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Data sources come from two early-model AMIGOS stations (Scambos et al., 2013), ice cores that were collected by hot-ring coring (Montgomery et al., 2020), and ground-penetrating radar profiles. Thermistor data from several depths within the firn core boreholes, transmitted by the AMIGOS stations, show the progression of the seasonal variations in firn temperature at the sites. Radar data show the depth of the firn aquifer (or, its absence at George VI site), and some drainage effects at a nearby rift at the Wilkins site.", "east": -66.5, "geometry": ["POINT(-69.75 -72)"], "keywords": "AMIGOS; Antarctica; Cryosphere; George VI Ice Shelf; Glaciology; Ground Penetrating Radar; Ice Core Data; Ice Shelf; Wilkins Ice Shelf", "locations": "Wilkins Ice Shelf; Antarctica", "north": -70.5, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Scambos, Ted; Miller, Julie; Miege, Clement; Montgomery, Lynn; Wallin, Bruce", "project_titles": "Antarctic Firn Aquifers: Extent, Characteristics, and Comparison with Greenland Occurrences", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010126", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Antarctic Firn Aquifers: Extent, Characteristics, and Comparison with Greenland Occurrences"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -73.5, "title": "Weather, Firn Core, and Ground-penetrating radar data from southern Wilkins and George VI ice shelves, 2018-2019", "uid": "601905", "west": -73.0}, {"awards": "1643669 Petrenko, Vasilii", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((112 -66,112.2 -66,112.4 -66,112.6 -66,112.8 -66,113 -66,113.2 -66,113.4 -66,113.6 -66,113.8 -66,114 -66,114 -66.1,114 -66.2,114 -66.3,114 -66.4,114 -66.5,114 -66.6,114 -66.7,114 -66.8,114 -66.9,114 -67,113.8 -67,113.6 -67,113.4 -67,113.2 -67,113 -67,112.8 -67,112.6 -67,112.4 -67,112.2 -67,112 -67,112 -66.9,112 -66.8,112 -66.7,112 -66.6,112 -66.5,112 -66.4,112 -66.3,112 -66.2,112 -66.1,112 -66))"], "date_created": "Thu, 24 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This is a data set containing measurements of [14CO] in firn air and ice core samples from Law Dome DE08-OH site, Antarctica. The firn air and ice core samples were collected at Law Dome in December 2018 and January 2019. The [14CO] data represent atmospheric values (with the in situ cosmogenic and procedural components removed). [14CO] measurements were conducted as described in Hmiel et al., 2024 (https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-3363-2024). The in situ cosmogenic [14CO] contribution was calculated using parameters and model also described in Hmiel et al. (2024). As [14CO] measurements in ice cores are complex, use of the data in a publication requires contacting Vasilii Petrenko (vasilii.petrenko@rochester.edu) to ensure correct understanding of the data. Depending on nature of use of the data, co-authorship may be appropriate. 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These data were collected when drilling a sub-ice access hole with an Eclipse drill in preparation for Winkie drill collection of subglacial bedrock. 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Also included are the ice-shelf surface elevation at each seismic-shot location derived from the concurrent GNSS recording and P-wave speed profile through firn derived from shallow refraction-seismic surveys on each ice shelf. Raw seismic records are also provided as SEGY files.", "east": -105.36, "geometry": ["POINT(-108.83500000000001 -74.94999999999999)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Cryosphere; Dotson Ice Shelf; Thwaites Glacier", "locations": "Dotson Ice Shelf; Thwaites Glacier; Antarctica", "north": -74.8, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Muto, Atsuhiro; Alley, Karen; Roccaro, Alexander; Pettit, Erin; Truffer, Martin; Scambos, Ted; Wild, Christian; Pomraning, Dale; Wallin, Bruce", "project_titles": "NSF-NERC: Thwaites-Amundsen Regional Survey and Network (TARSAN) Integrating Atmosphere-Ice-Ocean Processes affecting the Sub-Ice-Shelf Environment", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010162", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "NSF-NERC: Thwaites-Amundsen Regional Survey and Network (TARSAN) Integrating Atmosphere-Ice-Ocean Processes affecting the Sub-Ice-Shelf Environment"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Thwaites (ITGC)", "south": -75.1, "title": "Sub-ice-shelf seafloor elevation derived from point-source active-seismic data on Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf and Dotson Ice Shelf, December 2019 and January 2020", "uid": "601827", "west": -112.31}, {"awards": null, "bounds_geometry": null, "date_created": "Tue, 23 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This dataset includes measurements of the Deuterium isotopic Composition of Atmospheric Methane (\u03b4D-CH4) of gas bubbles from the Talos Dome Ice Core (TALDICE). All measurements were made at the University of Bern Ice Core Laboratory (Bern, Switzerland) using a new methane stable isotope analytical system. The data are displayed as a function of TALDICE depth and were corrected for gravitational and diffusional fractionation that occurs in the firn column according to Buizert et al., 2013. 1-sigma measurement uncertainty is also included and is determined from analytical uncertainty and uncertainties associated with diffusional and gravitational fractionation. Additional funding for this work was provided by the Swiss National Foundation: Award #200020_172506, and #200020B_200328L.", "east": null, "geometry": null, "keywords": "Abrupt Climate Change; Antarctica; Biogeochemical Cycles; Carbon Cycle; Cryosphere; Ice Core Records; Talos Dome", "locations": "Talos Dome; Antarctica", "north": null, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences", "persons": "Riddell-Young, Benjamin; Iseli, Rene; Lee, James; Schmitt, Jochen; Fischer, Hubertus; Bauska, Thomas; Menking, James; Clark, Reid; Brook, Edward J.", "project_titles": null, "projects": null, "repositories": null, "science_programs": null, "south": null, "title": "Deuterium isotopic composition of atmospheric methane across Dansgaard Oesgher Event 8, Talos Dome Ice Core, Antarctica", "uid": "601814", "west": null}, {"awards": "1745078 Brook, Edward J.", "bounds_geometry": null, "date_created": "Tue, 23 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This dataset includes ~60-year resolution measurements of the Carbon-13 and Deuterium isotopic Composition of Atmospheric Methane (\u03b413C-CH4 and \u03b4D-CH4, respectively) of gas bubbles from the WAIS Divide Replicate Ice Core. All measurements were made at the University of Bern Ice Core Laboratory (Bern, Switzerland) using a new methane stable isotope analytical system. The data includes depth-adjacent replicate samples (separated by no more than 0.3m of depth). The data are displayed as a function of WAIS Divide Replicate Core depth and were corrected for gravitational and diffusional fractionation that occurs in the firn column according to Buizert et al., 2013. 1-sigma measurement uncertainty is also included and is determined from analytical uncertainty and uncertainties associated with diffusional and gravitational fractionation. Additional funding for this work was provided by the Swiss National Foundation, Awards #200020_172506 and #200020B_200328L.", "east": null, "geometry": null, "keywords": "Abrupt Climate Change; Antarctica; Atmospheric Gases; Biogeochemical Cycles; Carbon Cycle; Cryosphere; Greenhouse Gas; Methane; West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide", "locations": "West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide; Antarctica", "north": null, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Riddell-Young, Benjamin; Lee, James; Schmitt, Jochen; Fischer, Hubertus; Bauska, Thomas; Menking, Andy; Iseli, Rene; Clark, Reid; Brook, Edward J.", "project_titles": "Tracing Past Methane Variations with Stable Isotopes in Antarctic Ice Cores", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010416", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Tracing Past Methane Variations with Stable Isotopes in Antarctic Ice Cores"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "WAIS Divide Ice Core", "south": null, "title": "Carbon-13 and Deuterium isotopic composition of atmospheric methane across Heinrich Stadial 4, and Dansgaard Oesgher Event 8, WAIS Divide Replicate Ice Core, Antarctica", "uid": "601813", "west": null}, {"awards": "0538657 Severinghaus, Jeffrey", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-112.05 -79.28)"], "date_created": "Fri, 20 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "Major gas components of air data set, containing d15N, d18O of O2, dO2/N2, and dAr/N2 from the WAIS Divide ice core at high resolution. These data are used to constrain surface temperature, biosphere oxygen cycling, and firn thickness through the past \u003e60 kyr.", "east": -112.05, "geometry": ["POINT(-112.05 -79.28)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Delta 15N; Delta 18O; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core; Ice Core Gas Records; Ice Core Records; Isotope; Nitrogen; Nitrogen Isotopes; Oxygen; Oxygen Isotope; Snow/ice; Snow/Ice; WAIS; WAIS Divide", "locations": "WAIS Divide; Antarctica; WAIS", "north": -79.28, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Severinghaus, Jeffrey P.", "project_titles": "Nitrogen and Oxygen Gas Isotopes in the WAIS Divide Ice Core as Constraints on Chronology, Temperature, and Accumulation Rate", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000036", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Nitrogen and Oxygen Gas Isotopes in the WAIS Divide Ice Core as Constraints on Chronology, Temperature, and Accumulation Rate"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "WAIS Divide Ice Core", "south": -79.28, "title": "d15N and d18O of air in the WAIS Divide ice core", "uid": "601747", "west": -112.05}, {"awards": "0917509 Spencer, Matthew", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "date_created": "Wed, 18 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set consists of bubble-number densities in glacier ice, in units of bubbles per cubic centimeter, based on firn densification and grain-growth modeling under steady-state climate conditions.", "east": -149.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Density; Firn; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core; Ice Core Data; Ice Core Records; Siple Dome; Snow/ice; Snow/Ice", "locations": "Antarctica; Siple Dome", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Spencer, Matthew", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Combined Physical Property Measurements at Siple Dome", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000658", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Combined Physical Property Measurements at Siple Dome"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.0, "title": "Firn depth and bubble density for Siple Ice Core and other sites", "uid": "601746", "west": -149.0}, {"awards": "1643716 Buizert, Christo", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-180 -67,-144 -67,-108 -67,-72 -67,-36 -67,0 -67,36 -67,72 -67,108 -67,144 -67,180 -67,180 -69.3,180 -71.6,180 -73.9,180 -76.2,180 -78.5,180 -80.8,180 -83.1,180 -85.4,180 -87.7,180 -90,144 -90,108 -90,72 -90,36 -90,0 -90,-36 -90,-72 -90,-108 -90,-144 -90,-180 -90,-180 -87.7,-180 -85.4,-180 -83.1,-180 -80.8,-180 -78.5,-180 -76.2,-180 -73.9,-180 -71.6,-180 -69.3,-180 -67))"], "date_created": "Mon, 22 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "We have reconstructed the atmospheric N2O mole fraction and its isotopic composition by combining data from ice cores, firn air, and atmospheric samples. The mole fraction reconstruction extends back to 1000 CE using ice cores, firn air, and atmospheric sampling; and the isotopic reconstruction extends back to 1900 CE using only firn air data. We have incorporated both newly measured and previously published data. We present new data for the mole fraction, d15Nbulk, d18O, and d15NSP values from the Styx (East Antarctica) firn air, and mole fraction from the North Greenland Eemian Ice drilling Project (NEEM) firn air. We have used published records from the Styx and NEEM ice cores, direct atmospheric measurements from the NOAA global sampling network, and firn air data, giving a total of 11 sites for N2O mole fraction, 12 sites for d15Nbulk, 11 sites for d18O, and 8 sites for d15NSP values.