - Celsius (in early years possibly converted from an original measurement in Fahrenheit)* rainfall - millimetres* cloud - oktas (eighths of the sky taken up by cloud)* wind run - kilometres* vapour pressure - probably Pa (pascals

    Meteorological observations at Lincoln: 1995

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    Lincoln meteorological observations have been taken at a range of sites over the years. A NIWA report (Mullan, A.B; Stuart, S.J; Hadfield, M.G; Smith, M.J (2010). Report on the Review of NIWA's 'Seven-Station' Temperature Series. NIWA Information Series No. 78. pp.129-154) records a number of these along with the work undertaken to reconcile the data between different sites. It is not yet clear which site(s) these measurements were taken at as we have not yet identified a correspondence with NIWA's records.The datasets had been stored as .DAT files. The .DAT files have been uploaded as is, and also standardised and converted into .csv format.Headers: The original .DAT files were stored without headers. Most of these could be recovered for the .csv by running the data through an old program that had been used in conjunction with the data, but one column remains "unknown".Missing data: In the .DAT files, missing measurements are variously recorded, depending on context, as 0, -9, -99 or (in the case of Cloud cover) 9. In the .csv these values have been removed and left blank.Units are most likely:* solar radiation - probably MJ/m2 (megajoules per square metre)* temperatures - Celsius (in early years possibly converted from an original measurement in Fahrenheit)* rainfall - millimetres* cloud - oktas (eighths of the sky taken up by cloud)* wind run - kilometres* vapour pressure - probably Pa (pascals

    Meteorological observations at Lincoln: 1985

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    Lincoln meteorological observations have been taken at a range of sites over the years. A NIWA report (Mullan, A.B; Stuart, S.J; Hadfield, M.G; Smith, M.J (2010). Report on the Review of NIWA's 'Seven-Station' Temperature Series. NIWA Information Series No. 78. pp.129-154) records a number of these along with the work undertaken to reconcile the data between different sites. It is not yet clear which site(s) these measurements were taken at as we have not yet identified a correspondence with NIWA's records.The datasets had been stored as .DAT files. The .DAT files have been uploaded as is, and also standardised and converted into .csv format.Headers: The original .DAT files were stored without headers. Most of these could be recovered for the .csv by running the data through an old program that had been used in conjunction with the data, but one column remains "unknown".Missing data: In the .DAT files, missing measurements are variously recorded, depending on context, as 0, -9, -99 or (in the case of Cloud cover) 9. In the .csv these values have been removed and left blank.Units are most likely:* solar radiation - probably MJ/m2 (megajoules per square metre)* temperatures - Celsius (in early years possibly converted from an original measurement in Fahrenheit)* rainfall - millimetres* cloud - oktas (eighths of the sky taken up by cloud)* wind run - kilometres* vapour pressure - probably Pa (pascals

    Meteorological observations at Lincoln: 1984

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    Lincoln meteorological observations have been taken at a range of sites over the years. A NIWA report (Mullan, A.B; Stuart, S.J; Hadfield, M.G; Smith, M.J (2010). Report on the Review of NIWA's 'Seven-Station' Temperature Series. NIWA Information Series No. 78. pp.129-154) records a number of these along with the work undertaken to reconcile the data between different sites. It is not yet clear which site(s) these measurements were taken at as we have not yet identified a correspondence with NIWA's records.The datasets had been stored as .DAT files. The .DAT files have been uploaded as is, and also standardised and converted into .csv format.Headers: The original .DAT files were stored without headers. Most of these could be recovered for the .csv by running the data through an old program that had been used in conjunction with the data, but one column remains "unknown".Missing data: In the .DAT files, missing measurements are variously recorded, depending on context, as 0, -9, -99 or (in the case of Cloud cover) 9. In the .csv these values have been removed and left blank.Units are most likely:* solar radiation - probably MJ/m2 (megajoules per square metre)* temperatures - Celsius (in early years possibly converted from an original measurement in Fahrenheit)* rainfall - millimetres* cloud - oktas (eighths of the sky taken up by cloud)* wind run - kilometres* vapour pressure - probably Pa (pascals

