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Common-era black carbon deposition and atmospheric modeling for 6 Antarctic ice cores	None	2021-07-16	McConnell, Joseph; Chellman, Nathan	No project link provided	This dataset includes: 1) rBC concentration and flux for 6 Antarctic ice core sites (JRI_2008, JRI_D98, NUS08_7, NUS07_7, B53, and B40). 2) FLEXPART backward-model emission sensitivities for 4 Antarctic ice core sites (JRI, B40, B53, NUS07_7). 3) FLEXPART forward-model deposition for simulated biomass burning emissions from New Zealand. 4) Tie points to constrain flow model used to develop JRI_2008 chronology.	["POLYGON((-57.7 -64.2,-46.44 -64.2,-35.18 -64.2,-23.92 -64.2,-12.66 -64.2,-1.4 -64.2,9.86 -64.2,21.12 -64.2,32.38 -64.2,43.64 -64.2,54.9 -64.2,54.9 -65.99,54.9 -67.78,54.9 -69.57,54.9 -71.36,54.9 -73.15,54.9 -74.94,54.9 -76.73,54.9 -78.52,54.9 -80.31,54.9 -82.1,43.64 -82.1,32.38 -82.1,21.12 -82.1,9.86 -82.1,-1.4 -82.1,-12.66 -82.1,-23.92 -82.1,-35.18 -82.1,-46.44 -82.1,-57.7 -82.1,-57.7 -80.31,-57.7 -78.52,-57.7 -76.73,-57.7 -74.94,-57.7 -73.15,-57.7 -71.36,-57.7 -69.57,-57.7 -67.78,-57.7 -65.99,-57.7 -64.2))"]	["POINT(-1.4 -73.15)"]	false	false
Holocene Black Carbon in Antarctica	0839093	2017-06-19	McConnell, Joseph; Arienzo, Monica	Collaborative Research: Integrated High Resolution Chemical and Biological Measurements on the Deep WAIS Divide Core	Black carbon (BC) and other biomass-burning (BB) aerosols are critical components of climate forcing but quantification, predictive climate modeling, and policy decisions have been hampered by limited understanding of the climate drivers of BB and by the lack of long-term records. Prior modeling studies suggested that increased Northern Hemisphere anthropogenic BC emissions increased recent temperatures and regional precipitation, including a northward shift in the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). Two Antarctic ice cores were analyzed for BC and the longest record shows that the highest BC deposition during the Holocene occurred ~8-6k years before present in a period of relatively high austral burning season and low growing season insolation. Atmospheric transport modeling suggests South America (SA) as the dominant source of modern Antarctic BC and, consistent with the ice-core record, climate model experiments using mid-Holocene and preindustrial insolation simulate comparable increases in carbon loss due to fires in SA during the mid-Holocene. SA climate proxies document a northward shifted ITCZ and weakened SA Summer Monsoon (SASM) during this period, with associated impacts on hydroclimate and burning. A second Antarctic ice core spanning the last 2.5k years documents similar linkages between hydroclimate and BC, with the lowest deposition during the Little Ice Age characterized by a southerly shifted ITCZ and strengthened SASM. These new results indicate that insolation-driven changes in SA hydroclimate and BB, likely linked to the position of the ITCZ, modulated Antarctic BC deposition during most of the Holocene and suggests connections and feedbacks between future BC emissions and hydroclimate.	["POLYGON((161.41425 -77.73489,161.486884 -77.73489,161.559518 -77.73489,161.632152 -77.73489,161.704786 -77.73489,161.77742 -77.73489,161.850054 -77.73489,161.922688 -77.73489,161.995322 -77.73489,162.067956 -77.73489,162.14059 -77.73489,162.14059 -77.747868,162.14059 -77.760846,162.14059 -77.773824,162.14059 -77.786802,162.14059 -77.79978,162.14059 -77.812758,162.14059 -77.825736,162.14059 -77.838714,162.14059 -77.851692,162.14059 -77.86467,162.067956 -77.86467,161.995322 -77.86467,161.922688 -77.86467,161.850054 -77.86467,161.77742 -77.86467,161.704786 -77.86467,161.632152 -77.86467,161.559518 -77.86467,161.486884 -77.86467,161.41425 -77.86467,161.41425 -77.851692,161.41425 -77.838714,161.41425 -77.825736,161.41425 -77.812758,161.41425 -77.79978,161.41425 -77.786802,161.41425 -77.773824,161.41425 -77.760846,161.41425 -77.747868,161.41425 -77.73489))"]	["POINT(161.77742 -77.79978)"]	false	false
WAIS DIVIDE - High Temporal Resolution Black Carbon Record of Southern Hemisphere Biomass Burning	0739780	2011-01-01	Taylor, Kendrick C.	WAIS DIVIDE - High Temporal Resolution Black Carbon Record of Southern Hemisphere Biomass Burning	This award supports a project to develop a 2,000-year high-temporal resolution record of biomass burning from the analysis of black carbon in the WAIS Divide bedrock ice core. Pilot data for the WAIS WD05A core demonstrates that we now have the ability to reconstruct this record with minimal impact on the amount of ice available for other projects. The intellectual merit of this project is that black carbon (BC) aerosols result solely from combustion and play a critical but poorly quantified role in global climate forcing and the carbon cycle. When incorporated into snow and ice, BC increases absorption of solar radiation making seasonal snow packs, mountain glaciers, polar ice sheets, and sea ice much more vulnerable to climate warming. BC emissions in the Southern Hemisphere are dominated by biomass burning in the tropical regions of Southern Africa, South America and South Asia. Biomass burning, which results from both climate and human activities, alters the atmospheric composition of greenhouse gases, aerosols and perturbs key biogeochemical cycles. A long-term record of biomass burning is needed to aid in the interpretation of ice core gas composition and will provide important information regarding human impacts on the environment and climate before instrumental records.	["POINT(-112.117 -79.666)"]	["POINT(-112.117 -79.666)"]	false	false

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