\r\n", "east": 180.0, "geometry": ["POINT(0 -89.999)"], "keywords": "Antarctic; Antarctica; Anthropogenic Emission; Atmosphere; Greenhouse Gas; Greenland; Ice Core Data; Nitrification And Denitrification Processes; Nitrous Oxide; Site-Specific 15N Isotopomer; Styx Glacier", "locations": "Antarctic; Greenland; Antarctica; Styx Glacier", "north": -67.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Ghosh, Sambit; Toyoda, Sakae ; Buizert, Christo ; Langenfelds, Ray L ; Yoshida, Naohiro ; Joong Kim, Seong; Ahn, Jinho ; Etheridge, David", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Reconstructing Carbon-14 of Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide from Law Dome, Antarctica to Constrain Long-Term Hydroxyl Radical Variability", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010341", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Reconstructing Carbon-14 of Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide from Law Dome, Antarctica to Constrain Long-Term Hydroxyl Radical Variability"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -90.0, "title": "Concentration and isotopic composition of atmospheric N2O over the last century", "uid": "601693", "west": -180.0}, {"awards": "1745078 Brook, Edward J.", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-112.086 -79.468)"], "date_created": "Wed, 26 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This dataset includes ~60-year resolution measurements of the Carbon-13 isotopic Composition of Atmospheric Methane (\u03b413C-CH4) of gas bubbles from the WAIS Divide Ice Core. All measurements were made at the Oregon State University Ice Core and Quaternary Geochemistry Laboratory (Corvallis, OR) using a new methane stable isotope analytical system. The data includes depth-adjacent replicate samples (separated by no more than 0.3m of depth) and is split up into two sheets for the two different intervals measured (Heinrich Stadial 1 and Heinrich Stadial 5 / Dansgaard Oeschger Event 12). The data are displayed as a function of WAIS Divide depth and were corrected for gravitational and diffusional fractionation that occurs in the firn column according to Buizert et al., 2013. 1-sigma measurement uncertainty is also included and is determined from analytical uncertainty and uncertainties associated with diffusional and gravitational fractionation.\r\n\r\nThe manuscript presenting and analyzing these data is in preparation for publication as of April 2023. 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(89.54 S, 137.04 E). Firn compaction rates were measured for two years (from January 2017 to December 2018) using string potentiometers to measure borehole shortening. Density measurements include field measurements from December 2016 and January 2017 as well as measurements made at the National Science Foundation Ice Core Facility (NSF-ICF) on a core that was returned to the U.S. for analysis. The dataset also includes measurements of (near-surface) temperature inside the boxes that housed the potentiometers. The raw data are voltage measurements from a datalogger. The dataset includes these raw data as well as processed data. It also includes the python script used to process the data and relevant files containing site and instrument specifications needed to process the data.", "east": 137.04, "geometry": ["POINT(137.04 -89.54)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Firn; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Snow/ice; Snow/Ice; South Pole; Temperature", "locations": "South Pole; Antarctica; South Pole; Antarctica", "north": -89.54, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Stevens, Christopher Max; Lilien, David; Conway, Howard; Waddington, Edwin D.; Koutnik, Michelle; Fudge, T. J.", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Characterization of Upstream Ice and Firn Dynamics affecting the South Pole Ice Core", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000200", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Characterization of Upstream Ice and Firn Dynamics affecting the South Pole Ice Core"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -89.54, "title": "Firn density and compaction rates 50km upstream of South Pole", "uid": "601680", "west": 137.04}, {"awards": "1043761 Young, Duncan; 0230197 Holt, John; 2127606 Young, Duncan A.; 0636724 Blankenship, Donald", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-136 -74,-131.9 -74,-127.8 -74,-123.7 -74,-119.6 -74,-115.5 -74,-111.4 -74,-107.30000000000001 -74,-103.2 -74,-99.1 -74,-95 -74,-95 -74.7,-95 -75.4,-95 -76.1,-95 -76.8,-95 -77.5,-95 -78.2,-95 -78.9,-95 -79.6,-95 -80.3,-95 -81,-99.1 -81,-103.2 -81,-107.3 -81,-111.4 -81,-115.5 -81,-119.6 -81,-123.69999999999999 -81,-127.8 -81,-131.9 -81,-136 -81,-136 -80.3,-136 -79.6,-136 -78.9,-136 -78.2,-136 -77.5,-136 -76.8,-136 -76.1,-136 -75.4,-136 -74.7,-136 -74))"], "date_created": "Wed, 15 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This file contains internal radar horizon 1 (lm-MERGE-lay9-grg) for West Antarctica, collected during the SOAR/CASERTZ (1991-1996), SOAR/DVD (1999), ATRS (2001), AGASEA (2004-05) and GIMBLE (2013-2014) expeditions. Only data collected in AGASEA is contained in this specific product.\r\nThis data set is linked to PH.D thesis Muldoon, G. 2018 \"West Antarctic Ice Sheet Retreat during the Last Interglacial\"Spatial and temporal distributions of accumulation rates on the catchment of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica\", University of Texas at Austin\r\n https://doi.org/10.15781/T23B5WS0D\r\nThe internal radar horizon (IRH) was traced semi-automatically by Gail R. Muldoon using Haliburtons\u0027s Landmark software and picker, in a combination of 2D focused and unfocused data.\r\nDepths were calculated using a 2 way velocity in ice of 84.5 m/microsecond, and no firn correction. \r\n\r\nIsochron age is 4711 (+/- 246 ) years. \r\n\r\nFunding for this dataset as provided by NSF grants and The G. 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The d18Oatm data are useful for dating the core, and the 15N is useful for inferring firn thickness. Importantly, the data have only been corrected for gas loss using published methods (i.e. Baggenstos et al. 2017), but not for recently recognized (and unpublished) effects of declining contemporary atmospheric O2/N2 due to fossil fuel burning. These changes unfortunately affect the La Jolla Air standard gas O2/N2 ratio that is used in our lab to make the measurements. Users of this data are encouraged to contact Jeff Severinghaus for help in making these novel corrections to the standard gas.", "east": 159.3562, "geometry": ["POINT(159.3562 -76.73243)"], "keywords": "18O; Allan Hills; Allan Hills Blue Ice; Antarctica; Blue Ice; Delta 15N; Delta 18O; Dole Effect; Firn Thickness; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Chronology; Ice Core Records", "locations": "Allan Hills; Antarctica", "north": -76.73243, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Severinghaus, Jeffrey P.", "project_titles": "Center for Oldest Ice Exploration; Collaborative research: Snapshots of Early and Mid-Pleistocene Climate and Atmospheric Composition from the Allan Hills Blue Ice Area ", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010321", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Center for Oldest Ice Exploration"}, {"proj_uid": "p0010253", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative research: Snapshots of Early and Mid-Pleistocene Climate and Atmospheric Composition from the Allan Hills Blue Ice Area "}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Allan Hills", "south": -76.73243, "title": "Allan Hills CMC3 ice core d18Oatm, d15N, dO2/N2, dAr/N2, d40/36Ar, d40/38Ar 2021 \u0026 2022", "uid": "601620", "west": 159.3562}, {"awards": "1643664 Severinghaus, Jeffrey", "bounds_geometry": null, "date_created": "Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set consists of high-precision krypton and argon isotope measurements, along with 15N and 18O of O2. This data tests the hypothesis that the 2nd order parameter 86Krexcess (86Kr/82Kr - 40Ar/36Ar) serves as a proxy indicator of past storminess, via atmospheric pressure changes that cause barometric pumping in the firn and hence greater gravitational disequilibrium in the heavier Kr atom than in Ar. These measurements were made as part of the US-Australian Law Dome DE08-OH campaign in 2018-2019. Nitrogen and dioxygen isotopes were also measured.", "east": null, "geometry": null, "keywords": "Antarctica; Ice Core; Law Dome; Noble Gas", "locations": "Law Dome; Antarctica", "north": null, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Severinghaus, Jeffrey P.", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Reconstructing Carbon-14 of Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide from Law Dome, Antarctica to Constrain Long-Term Hydroxyl Radical Variability", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010341", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Reconstructing Carbon-14 of Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide from Law Dome, Antarctica to Constrain Long-Term Hydroxyl Radical Variability"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": null, "title": "Law Dome DE08-OH site noble gases in ice: testing the 86Krexcess proxy", "uid": "601597", "west": null}, {"awards": "1643664 Severinghaus, Jeffrey", "bounds_geometry": null, "date_created": "Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set comprises measurements of noble and inert gases in the firn at the DE08-OH site sampled in 2018-2019 near the summit of Law Dome, Antarctica. The data show the expected gravitational enrichment of heavy isotopes with depth, somewhat attenuated by the high accumulation rate and a near-surface well-mixed zone (convective zone), and the \"lock-in\" horizon at 68 m depth. As seen at many other sites, the heavy isotope of oxygen 18O is depleted progressively with depth within the lock-in zone due to faster gas permeation of 16O16O relative to 18O16O from compressed air bubbles.", "east": null, "geometry": null, "keywords": "Antarctica; Firn; Firn Density; Gravitational Settling; Inert Gases; Law Dome", "locations": "Law Dome; Antarctica", "north": null, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Severinghaus, Jeffrey P.", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Reconstructing Carbon-14 of Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide from Law Dome, Antarctica to Constrain Long-Term Hydroxyl Radical Variability", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010341", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Reconstructing Carbon-14 of Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide from Law Dome, Antarctica to Constrain Long-Term Hydroxyl Radical Variability"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": null, "title": "Law Dome DE08-OH firn air 15N, O2/N2, Ar/N2, 18O of O2", "uid": "601598", "west": null}, {"awards": "9319379 Blankenship, Donald", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-180 -75,-172 -75,-164 -75,-156 -75,-148 -75,-140 -75,-132 -75,-124 -75,-116 -75,-108 -75,-100 -75,-100 -76.5,-100 -78,-100 -79.5,-100 -81,-100 -82.5,-100 -84,-100 -85.5,-100 -87,-100 -88.5,-100 -90,-108 -90,-116 -90,-124 -90,-132 -90,-140 -90,-148 -90,-156 -90,-164 -90,-172 -90,180 -90,172 -90,164 -90,156 -90,148 -90,140 -90,132 -90,124 -90,116 -90,108 -90,100 -90,100 -88.5,100 -87,100 -85.5,100 -84,100 -82.5,100 -81,100 -79.5,100 -78,100 -76.5,100 -75,108 -75,116 -75,124 -75,132 -75,140 -75,148 -75,156 -75,164 -75,172 -75,-180 -75))"], "date_created": "Sun, 24 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "These data represent the 1-km decimated version of the SOAR ice thickness data provided to the Bedmap2 project, collected as part of various projects between 1991 and 2001. 