    Meteorological observations at Lincoln: 1983

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    Lincoln meteorological observations have been taken at a range of sites over the years. A NIWA report (Mullan, A.B; Stuart, S.J; Hadfield, M.G; Smith, M.J (2010). Report on the Review of NIWA's 'Seven-Station' Temperature Series. NIWA Information Series No. 78. pp.129-154) records a number of these along with the work undertaken to reconcile the data between different sites. It is not yet clear which site(s) these measurements were taken at as we have not yet identified a correspondence with NIWA's records.The datasets had been stored as .DAT files. The .DAT files have been uploaded as is, and also standardised and converted into .csv format.Headers: The original .DAT files were stored without headers. Most of these could be recovered for the .csv by running the data through an old program that had been used in conjunction with the data, but one column remains "unknown".Missing data: In the .DAT files, missing measurements are variously recorded, depending on context, as 0, -9, -99 or (in the case of Cloud cover) 9. In the .csv these values have been removed and left blank.Units are most likely:* solar radiation - probably MJ/m2 (megajoules per square metre)* temperatures - Celsius (in early years possibly converted from an original measurement in Fahrenheit)* rainfall - millimetres* cloud - oktas (eighths of the sky taken up by cloud)* wind run - kilometres* vapour pressure - probably Pa (pascals

    Meteorological observations at Lincoln: 1972

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    Lincoln meteorological observations have been taken at a range of sites over the years. A NIWA report (Mullan, A.B; Stuart, S.J; Hadfield, M.G; Smith, M.J (2010). Report on the Review of NIWA's 'Seven-Station' Temperature Series. NIWA Information Series No. 78. pp.129-154) records a number of these along with the work undertaken to reconcile the data between different sites. It is not yet clear which site(s) these measurements were taken at as we have not yet identified a correspondence with NIWA's records.The datasets had been stored as .DAT files. The .DAT files have been uploaded as is, and also standardised and converted into .csv format.Headers: The original .DAT files were stored without headers. Most of these could be recovered for the .csv by running the data through an old program that had been used in conjunction with the data, but one column remains "unknown".Missing data: In the .DAT files, missing measurements are variously recorded, depending on context, as 0, -9, -99 or (in the case of Cloud cover) 9. In the .csv these values have been removed and left blank.Units are most likely:* solar radiation - probably MJ/m2 (megajoules per square metre)* temperatures - Celsius (in early years possibly converted from an original measurement in Fahrenheit)* rainfall - millimetres* cloud - oktas (eighths of the sky taken up by cloud)* wind run - kilometres* vapour pressure - probably Pa (pascals

    Meteorological observations at Lincoln: 2007

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    Lincoln meteorological observations have been taken at a range of sites over the years. A NIWA report (Mullan, A.B; Stuart, S.J; Hadfield, M.G; Smith, M.J (2010). Report on the Review of NIWA's 'Seven-Station' Temperature Series. NIWA Information Series No. 78. pp.129-154) records a number of these along with the work undertaken to reconcile the data between different sites. It is not yet clear which site(s) these measurements were taken at as we have not yet identified a correspondence with NIWA's records.The datasets had been stored as .DAT files. The .DAT files have been uploaded as is, and also standardised and converted into .csv format.Headers: The original .DAT files were stored without headers. Most of these could be recovered for the .csv by running the data through an old program that had been used in conjunction with the data, but one column remains "unknown".Missing data: In the .DAT files, missing measurements are variously recorded, depending on context, as 0, -9, -99 or (in the case of Cloud cover) 9. In the .csv these values have been removed and left blank.Units are most likely:* solar radiation - probably MJ/m2 (megajoules per square metre)* temperatures - Celsius (in early years possibly converted from an original measurement in Fahrenheit)* rainfall - millimetres* cloud - oktas (eighths of the sky taken up by cloud)* wind run - kilometres* vapour pressure - probably Pa (pascals

    Meteorological observations at Lincoln: 2010

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    Lincoln meteorological observations have been taken at a range of sites over the years. A NIWA report (Mullan, A.B; Stuart, S.J; Hadfield, M.G; Smith, M.J (2010). Report on the Review of NIWA's 'Seven-Station' Temperature Series. NIWA Information Series No. 78. pp.129-154) records a number of these along with the work undertaken to reconcile the data between different sites. It is not yet clear which site(s) these measurements were taken at as we have not yet identified a correspondence with NIWA's records.The datasets had been stored as .DAT files. The .DAT files have been uploaded as is, and also standardised and converted into .csv format.Headers: The original .DAT files were stored without headers. Most of these could be recovered for the .csv by running the data through an old program that had been used in conjunction with the data, but one column remains "unknown".Missing data: In the .DAT files, missing measurements are variously recorded, depending on context, as 0, -9, -99 or (in the case of Cloud cover) 9. In the .csv these values have been removed and left blank.Units are most likely:* solar radiation - probably MJ/m2 (megajoules per square metre)* temperatures - Celsius (in early years possibly converted from an original measurement in Fahrenheit)* rainfall - millimetres* cloud - oktas (eighths of the sky taken up by cloud)* wind run - kilometres* vapour pressure - probably Pa (pascals
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