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The transect name formatted by Project/Set/Transect\r\n", "east": 100.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-180 -82.5)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Ice Penetrating Radar; Ice Thickness; SOAR", "locations": "Antarctica; Antarctica", "north": -75.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Earth Sciences", "persons": "Blankenship, Donald D.; Young, Duncan A.; Kempf, Scott D.", "project_titles": null, "projects": null, "repositories": null, "science_programs": null, "south": -90.0, "title": "Support Office for Airborne Research 1 km sampled ice thickness data", "uid": "601588", "west": -100.0}, {"awards": "1844793 Aksoy, Mustafa", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-180 -60,-144 -60,-108 -60,-72 -60,-36 -60,0 -60,36 -60,72 -60,108 -60,144 -60,180 -60,180 -63,180 -66,180 -69,180 -72,180 -75,180 -78,180 -81,180 -84,180 -87,180 -90,144 -90,108 -90,72 -90,36 -90,0 -90,-36 -90,-72 -90,-108 -90,-144 -90,-180 -90,-180 -87,-180 -84,-180 -81,-180 -78,-180 -75,-180 -72,-180 -69,-180 -66,-180 -63,-180 -60))"], "date_created": "Tue, 29 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This dataset includes density, temperature, grain size, and layer thickness measurements collected from various projects available on USAP-DC. Depth listings were recalculated to reflect measurements from the surface of the ice to the deep ice if they were not listed as such in the original dataset. Non-linear least-squares regression was performed on the data to find parameters to existing depth-dependent density and grain size models and the regression results are provided in this dataset. Data is made available in MATLAB and XLSX files. See \u201cinsituData_readMe\u201d for more details.", "east": 180.0, "geometry": ["POINT(0 -89.999)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Antarctic Ice Sheet", "locations": "Antarctica; Antarctic Ice Sheet", "north": -60.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Aksoy, Mustafa; Kaurejo, Dua; Kar, Rahul", "project_titles": "Characterization of Antarctic Firn by Multi-Frequency Passive Remote Sensing from Space", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010206", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Characterization of Antarctic Firn by Multi-Frequency Passive Remote Sensing from Space"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -90.0, "title": "In-Situ Density, Temperature, Grain Size, and Layer Thickness data for the Antarctic Ice Sheet", "uid": "601551", "west": -180.0}, {"awards": "1844793 Aksoy, Mustafa", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-180 -60,-144 -60,-108 -60,-72 -60,-36 -60,0 -60,36 -60,72 -60,108 -60,144 -60,180 -60,180 -63,180 -66,180 -69,180 -72,180 -75,180 -78,180 -81,180 -84,180 -87,180 -90,144 -90,108 -90,72 -90,36 -90,0 -90,-36 -90,-72 -90,-108 -90,-144 -90,-180 -90,-180 -87,-180 -84,-180 -81,-180 -78,-180 -75,-180 -72,-180 -69,-180 -66,-180 -63,-180 -60))"], "date_created": "Tue, 29 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This MATLAB dataset includes brightness temperatures measured by AMSR2 and SSMIS from 01/01/2020 to 06/30/2021 over the Concordia and Vostok Stations as well as the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet. Vertically and horizontally polarized GPM SSMIS/AMSR2 common intercalibrated brightness temperatures at 10.65 GHz, 18.7 GHz, 19.35 GHz, 23.8 GHz, 36.5 GHz, 37 GHz, 89 GHz, and 91.655 GHz averaged over 0.25-degree x 0.25-degree grid cells are stored. In addition, AMSR2 measurements at 6.9 GHz and 7.3 GHz in both polarizations are included. Please read the text file \u201csatData_readMe.txt\u201d for more details. ", "east": 180.0, "geometry": ["POINT(0 -89.999)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Antarctic Ice Sheet; Satellite; Vostok", "locations": "Vostok; Antarctica; Antarctic Ice Sheet", "north": -60.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Aksoy, Mustafa; Kaurejo, Dua; Kar, Rahul", "project_titles": "Characterization of Antarctic Firn by Multi-Frequency Passive Remote Sensing from Space", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010206", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Characterization of Antarctic Firn by Multi-Frequency Passive Remote Sensing from Space"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -90.0, "title": "Antarctic Firn Brightness Temperatures Measured by AMSR2 and SSMIS (Concordia, Vostok, and the Entire Ice Sheet)", "uid": "601550", "west": -180.0}, {"awards": "1443471 Koutnik, Michelle", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(137.04 -89.54)"], "date_created": "Tue, 22 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "These data are 6-hourly measurements of temperature in the upper 40 m of firn at a site 50 km upstream of South Pole (89.54 S, 137.04 E). The measurements span the two years from January 2017 to December 2018. ", "east": 137.04, "geometry": ["POINT(137.04 -89.54)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Firn; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Data; Ice Core Records; Snow/ice; Snow/Ice; South Pole; SPICEcore; Temperature", "locations": "Antarctica; South Pole; Antarctica", "north": -89.54, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Stevens, Christopher Max; Lilien, David; Conway, Howard; Koutnik, Michelle; Waddington, Edwin D.; Fudge, T. J.", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Characterization of Upstream Ice and Firn Dynamics affecting the South Pole Ice Core", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000200", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Characterization of Upstream Ice and Firn Dynamics affecting the South Pole Ice Core"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "SPICEcore", "south": -89.54, "title": "Firn temperatures 50km upstream of South Pole", "uid": "601525", "west": 137.04}, {"awards": "1443710 Severinghaus, Jeffrey", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(0 -90)"], "date_created": "Thu, 03 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "We present measurements gas measurements from the South Pole Ice Core, including the isotopic composition of molecular nitrogen (\u03b415N) and argon (\u03b440Ar), and the argon-nitrogen ratio (\u03b4Ar/N2). The measurements were made between approximately 490 and 1310 m depth, which is between 5 and 30 kyr BP on the SP19 Gas Chronology.\r\nThe measurements allow us to reconstruct the past amounts of gravitational and thermal fractionation in the firn and thus reconstruct past firn thickness and temperature gradient. 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The data include soluble ions (sodium and non-sea-salt sulfate) and dust particle concentrations, as well as major oxide geochemistry of tephra grains isolated from snow samples. Based on these data, we found evidence of deposition from the 2011 Puyehue Cordon-Caulle (Chile) volcanic eruption at WAIS Divide.", "east": -112.086, "geometry": ["POINT(-112.086 -79.468)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Chemistry:ice; Chemistry:Ice; Geochemistry; Geochronology; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Ice Core Records; Intracontinental Magmatism; IntraContinental Magmatism; Snow Pit; Tephra; WAIS Divide; WAIS Divide Ice Core", "locations": "WAIS Divide; Antarctica", "north": -79.468, "nsf_funding_programs": null, "persons": "Koffman, Bess; Kreutz, Karl", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Microparticle/tephra analysis of the WAIS Divide ice core", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000040", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Microparticle/tephra analysis of the WAIS Divide ice core"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "WAIS Divide Ice Core", "south": -79.468, "title": "Snowpit evidence of the 2011 Puyehue-Cordon Caulle (Chile) eruption in West Antarctica", "uid": "601036", "west": -112.086}, {"awards": "0944197 Waddington, Edwin", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-112.1115 -79.481)"], "date_created": "Tue, 28 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "The West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide (WAIS Divide, WD) ice core is a newly drilled, high-accumulation deep ice core that provides Antarctic climate records of the past ~68 ka at unprecedented temporal resolution. The upper 2850 m (back to 31.2 ka BP) have been dated using annual-layer counting. Here we present a chronology for the deep part of the core (67.8-31.2 ka BP), which is based on stratigraphic matching to annual-layer-counted Greenland ice cores using globally well-mixed atmospheric methane. We calculate the WD gas age-ice age difference (Delta age) using a combination of firn densification modeling, ice-flow modeling, and a data set of d15N-N2, a proxy for past firn column thickness. The largest Delta age at WD occurs during the Last Glacial Maximum, and is 525 +/- 120 years. Internally consistent solutions can be found only when assuming little to no influence of impurity content on densification rates, contrary to a recently proposed hypothesis. We synchronize the WD chronology to a linearly scaled version of the layer-counted Greenland Ice Core Chronology (GICC05), which brings the age of Dansgaard-Oeschger (DO) events into agreement with the U/Th absolutely dated Hulu Cave speleothem record. The small Delta age at WD provides valuable opportunities to investigate the timing of atmospheric greenhouse gas variations relative to Antarctic climate, as well as the interhemispheric phasing of the \\\"bipolar seesaw\\\".\n\nWe present the WD2014 chronology for the upper part (0-2850 m; 31.2 ka BP) of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide (WD) ice core. The chronology is based on counting of annual layers observed in the chemical, dust and electrical conductivity records. These layers are caused by seasonal changes in the source, transport, and deposition of aerosols. The measurements were interpreted manually and with the aid of two automated methods. We validated the chronology by comparing to two high-accuracy, absolutely dated chronologies. For the Holocene, the cosmogenic isotope records of 10Be from WAIS Divide and 14C for IntCal13 demonstrated that WD2014 was consistently accurate to better than 0.5% of the age. For the glacial period, comparisons to the Hulu Cave chronology demonstrated that WD2014 had an accuracy of better than 1% of the age at three abrupt climate change events between 27 and 31ka. WD2014 has consistently younger ages than Greenland ice core chronologies during most of the Holocene. For the Younger Dryas-Preboreal transition (11.595 ka; 24 years younger) and the Bolling-Allerod Warming (14.621 ka; 7 years younger), WD2014 ages are within the combined uncertainties of the timescales. Given its high accuracy, WD2014 can become a reference chronology for the Southern Hemisphere, with synchronization to other chronologies feasible using high-quality proxies of volcanism, solar activity, atmospheric mineral dust, and atmospheric methane concentrations.", "east": -112.1115, "geometry": ["POINT(-112.1115 -79.481)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Depth-Age-Model; Geochronology; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; WAIS Divide; WAIS Divide Ice Core", "locations": "Antarctica; WAIS Divide", "north": -79.481, "nsf_funding_programs": null, "persons": "Fudge, T. J.", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Establishing the Chronology and Histories of Accumulation and Ice Dynamics for the WAIS Divide Core", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000026", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Establishing the Chronology and Histories of Accumulation and Ice Dynamics for the WAIS Divide Core"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "WAIS Divide Ice Core", "south": -79.481, "title": "WD2014: Timescale for WAIS Divide Core 2006 A (WDC-06A)", "uid": "601015", "west": -112.1115}, {"awards": "0538427 McConnell, Joseph", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-112.1115 -79.481)"], "date_created": "Thu, 23 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "A state-of-the-art continuous ice core analytical system was used to analyze samples from the firn portion (0 to ~70 m depth) of the recently collected intermediate core WDC05A from West Antarctica. Interpretation of these records and publication of findings is ongoing.", "east": -112.1115, "geometry": ["POINT(-112.1115 -79.481)"], "keywords": "Aerosol; Antarctica; Chemistry:fluid; Chemistry:Fluid; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; WAIS Divide; WAIS Divide Ice Core", "locations": "Antarctica; WAIS Divide", "north": -79.481, "nsf_funding_programs": null, "persons": "McConnell, Joseph", "project_titles": "Trace and Ultra-Trace Chemistry Measurements of the WAIS Divide Ice Core", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000148", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Trace and Ultra-Trace Chemistry Measurements of the WAIS Divide Ice Core"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "WAIS Divide Ice Core", "south": -79.481, "title": "WAIS Divide Ice-Core Aerosol Records from Intermediate Core WDC05A", "uid": "601010", "west": -112.1115}, {"awards": "0944197 Waddington, Edwin", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-112.1115 -79.481)"], "date_created": "Tue, 21 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "These data are the accumulation rate history for the WAIS Divide ice core in central West Antarctica. The data are in two parts: 1) the annual accumulation rates for the past ~31ka and 2) the firn gas-based accumulation rates from 31-67ka.", "east": -112.1115, "geometry": ["POINT(-112.1115 -79.481)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Snow Accumulation; WAIS Divide Ice Core", "locations": "Antarctica", "north": -79.481, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology; Antarctic Earth Sciences", "persons": "Fudge, T. J.; Waddington, Edwin D.; Conway, Howard; Buizert, Christo", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Establishing the Chronology and Histories of Accumulation and Ice Dynamics for the WAIS Divide Core", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000026", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Establishing the Chronology and Histories of Accumulation and Ice Dynamics for the WAIS Divide Core"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "WAIS Divide Ice Core", "south": -79.481, "title": "Accumulation Rates from the WAIS Divide Ice Core", "uid": "601004", "west": -112.1115}, {"awards": "0440701 Severinghaus, Jeffrey", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-112.125 -79.463)"], "date_created": "Mon, 08 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set shows the modeled surface temperature reconstruction from an inversion of the 300 m WDC05A borehole at the West Antarctic Divide Ice core site.", "east": -112.125, "geometry": ["POINT(-112.125 -79.463)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Temperature; WAIS Divide; WAIS Divide Ice Core", "locations": "WAIS Divide; Antarctica", "north": -79.463, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Severinghaus, Jeffrey P.; Orsi, Anais J.", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Gases in Firn Air and Shallow Ice at the Proposed WAIS Divide Drilling Site", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000368", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Gases in Firn Air and Shallow Ice at the Proposed WAIS Divide Drilling Site"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -79.463, "title": "Surface Temperature Reconstruction from Borehole Temperature Measurement in WDC05A", "uid": "609638", "west": -112.125}, {"awards": "0944078 Albert, Mary", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(124.48796 -80.77914)", "POINT(-112.12317 -79.463)"], "date_created": "Wed, 11 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set contains laboratory measurements of the density and permeability made from firn cores from the lock-in zone through pore close-off at the WAIS Divide and Megadunes sites.", "east": 124.48796, "geometry": ["POINT(124.48796 -80.77914)", "POINT(-112.12317 -79.463)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Firn; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Physical Properties; WAIS Divide; WAIS Divide Ice Core", "locations": "WAIS Divide; Antarctica", "north": -79.463, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Albert, Mary R.", "project_titles": "Firn Metamorphism: Microstructure and Physical Properties", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000049", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Firn Metamorphism: Microstructure and Physical Properties"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "WAIS Divide Ice Core", "south": -80.77914, "title": "Firn Permeability and Density at WAIS Divide", "uid": "609602", "west": -112.12317}, {"awards": "0636929 Bales, Roger", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-112.085 -79.467)"], "date_created": "Mon, 17 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set contains atmospheric mixing ratios of nitric oxide, ozone, hydrogen peroxide, methylhydroperoxide, and concentrations in surface snow and in snow pits of nitrate, nitrite, and hydrogen peroxide at the WAIS Divide deep ice-coring site.", "east": -112.085, "geometry": ["POINT(-112.085 -79.467)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Chemistry:ice; Chemistry:Ice; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; WAIS Divide; WAIS Divide Ice Core", "locations": "WAIS Divide; Antarctica", "north": -79.467, "nsf_funding_programs": null, "persons": "Bales, Roger", "project_titles": "Atmospheric, Snow and Firn Chemistry Studies for Interpretation of WAIS-Divide Cores", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000041", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Atmospheric, Snow and Firn Chemistry Studies for Interpretation of WAIS-Divide Cores"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "WAIS Divide Ice Core", "south": -79.467, "title": "Measurements of Air and Snow Photochemical Species at WAIS Divide, Antarctica", "uid": "609585", "west": -112.085}, {"awards": "0087521 Waddington, Edwin", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-148.82 -81.66)"], "date_created": "Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "Researchers gathered data on annual snow layers at Siple Dome, Antarctica, using borehole optical stratigraphy. This data set contains annual layer depths and firn optical brightness. The brightness log is a record of reflectivity of the firn, and peaks in brightness are interpreted to be fine-grained high-density winter snow, as part of the wind slab depth-hoar couplet. \n\nData are available via FTP in ASCII text (.txt) format", "east": -148.82, "geometry": ["POINT(-148.82 -81.66)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Borehole Optical Stratigraphy; Geology/Geophysics - Other; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; Snow/ice; Snow/Ice", "locations": "Antarctica; Siple Dome", "north": -81.66, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Hawley, Robert L.; Waddington, Edwin D.; Alley, Richard; Taylor, Kendrick C.", "project_titles": "Borehole Fingerprinting: Vertical Strain, Firn Compaction, and Firn Depth-Age Scales", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000173", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Borehole Fingerprinting: Vertical Strain, Firn Compaction, and Firn Depth-Age Scales"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.66, "title": "Annual Layers at Siple Dome, Antarctica, from Borehole Optical Stratigraphy", "uid": "609515", "west": -148.82}, {"awards": "0739598 Aydin, Murat", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(112.09 -79.47)", "POINT(-38.3833 72.5833)", "POINT(0 -90)"], "date_created": "Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set contains ethane, propane, and n-butane measurements in firn air from the South Pole and the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide in Antarctica, and from Summit, Greenland. The WAIS Divide and South Pole samples were collected in December to January of of 2005/06 and 2008/09, respectively. The Summit firn was sampled in the summer of 2006. Analyses were conducted on a gas chromatography - mass spectrometry (GC-MS) system at the University of California, Irvine. Measurements and the associated uncertainties are reported as dry air molar mixing ratios in part per trillion (ppt). The reported measurements for each sampling depth represent a mean of multiple measurements on more than one flask in most cases.\n\nData are available via FTP in Microsoft Excel (.xls) format.", "east": 112.09, "geometry": ["POINT(112.09 -79.47)", "POINT(-38.3833 72.5833)", "POINT(0 -90)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Arctic; Atmosphere; Chemistry:fluid; Chemistry:Fluid; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Greenland; Snow/ice; Snow/Ice; South Pole; WAIS Divide", "locations": "Arctic; WAIS Divide; South Pole; Greenland; Antarctica", "north": 72.5833, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Aydin, Murat; Saltzman, Eric", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Methane Isotopes, Hydrocarbons, and other Trace Gases in South Pole Firn Air", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000162", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Methane Isotopes, Hydrocarbons, and other Trace Gases in South Pole Firn Air"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -90.0, "title": "Alkanes in Firn Air Samples, Antarctica and Greenland", "uid": "609504", "west": -38.3833}, {"awards": "0440847 Raymond, Charles", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-115.457 -78.7489,-114.8241 -78.7489,-114.1912 -78.7489,-113.5583 -78.7489,-112.9254 -78.7489,-112.2925 -78.7489,-111.6596 -78.7489,-111.0267 -78.7489,-110.3938 -78.7489,-109.7609 -78.7489,-109.128 -78.7489,-109.128 -78.83802,-109.128 -78.92714,-109.128 -79.01626,-109.128 -79.10538,-109.128 -79.1945,-109.128 -79.28362,-109.128 -79.37274,-109.128 -79.46186,-109.128 -79.55098,-109.128 -79.6401,-109.7609 -79.6401,-110.3938 -79.6401,-111.0267 -79.6401,-111.6596 -79.6401,-112.2925 -79.6401,-112.9254 -79.6401,-113.5583 -79.6401,-114.1912 -79.6401,-114.8241 -79.6401,-115.457 -79.6401,-115.457 -79.55098,-115.457 -79.46186,-115.457 -79.37274,-115.457 -79.28362,-115.457 -79.1945,-115.457 -79.10538,-115.457 -79.01626,-115.457 -78.92714,-115.457 -78.83802,-115.457 -78.7489))"], "date_created": "Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set includes ice flow velocities and strain configurations, from GPS measurements on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide. 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Strain configurations were estimated by differentiating a linear fit of the data at each marker cluster. \n\nData are available via FTP as ASCII text (.txt ) files in comma separated value format.", "east": -109.128, "geometry": ["POINT(-112.2925 -79.1945)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Geology/Geophysics - Other; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; GPS; Ice Flow Velocity; Ross-Amundsen Divide; Strain", "locations": "Antarctica; Ross-Amundsen Divide", "north": -78.7489, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Matsuoka, Kenichi; Power, Donovan; Rasmussen, Al", "project_titles": "Detection of Crystal Orientation Fabrics near the Ross/Amundsen Sea Ice-flow Divide and at the Siple Dome Ice Core Site using Polarimetric Radar Methods", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000024", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Detection of Crystal Orientation Fabrics near the Ross/Amundsen Sea Ice-flow Divide and at the Siple Dome Ice Core Site using Polarimetric Radar Methods"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -79.6401, "title": "GPS-Measured Ice Velocities and Strain Data from the Ross and Amundsen Sea Ice Flow Divide, West Antarctica", "uid": "609503", "west": -115.457}, {"awards": "0739780 Taylor, Kendrick; 0538578 Brook, Edward J.; 0520523 Brook, Edward J.; 0538538 Sowers, Todd; 0538427 McConnell, Joseph", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(112.09 -79.47)"], "date_created": "Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set provides a high-precision and high-resolution record of atmospheric methane from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide ice core WDC05A, spanning the years 1000 to 1800 C.E. 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The data include depth, gas age, and the isotopic composition of methane (\u0026#8706;13C and \u0026#8706;D of CH4). The ice core was collected during the 2005-2006 Antarctic field season. The CH4 isotope data was generated in 2008 using wet extraction methodology. Samples span the last 1,000 years, at a resolution of about 15 years. Data for samples above 69 meters were from firn air, and data below 69 meters from ice. The dating of the ice was based on continuous chemical analyses above 69 meters and Electrical Conductivity/Dielectric Property (ECM/DEP) measurements from ice. 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The ITASE program aims to collect and interpret a continental-wide array of environmental parameters assembled through the coordinated efforts of scientists from several nations.\n\nThese data were collected between 1999 and 2007. The data have been compiled into single files for each sampling site, though in some cases a file contains data from more than one ice core or snow pit. Each file in the data set includes deuterium/hydrogen (\u0026#948;D) and/or 18-oxygen/16-oxygen (\u0026#948;18O) ratios, depths, and in some cases ice age or other information. Further details regarding the data are provided in each data file. Data are available via FTP in ASCII text format (.txt). Data were collected during five Antarctic field seasons from 1999 to 2007. Data from 1999 to 2002 are currently available. 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The WAIS A core was dry-drilled at the WAIS site during the 2005-2006 Antarctic field season. Data include trace gas species including ethane (C2H6), propane (C3H8), n-butane (n-C4H10), carbonyl sulfide (COS), carbon disulfide (CS2), methyl chloride (CH3Cl), methyl bromide (CH3Br), acetonitrile (CH3CN), and chlorofluorocarbon-12 (CFC-12), for 57 ice core samples. 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Investigators sampled air from the permeable snowpack (firn) layer at two sites: Siple Dome, Antarctica in 1996 and at the South Pole in 2001. They observed and modeled the processes of gravitational settling, thermal fractionation, and preferential exclusion of small gas molecules from closed air bubbles. The purpose of this study was to understand these physical processes, which affect the composition of bubbles trapped in ice. By measuring these gas ratios in the ancient air preserved in bubbles trapped in ice, researchers can determine past atmospheric composition and local temperature changes along with the relative timing and magnitude of such events.\n\nThe data file is available in Microsoft Excel format. The research paper is available in PDF. 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This data set contains accumulation rates derived from ground-penetrating radar (GPR) used to detect isochronal layers in the firn in West Antarctica. These layers were then dated using results from ice core analyses. These data show that accumulation rates along this profile have decreased in recent decades. 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Talos Dome is located on the edge of the East Antarctic plateau \nadjacent to the Victoria Land mountain. 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The core was drilled with a cable-suspended electromechanical rotary drill at Byrd Station, Antarctica. The vertical thickness of the ice was 2164 meters and more than 99 percent of the core was recovered. 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Firn cores were taken from three locations on Roosevelt Island, an ice dome within the Ross Ice Shelf, and were measured at increasing depth for density in kilograms per cubic meter, and for beta counts per hour per kilogram.\n\nThe data were collected between November and December of 1997. Measurements were taken incrementally down to approximately 17 meters for each of the three cores. 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WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed snow pit and core samples from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. This data set includes glaciochemical spatial variability data for six Siple Dome snow pits. Samples involved measuring hydrogen peroxide (H\u003csub\u003e2\u003c/sub\u003eO\u003csub\u003e2\u003c/sub\u003e) and formaldehyde (HCHO) in the air, snow, firn, and ice via suppressed ion chromatography. The data can be used to interpret changes in concentrations of these species recorded in ice cores. Data in this collection were obtained during two Antarctic field seasons in 1994 to 1995 and 1996 to 1997. Data are available via FTP in tab-delimited ASCII text (.dat, .txt) file format.", "east": -149.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Atmosphere; Chemistry:fluid; Chemistry:Fluid; Chemistry:ice; Chemistry:Ice; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Siple Dome; Snow/ice; Snow/Ice; WAISCORES", "locations": "Antarctica; Siple Dome", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "McConnell, Joseph; Bales, Roger", "project_titles": "Snow-Atmosphere Transfer Function for Reversibly Deposited Chemical Species in West Antarctica", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000060", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Snow-Atmosphere Transfer Function for Reversibly Deposited Chemical Species in West Antarctica"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -81.0, "title": "Snow-atmosphere Transfer Function for Reversibly Deposited Chemical Species in West Antarctica", "uid": "609122", "west": -149.0}, {"awards": "9526601 Albert, Mary", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-148 -81)"], "date_created": "Sat, 01 Dec 2001 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set includes measurements of snow and firn temperature and permeability collected between November 1998 and June 1999 at Siple Dome. The physical characteristics of snow determine the nature of air-snow exchange processes, which in turn affect chemical records in ice cores. Thus a better understanding of the physical properties of snow will improve interpretation of ice core records of atmospheric composition.\n\nData are available via ftp in both ASCII and Excel formats.", "east": -148.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-148 -81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Glaciology; Permeability; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; Snow/ice; Snow/Ice; Temperature", "locations": "Siple Dome; Antarctica", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Albert, Mary R.", "project_titles": "Near-Surface Processes Affecting Gas Exchange: West Antarctic Ice Sheet", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000061", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Near-Surface Processes Affecting Gas Exchange: West Antarctic Ice Sheet"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.0, "title": "Snow and Firn Temperature and Permeability Measurements from Siple Dome, Antarctica", "uid": "609100", "west": -148.0}, {"awards": "9725918 Brook, Edward J.; 9725305 Severinghaus, Jeffrey", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-102 -89.997)", "POINT(-148.767 -81.667)"], "date_created": "Mon, 01 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set includes d15N, d18O/2, dO2/N2/4, d40Ar/4, d38/Ar/2,\nd84Kr/48, and d132Xe/96 values for air drawn from the top 15 to 50 m\nof firn at the South Pole (summer and winter 1998) and a site at Siple\nDome (summers 1996 and 1998). Data also include related firn\ntemperature measurements.\n\nThe objective of this research was to better understand thermal\nfractionation processes affecting records of atmospheric history from\nfirn and ice core gases. Recent work (e.g., Severinghaus and Brook,\n1999) has exploited trapped air in ice and deep firn as a record of\npast atmospheric composition and climate change. Interpretation of these paleoclimate archives is complicated by artifacts of thermal\ndiffusion, a process in which heavier gases migrate down temperature\ngradients toward colder regions in the firn. Seasonal temperature\nchange at the snow surface creates strong temperature gradients in the\ntop few meters of the firn, which cause isotopic fractionation of firn\ngases. A specific goal of this research is to identify any long-term\neffects of seasonal temperature fluctuations on firn air isotopic\nanomalies.", "east": -102.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-102 -89.997)", "POINT(-148.767 -81.667)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Atmosphere; Chemistry:ice; Chemistry:Ice; Geochemistry; Glaciology; Isotope; Paleoclimate; Siple Dome; Snow/ice; Snow/Ice; South Pole; Temperature", "locations": "Siple Dome; Antarctica; South Pole", "north": -81.667, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Severinghaus, Jeffrey P.; Battle, Mark; Grachev, Alexi", "project_titles": "Thermal Fractionation of Firn Air and the Ice Core Record of Abrupt Interstadial Climate Change", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000160", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Thermal Fractionation of Firn Air and the Ice Core Record of Abrupt Interstadial Climate Change"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -89.997, "title": "Firn Air Isotope and Temperature Measurements from Siple Dome and South Pole", "uid": "609098", "west": -148.767}, {"awards": "9316338 Jacobel, Robert", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-155 -81,-154 -81,-153 -81,-152 -81,-151 -81,-150 -81,-149 -81,-148 -81,-147 -81,-146 -81,-145 -81,-145 -81.2,-145 -81.4,-145 -81.6,-145 -81.8,-145 -82,-145 -82.2,-145 -82.4,-145 -82.6,-145 -82.8,-145 -83,-146 -83,-147 -83,-148 -83,-149 -83,-150 -83,-151 -83,-152 -83,-153 -83,-154 -83,-155 -83,-155 -82.8,-155 -82.6,-155 -82.4,-155 -82.2,-155 -82,-155 -81.8,-155 -81.6,-155 -81.4,-155 -81.2,-155 -81))"], "date_created": "Fri, 01 Jan 1999 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "The Siple Dome Glaciology and Ice Stream History project was part of Western Divide West Antarctic Ice Cores (WAISCORES), an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica.\n\nThis project supported glaciological studies of Siple Dome and its surroundings between Ice Streams C and D, via two major goals. First, it sought to characterize the dynamic environment and ice stratigraphy of Siple Dome and its surroundings, with the specific mission of assessing Siple Dome as a potential deep core site; and second, to determine whether the configuration of ice stream flow in the region has changed over time. Both goals are relevant to understanding the dynamics of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS), its history, and potential future behavior.\n\nThis project was a collaboration between Saint Olaf College, the University of Washington, and the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado. It included studies of satellite imagery and acquisition and analysis of field data from GPS, firn cores and snow pits, and ground-based ice-penetrating radar.\n\nData in this collection were obtained during two Antarctic field seasons in 1994\u201395 and 1996\u201397. The data set is available via FTP as Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet (.xls) and ASCII tab delimited (.txt) files. Related notes are available as a Microsoft Word (.doc) or text (.txt) file. Related images and charts are available as Graphics Interchange Format (.gif) and Joint Photographic Experts Group (.jpg) files.", "east": -145.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-150 -82)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Geology/Geophysics - Other; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Sample/collection Description; Sample/Collection Description; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core", "locations": "Antarctica; Siple Dome", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Jacobel, Robert", "project_titles": "Siple Dome Glaciology and Ice Stream History", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000190", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Siple Dome Glaciology and Ice Stream History"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -83.0, "title": "Siple Dome Glaciology and Ice Stream History 1994, 1996", "uid": "609085", "west": -155.0}, {"awards": "9526374 Alley, Richard", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "date_created": "Wed, 01 Jan 1997 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set is part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet cores (WAISCORES) project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica.\n\nThis data set includes melt layers and annual layer data for Siple Dome cores A through J, and upstream core C (UpC). Cores were examined on a light table after the core had been sectioned longitudinally and samples removed for isotopic, chemical, and other analyses, and after the surface had been smoothed using a planer. Major stratigraphic features were noted, such as coarse-grained and fine-grained firn at shallow depths, and coarse-bubbled and fine-bubbled ice at greater depth. Melt layers were identified as bubble-free or nearly-bubble-free zones. Core lengths ranged from 30 to 133 meters.\n\nData in this collection were obtained in the summer of 1997. The data set is available via FTP as ACSII data (.dat), metadata (.meta) and text (.txt) files.", "east": -149.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Paleoclimate; Sample/collection Description; Sample/Collection Description; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; WAISCORES", "locations": "Antarctica; Siple Dome", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Alley, Richard", "project_titles": "Physical Properties of the Siple Dome Deep Ice Core", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000059", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Physical Properties of the Siple Dome Deep Ice Core"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.0, "title": "Visible Stratigraphic Dating, Siple Dome and Upstream C Cores", "uid": "609121", "west": -149.0}]
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Dataset Title/Abstract/Map | NSF Award(s) | Date Created | PIs / Scientists | Project Links | Abstract | Bounds Geometry | Geometry | Selected | Visible |
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Weather, Firn Core, and Ground-penetrating radar data from southern Wilkins and George VI ice shelves, 2018-2019
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1745116 |
2025-02-24 | Scambos, Ted; Miller, Julie; Miege, Clement; Montgomery, Lynn; Wallin, Bruce |
Antarctic Firn Aquifers: Extent, Characteristics, and Comparison with Greenland Occurrences |
Data were collected from two sites, one on the southern Wilkins and another on the southern George VI ice shelves. Both sites were investigated as potential sites of perennial firn aquifers; in the case of the southern Wilkins, an extensive firn aquifer was found (Montgomery et al., 2020). Data sources come from two early-model AMIGOS stations (Scambos et al., 2013), ice cores that were collected by hot-ring coring (Montgomery et al., 2020), and ground-penetrating radar profiles. Thermistor data from several depths within the firn core boreholes, transmitted by the AMIGOS stations, show the progression of the seasonal variations in firn temperature at the sites. Radar data show the depth of the firn aquifer (or, its absence at George VI site), and some drainage effects at a nearby rift at the Wilkins site. | ["POLYGON((-73 -70.5,-72.35 -70.5,-71.7 -70.5,-71.05 -70.5,-70.4 -70.5,-69.75 -70.5,-69.1 -70.5,-68.45 -70.5,-67.8 -70.5,-67.15 -70.5,-66.5 -70.5,-66.5 -70.8,-66.5 -71.1,-66.5 -71.4,-66.5 -71.7,-66.5 -72,-66.5 -72.3,-66.5 -72.6,-66.5 -72.9,-66.5 -73.2,-66.5 -73.5,-67.15 -73.5,-67.8 -73.5,-68.45 -73.5,-69.1 -73.5,-69.75 -73.5,-70.4 -73.5,-71.05 -73.5,-71.7 -73.5,-72.35 -73.5,-73 -73.5,-73 -73.2,-73 -72.9,-73 -72.6,-73 -72.3,-73 -72,-73 -71.7,-73 -71.4,-73 -71.1,-73 -70.8,-73 -70.5))"] | ["POINT(-69.75 -72)"] | false | false |
Law Dome firn air and ice core 14CO concentration
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1643669 |
2024-10-24 | Petrenko, Vasilii |
Collaborative Research: Reconstructing Carbon-14 of Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide from Law Dome, Antarctica to Constrain Long-Term Hydroxyl Radical Variability |
This is a data set containing measurements of [14CO] in firn air and ice core samples from Law Dome DE08-OH site, Antarctica. The firn air and ice core samples were collected at Law Dome in December 2018 and January 2019. The [14CO] data represent atmospheric values (with the in situ cosmogenic and procedural components removed). [14CO] measurements were conducted as described in Hmiel et al., 2024 (https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-3363-2024). The in situ cosmogenic [14CO] contribution was calculated using parameters and model also described in Hmiel et al. (2024). As [14CO] measurements in ice cores are complex, use of the data in a publication requires contacting Vasilii Petrenko (vasilii.petrenko@rochester.edu) to ensure correct understanding of the data. Depending on nature of use of the data, co-authorship may be appropriate. | ["POLYGON((112 -66,112.2 -66,112.4 -66,112.6 -66,112.8 -66,113 -66,113.2 -66,113.4 -66,113.6 -66,113.8 -66,114 -66,114 -66.1,114 -66.2,114 -66.3,114 -66.4,114 -66.5,114 -66.6,114 -66.7,114 -66.8,114 -66.9,114 -67,113.8 -67,113.6 -67,113.4 -67,113.2 -67,113 -67,112.8 -67,112.6 -67,112.4 -67,112.2 -67,112 -67,112 -66.9,112 -66.8,112 -66.7,112 -66.6,112 -66.5,112 -66.4,112 -66.3,112 -66.2,112 -66.1,112 -66))"] | ["POINT(113 -66.5)"] | false | false |
Firn and Ice Density at Winkie Nunatak
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2317097 |
2024-10-02 | Venturelli, Ryan |
NSF-NERC: Geological History Constraints on the Magnitude of Grounding Line Retreat in the Thwaites Glacier System |
This data set contains an ice and firn density profile from Winkie Nunatak, West Antarctica. These data were collected when drilling a sub-ice access hole with an Eclipse drill in preparation for Winkie drill collection of subglacial bedrock. | ["POLYGON((-99.793 -74.857,-99.7882 -74.857,-99.7834 -74.857,-99.77860000000001 -74.857,-99.77380000000001 -74.857,-99.769 -74.857,-99.7642 -74.857,-99.7594 -74.857,-99.75460000000001 -74.857,-99.74980000000001 -74.857,-99.745 -74.857,-99.745 -74.8583,-99.745 -74.8596,-99.745 -74.8609,-99.745 -74.8622,-99.745 -74.8635,-99.745 -74.8648,-99.745 -74.8661,-99.745 -74.8674,-99.745 -74.8687,-99.745 -74.87,-99.74980000000001 -74.87,-99.75460000000001 -74.87,-99.7594 -74.87,-99.7642 -74.87,-99.769 -74.87,-99.77380000000001 -74.87,-99.77860000000001 -74.87,-99.7834 -74.87,-99.7882 -74.87,-99.793 -74.87,-99.793 -74.8687,-99.793 -74.8674,-99.793 -74.8661,-99.793 -74.8648,-99.793 -74.8635,-99.793 -74.8622,-99.793 -74.8609,-99.793 -74.8596,-99.793 -74.8583,-99.793 -74.857))"] | ["POINT(-99.769 -74.8635)"] | false | false |
Sub-ice-shelf seafloor elevation derived from point-source active-seismic data on Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf and Dotson Ice Shelf, December 2019 and January 2020
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1929991 |
2024-08-23 | Muto, Atsuhiro; Alley, Karen; Roccaro, Alexander; Pettit, Erin; Truffer, Martin; Scambos, Ted; Wild, Christian; Pomraning, Dale; Wallin, Bruce |
NSF-NERC: Thwaites-Amundsen Regional Survey and Network (TARSAN) Integrating Atmosphere-Ice-Ocean Processes affecting the Sub-Ice-Shelf Environment |
This is a dataset of elevations of sub-ice-shelf seafloor and ice-shelf bottom derived from active-source-seismic sounding conducted at discrete points distributed over the Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf (TEIS) and Dotson Ice Shelf (DIS). Also included are the ice-shelf surface elevation at each seismic-shot location derived from the concurrent GNSS recording and P-wave speed profile through firn derived from shallow refraction-seismic surveys on each ice shelf. Raw seismic records are also provided as SEGY files. | ["POLYGON((-112.31 -74.8,-111.61500000000001 -74.8,-110.92 -74.8,-110.225 -74.8,-109.53 -74.8,-108.83500000000001 -74.8,-108.14 -74.8,-107.445 -74.8,-106.75 -74.8,-106.055 -74.8,-105.36 -74.8,-105.36 -74.83,-105.36 -74.86,-105.36 -74.89,-105.36 -74.92,-105.36 -74.94999999999999,-105.36 -74.97999999999999,-105.36 -75.00999999999999,-105.36 -75.03999999999999,-105.36 -75.07,-105.36 -75.1,-106.055 -75.1,-106.75 -75.1,-107.445 -75.1,-108.14 -75.1,-108.83500000000001 -75.1,-109.53 -75.1,-110.225 -75.1,-110.92 -75.1,-111.61500000000001 -75.1,-112.31 -75.1,-112.31 -75.07,-112.31 -75.03999999999999,-112.31 -75.00999999999999,-112.31 -74.97999999999999,-112.31 -74.94999999999999,-112.31 -74.92,-112.31 -74.89,-112.31 -74.86,-112.31 -74.83,-112.31 -74.8))"] | ["POINT(-108.83500000000001 -74.94999999999999)"] | false | false |
Deuterium isotopic composition of atmospheric methane across Dansgaard Oesgher Event 8, Talos Dome Ice Core, Antarctica
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None | 2024-07-23 | Riddell-Young, Benjamin; Iseli, Rene; Lee, James; Schmitt, Jochen; Fischer, Hubertus; Bauska, Thomas; Menking, James; Clark, Reid; Brook, Edward J. | No project link provided | This dataset includes measurements of the Deuterium isotopic Composition of Atmospheric Methane (δD-CH4) of gas bubbles from the Talos Dome Ice Core (TALDICE). All measurements were made at the University of Bern Ice Core Laboratory (Bern, Switzerland) using a new methane stable isotope analytical system. The data are displayed as a function of TALDICE depth and were corrected for gravitational and diffusional fractionation that occurs in the firn column according to Buizert et al., 2013. 1-sigma measurement uncertainty is also included and is determined from analytical uncertainty and uncertainties associated with diffusional and gravitational fractionation. Additional funding for this work was provided by the Swiss National Foundation: Award #200020_172506, and #200020B_200328L. | [] | [] | false | false |
Carbon-13 and Deuterium isotopic composition of atmospheric methane across Heinrich Stadial 4, and Dansgaard Oesgher Event 8, WAIS Divide Replicate Ice Core, Antarctica
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1745078 |
2024-07-23 | Riddell-Young, Benjamin; Lee, James; Schmitt, Jochen; Fischer, Hubertus; Bauska, Thomas; Menking, Andy; Iseli, Rene; Clark, Reid; Brook, Edward J. |
Tracing Past Methane Variations with Stable Isotopes in Antarctic Ice Cores |
This dataset includes ~60-year resolution measurements of the Carbon-13 and Deuterium isotopic Composition of Atmospheric Methane (δ13C-CH4 and δD-CH4, respectively) of gas bubbles from the WAIS Divide Replicate Ice Core. All measurements were made at the University of Bern Ice Core Laboratory (Bern, Switzerland) using a new methane stable isotope analytical system. The data includes depth-adjacent replicate samples (separated by no more than 0.3m of depth). The data are displayed as a function of WAIS Divide Replicate Core depth and were corrected for gravitational and diffusional fractionation that occurs in the firn column according to Buizert et al., 2013. 1-sigma measurement uncertainty is also included and is determined from analytical uncertainty and uncertainties associated with diffusional and gravitational fractionation. Additional funding for this work was provided by the Swiss National Foundation, Awards #200020_172506 and #200020B_200328L. | [] | [] | false | false |
d15N and d18O of air in the WAIS Divide ice core
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0538657 |
2023-10-20 | Severinghaus, Jeffrey P. |
Nitrogen and Oxygen Gas Isotopes in the WAIS Divide Ice Core as Constraints on Chronology, Temperature, and Accumulation Rate |
Major gas components of air data set, containing d15N, d18O of O2, dO2/N2, and dAr/N2 from the WAIS Divide ice core at high resolution. These data are used to constrain surface temperature, biosphere oxygen cycling, and firn thickness through the past >60 kyr. | ["POINT(-112.05 -79.28)"] | ["POINT(-112.05 -79.28)"] | false | false |
Firn depth and bubble density for Siple Ice Core and other sites
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0917509 |
2023-10-18 | Spencer, Matthew |
Collaborative Research: Combined Physical Property Measurements at Siple Dome |
This data set consists of bubble-number densities in glacier ice, in units of bubbles per cubic centimeter, based on firn densification and grain-growth modeling under steady-state climate conditions. | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | false | false |
Concentration and isotopic composition of atmospheric N2O over the last century
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1643716 |
2023-05-22 | Ghosh, Sambit; Toyoda, Sakae ; Buizert, Christo ; Langenfelds, Ray L ; Yoshida, Naohiro ; Joong Kim, Seong; Ahn, Jinho ; Etheridge, David |
Collaborative Research: Reconstructing Carbon-14 of Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide from Law Dome, Antarctica to Constrain Long-Term Hydroxyl Radical Variability |
We have reconstructed the atmospheric N2O mole fraction and its isotopic composition by combining data from ice cores, firn air, and atmospheric samples. The mole fraction reconstruction extends back to 1000 CE using ice cores, firn air, and atmospheric sampling; and the isotopic reconstruction extends back to 1900 CE using only firn air data. We have incorporated both newly measured and previously published data. We present new data for the mole fraction, d15Nbulk, d18O, and d15NSP values from the Styx (East Antarctica) firn air, and mole fraction from the North Greenland Eemian Ice drilling Project (NEEM) firn air. We have used published records from the Styx and NEEM ice cores, direct atmospheric measurements from the NOAA global sampling network, and firn air data, giving a total of 11 sites for N2O mole fraction, 12 sites for d15Nbulk, 11 sites for d18O, and 8 sites for d15NSP values. | ["POLYGON((-180 -67,-144 -67,-108 -67,-72 -67,-36 -67,0 -67,36 -67,72 -67,108 -67,144 -67,180 -67,180 -69.3,180 -71.6,180 -73.9,180 -76.2,180 -78.5,180 -80.8,180 -83.1,180 -85.4,180 -87.7,180 -90,144 -90,108 -90,72 -90,36 -90,0 -90,-36 -90,-72 -90,-108 -90,-144 -90,-180 -90,-180 -87.7,-180 -85.4,-180 -83.1,-180 -80.8,-180 -78.5,-180 -76.2,-180 -73.9,-180 -71.6,-180 -69.3,-180 -67))"] | ["POINT(0 -89.999)"] | false | false |
Carbon-13 isotopic composition of atmospheric methane across Heinrich Stadials 1 and 5, and Dansgaard Oesgher Event 12, WAIS Divide Ice Core, Antarctica
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1745078 |
2023-04-26 | Riddell-Young, Benjamin |
Tracing Past Methane Variations with Stable Isotopes in Antarctic Ice Cores |
This dataset includes ~60-year resolution measurements of the Carbon-13 isotopic Composition of Atmospheric Methane (δ13C-CH4) of gas bubbles from the WAIS Divide Ice Core. All measurements were made at the Oregon State University Ice Core and Quaternary Geochemistry Laboratory (Corvallis, OR) using a new methane stable isotope analytical system. The data includes depth-adjacent replicate samples (separated by no more than 0.3m of depth) and is split up into two sheets for the two different intervals measured (Heinrich Stadial 1 and Heinrich Stadial 5 / Dansgaard Oeschger Event 12). The data are displayed as a function of WAIS Divide depth and were corrected for gravitational and diffusional fractionation that occurs in the firn column according to Buizert et al., 2013. 1-sigma measurement uncertainty is also included and is determined from analytical uncertainty and uncertainties associated with diffusional and gravitational fractionation. The manuscript presenting and analyzing these data is in preparation for publication as of April 2023. | ["POINT(-112.086 -79.468)"] | ["POINT(-112.086 -79.468)"] | false | false |
Firn density and compaction rates 50km upstream of South Pole
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1443471 |
2023-04-18 | Stevens, Christopher Max; Lilien, David; Conway, Howard; Waddington, Edwin D.; Koutnik, Michelle; Fudge, T. J. |
Collaborative Research: Characterization of Upstream Ice and Firn Dynamics affecting the South Pole Ice Core |
This dataset comprises firn density and compaction rate measurements from USP50, a site 50km upstream of South Pole. (89.54 S, 137.04 E). Firn compaction rates were measured for two years (from January 2017 to December 2018) using string potentiometers to measure borehole shortening. Density measurements include field measurements from December 2016 and January 2017 as well as measurements made at the National Science Foundation Ice Core Facility (NSF-ICF) on a core that was returned to the U.S. for analysis. The dataset also includes measurements of (near-surface) temperature inside the boxes that housed the potentiometers. The raw data are voltage measurements from a datalogger. The dataset includes these raw data as well as processed data. It also includes the python script used to process the data and relevant files containing site and instrument specifications needed to process the data. | ["POINT(137.04 -89.54)"] | ["POINT(137.04 -89.54)"] | false | false |
AGASEA 4.7 ka Englacial Isochron over the Thwaites Glacier Catchment
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1043761 0230197 2127606 0636724 |
2023-03-15 | Muldoon, Gail R.; Young, Duncan A.; Jackson, Charles; Blankenship, Donald D. |
Geophysical Investigations of Marie Byrd Land Lithospheric Evolution (GIMBLE) Airborne Geophysical Survey of the Amundsen Sea Embayment, Antarctica (AGASEA) Collaborative Research: Synthesis of Thwaites Glacier Dynamics: Diagnostic and Prognostic Sensitivity Studies of a West Antarctic Outlet System |
This file contains internal radar horizon 1 (lm-MERGE-lay9-grg) for West Antarctica, collected during the SOAR/CASERTZ (1991-1996), SOAR/DVD (1999), ATRS (2001), AGASEA (2004-05) and GIMBLE (2013-2014) expeditions. Only data collected in AGASEA is contained in this specific product. This data set is linked to PH.D thesis Muldoon, G. 2018 "West Antarctic Ice Sheet Retreat during the Last Interglacial"Spatial and temporal distributions of accumulation rates on the catchment of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica", University of Texas at Austin https://doi.org/10.15781/T23B5WS0D The internal radar horizon (IRH) was traced semi-automatically by Gail R. Muldoon using Haliburtons's Landmark software and picker, in a combination of 2D focused and unfocused data. Depths were calculated using a 2 way velocity in ice of 84.5 m/microsecond, and no firn correction. Isochron age is 4711 (+/- 246 ) years. Funding for this dataset as provided by NSF grants and The G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation. | ["POLYGON((-136 -74,-131.9 -74,-127.8 -74,-123.7 -74,-119.6 -74,-115.5 -74,-111.4 -74,-107.30000000000001 -74,-103.2 -74,-99.1 -74,-95 -74,-95 -74.7,-95 -75.4,-95 -76.1,-95 -76.8,-95 -77.5,-95 -78.2,-95 -78.9,-95 -79.6,-95 -80.3,-95 -81,-99.1 -81,-103.2 -81,-107.3 -81,-111.4 -81,-115.5 -81,-119.6 -81,-123.69999999999999 -81,-127.8 -81,-131.9 -81,-136 -81,-136 -80.3,-136 -79.6,-136 -78.9,-136 -78.2,-136 -77.5,-136 -76.8,-136 -76.1,-136 -75.4,-136 -74.7,-136 -74))"] | ["POINT(-115.5 -77.5)"] | false | false |
Allan Hills CMC3 ice core d18Oatm, d15N, dO2/N2, dAr/N2, d40/36Ar, d40/38Ar 2021 & 2022
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1744832 |
2022-11-22 | Severinghaus, Jeffrey P. |
Center for Oldest Ice Exploration Collaborative research: Snapshots of Early and Mid-Pleistocene Climate and Atmospheric Composition from the Allan Hills Blue Ice Area |
These data cover the penultimate glacial period (MIS 6) and parts of MIS5, in Allan Hills ice. The d18Oatm data are useful for dating the core, and the 15N is useful for inferring firn thickness. Importantly, the data have only been corrected for gas loss using published methods (i.e. Baggenstos et al. 2017), but not for recently recognized (and unpublished) effects of declining contemporary atmospheric O2/N2 due to fossil fuel burning. These changes unfortunately affect the La Jolla Air standard gas O2/N2 ratio that is used in our lab to make the measurements. Users of this data are encouraged to contact Jeff Severinghaus for help in making these novel corrections to the standard gas. | ["POINT(159.3562 -76.73243)"] | ["POINT(159.3562 -76.73243)"] | false | false |
Law Dome DE08-OH site noble gases in ice: testing the 86Krexcess proxy
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1643664 |
2022-08-16 | Severinghaus, Jeffrey P. |
Collaborative Research: Reconstructing Carbon-14 of Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide from Law Dome, Antarctica to Constrain Long-Term Hydroxyl Radical Variability |
This data set consists of high-precision krypton and argon isotope measurements, along with 15N and 18O of O2. This data tests the hypothesis that the 2nd order parameter 86Krexcess (86Kr/82Kr - 40Ar/36Ar) serves as a proxy indicator of past storminess, via atmospheric pressure changes that cause barometric pumping in the firn and hence greater gravitational disequilibrium in the heavier Kr atom than in Ar. These measurements were made as part of the US-Australian Law Dome DE08-OH campaign in 2018-2019. Nitrogen and dioxygen isotopes were also measured. | [] | [] | false | false |
Law Dome DE08-OH firn air 15N, O2/N2, Ar/N2, 18O of O2
|
1643664 |
2022-08-16 | Severinghaus, Jeffrey P. |
Collaborative Research: Reconstructing Carbon-14 of Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide from Law Dome, Antarctica to Constrain Long-Term Hydroxyl Radical Variability |
This data set comprises measurements of noble and inert gases in the firn at the DE08-OH site sampled in 2018-2019 near the summit of Law Dome, Antarctica. The data show the expected gravitational enrichment of heavy isotopes with depth, somewhat attenuated by the high accumulation rate and a near-surface well-mixed zone (convective zone), and the "lock-in" horizon at 68 m depth. As seen at many other sites, the heavy isotope of oxygen 18O is depleted progressively with depth within the lock-in zone due to faster gas permeation of 16O16O relative to 18O16O from compressed air bubbles. | [] | [] | false | false |
Support Office for Airborne Research 1 km sampled ice thickness data
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9319379 |
2022-07-24 | Blankenship, Donald D.; Young, Duncan A.; Kempf, Scott D. | No project link provided | These data represent the 1-km decimated version of the SOAR ice thickness data provided to the Bedmap2 project, collected as part of various projects between 1991 and 2001. It encompasses the Corridor Aerogeophysics of the South East Ross Zone (CASERTZ) surveys of the Byrd Subglacial Basin (BSB), Bindschadler Ice Stream (WAZ/TKD), and the upstream catchments of Kamb Ice Steam and Willians Ice Stream (IRE); targeted West Antarctic glaciology projects (IPB/WAZ/DVD/STI/LIV); corridors across the Transantarctic Mountains to South Pole (PPT) and Dome C (WLK); and a version of the Lake Vostok dataset (LVS). Data were collected as stacked log detected traces by the SOAR TUD IV system with an attached digitizer. The digitizer was significantly updated in 1997 (RTZ6). Data interpretation approaches can be found in Blankenship et al., 2001. Data is in ASCII format. Transects are separated by GMT style segment headers with the transect name. Columns are: 1. Year 2. Day of Year 3. Seconds of Day 4. Longitude (degrees, WGS-84) 5. Latitude (degrees, WGS-84) 6. Easting (meters, EPSG 3031; Polar Stereographic with true scale at 71˚S) 7. Northing (meters, EPSG 3031; Polar Stereographic with true scale at 71˚S) 8. Surface Elevation (meters, WGS-84) - derived where possible from laser data 9. Ice thickness (meters, using a speed of light in air of 299705000 m/s and a refractive index of 1.78; no firn correction) 10. Bed Elevation (meters, WGS-84) - column 8 minus column 9 11. The transect name formatted by Project/Set/Transect | ["POLYGON((-180 -75,-172 -75,-164 -75,-156 -75,-148 -75,-140 -75,-132 -75,-124 -75,-116 -75,-108 -75,-100 -75,-100 -76.5,-100 -78,-100 -79.5,-100 -81,-100 -82.5,-100 -84,-100 -85.5,-100 -87,-100 -88.5,-100 -90,-108 -90,-116 -90,-124 -90,-132 -90,-140 -90,-148 -90,-156 -90,-164 -90,-172 -90,180 -90,172 -90,164 -90,156 -90,148 -90,140 -90,132 -90,124 -90,116 -90,108 -90,100 -90,100 -88.5,100 -87,100 -85.5,100 -84,100 -82.5,100 -81,100 -79.5,100 -78,100 -76.5,100 -75,108 -75,116 -75,124 -75,132 -75,140 -75,148 -75,156 -75,164 -75,172 -75,-180 -75))"] | ["POINT(-180 -82.5)"] | false | false |
In-Situ Density, Temperature, Grain Size, and Layer Thickness data for the Antarctic Ice Sheet
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1844793 |
2022-03-29 | Aksoy, Mustafa; Kaurejo, Dua; Kar, Rahul |
Characterization of Antarctic Firn by Multi-Frequency Passive Remote Sensing from Space |
This dataset includes density, temperature, grain size, and layer thickness measurements collected from various projects available on USAP-DC. Depth listings were recalculated to reflect measurements from the surface of the ice to the deep ice if they were not listed as such in the original dataset. Non-linear least-squares regression was performed on the data to find parameters to existing depth-dependent density and grain size models and the regression results are provided in this dataset. Data is made available in MATLAB and XLSX files. See “insituData_readMe” for more details. | ["POLYGON((-180 -60,-144 -60,-108 -60,-72 -60,-36 -60,0 -60,36 -60,72 -60,108 -60,144 -60,180 -60,180 -63,180 -66,180 -69,180 -72,180 -75,180 -78,180 -81,180 -84,180 -87,180 -90,144 -90,108 -90,72 -90,36 -90,0 -90,-36 -90,-72 -90,-108 -90,-144 -90,-180 -90,-180 -87,-180 -84,-180 -81,-180 -78,-180 -75,-180 -72,-180 -69,-180 -66,-180 -63,-180 -60))"] | ["POINT(0 -89.999)"] | false | false |
Antarctic Firn Brightness Temperatures Measured by AMSR2 and SSMIS (Concordia, Vostok, and the Entire Ice Sheet)
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1844793 |
2022-03-29 | Aksoy, Mustafa; Kaurejo, Dua; Kar, Rahul |
Characterization of Antarctic Firn by Multi-Frequency Passive Remote Sensing from Space |
This MATLAB dataset includes brightness temperatures measured by AMSR2 and SSMIS from 01/01/2020 to 06/30/2021 over the Concordia and Vostok Stations as well as the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet. Vertically and horizontally polarized GPM SSMIS/AMSR2 common intercalibrated brightness temperatures at 10.65 GHz, 18.7 GHz, 19.35 GHz, 23.8 GHz, 36.5 GHz, 37 GHz, 89 GHz, and 91.655 GHz averaged over 0.25-degree x 0.25-degree grid cells are stored. In addition, AMSR2 measurements at 6.9 GHz and 7.3 GHz in both polarizations are included. Please read the text file “satData_readMe.txt” for more details. | ["POLYGON((-180 -60,-144 -60,-108 -60,-72 -60,-36 -60,0 -60,36 -60,72 -60,108 -60,144 -60,180 -60,180 -63,180 -66,180 -69,180 -72,180 -75,180 -78,180 -81,180 -84,180 -87,180 -90,144 -90,108 -90,72 -90,36 -90,0 -90,-36 -90,-72 -90,-108 -90,-144 -90,-180 -90,-180 -87,-180 -84,-180 -81,-180 -78,-180 -75,-180 -72,-180 -69,-180 -66,-180 -63,-180 -60))"] | ["POINT(0 -89.999)"] | false | false |
Firn temperatures 50km upstream of South Pole
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1443471 |
2022-02-22 | Stevens, Christopher Max; Lilien, David; Conway, Howard; Koutnik, Michelle; Waddington, Edwin D.; Fudge, T. J. |
Collaborative Research: Characterization of Upstream Ice and Firn Dynamics affecting the South Pole Ice Core |
These data are 6-hourly measurements of temperature in the upper 40 m of firn at a site 50 km upstream of South Pole (89.54 S, 137.04 E). The measurements span the two years from January 2017 to December 2018. | ["POINT(137.04 -89.54)"] | ["POINT(137.04 -89.54)"] | false | false |
South Pole Ice Core Isotopes of N2 and Ar
|
1443710 |
2022-02-03 | Morgan, Jacob; Severinghaus, Jeffrey P. |
Collaborative Research: Inert Gas and Methane Based Climate Records throughout the South Pole Deep Ice Core |
We present measurements gas measurements from the South Pole Ice Core, including the isotopic composition of molecular nitrogen (δ15N) and argon (δ40Ar), and the argon-nitrogen ratio (δAr/N2). The measurements were made between approximately 490 and 1310 m depth, which is between 5 and 30 kyr BP on the SP19 Gas Chronology. The measurements allow us to reconstruct the past amounts of gravitational and thermal fractionation in the firn and thus reconstruct past firn thickness and temperature gradient. These reconstructions are also included. | ["POINT(0 -90)"] | ["POINT(0 -90)"] | false | false |
Density, hydrology and geophysical measurements from the Wilkins Ice Shelf firn aquifer
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1745116 |
2020-10-21 | Miège, Clément; Montgomery, Lynn; Miller, Julie; Scambos, Ted; Wallin, Bruce; Miller, Olivia; Solomon, Kip; Forster, Richard; Koenig, Lora |
Antarctic Firn Aquifers: Extent, Characteristics, and Comparison with Greenland Occurrences |
This dataset compiles a suite of glaciology (density, stratigraphy), hydrology (slug and dilution tests) and geophysical measurements (GPS, GPR, ApRES) to characterize a firn aquifer observed within the Wilkins Ice Shelf, Antarctica. | ["POLYGON((-72 -70.75,-71.95 -70.75,-71.9 -70.75,-71.85 -70.75,-71.8 -70.75,-71.75 -70.75,-71.7 -70.75,-71.65 -70.75,-71.6 -70.75,-71.55 -70.75,-71.5 -70.75,-71.5 -70.775,-71.5 -70.8,-71.5 -70.825,-71.5 -70.85,-71.5 -70.875,-71.5 -70.9,-71.5 -70.925,-71.5 -70.95,-71.5 -70.975,-71.5 -71,-71.55 -71,-71.6 -71,-71.65 -71,-71.7 -71,-71.75 -71,-71.8 -71,-71.85 -71,-71.9 -71,-71.95 -71,-72 -71,-72 -70.975,-72 -70.95,-72 -70.925,-72 -70.9,-72 -70.875,-72 -70.85,-72 -70.825,-72 -70.8,-72 -70.775,-72 -70.75))"] | ["POINT(-71.75 -70.875)"] | false | false |
7MHz radar in the vicinity of South Pole
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1443471 |
2020-08-20 | Waddington, Edwin D.; Conway, Howard; Koutnik, Michelle; Fudge, T. J.; Lilien, David; Stevens, Max |
Collaborative Research: Characterization of Upstream Ice and Firn Dynamics affecting the South Pole Ice Core |
This data set contains ice-penetrating radar measurements of surface topography, ice thickness, internal stratigraphy, and derived bed topography in the vicinity of South Pole. | ["POLYGON((-180 -89,-166.5 -89,-153 -89,-139.5 -89,-126 -89,-112.5 -89,-99 -89,-85.5 -89,-72 -89,-58.5 -89,-45 -89,-45 -89.1,-45 -89.2,-45 -89.3,-45 -89.4,-45 -89.5,-45 -89.6,-45 -89.7,-45 -89.8,-45 -89.9,-45 -90,-58.5 -90,-72 -90,-85.5 -90,-99 -90,-112.5 -90,-126 -90,-139.5 -90,-153 -90,-166.5 -90,180 -90,173 -90,166 -90,159 -90,152 -90,145 -90,138 -90,131 -90,124 -90,117 -90,110 -90,110 -89.9,110 -89.8,110 -89.7,110 -89.6,110 -89.5,110 -89.4,110 -89.3,110 -89.2,110 -89.1,110 -89,117 -89,124 -89,131 -89,138 -89,145 -89,152 -89,159 -89,166 -89,173 -89,-180 -89))"] | ["POINT(-147.5 -89.5)"] | false | false |
Ice Core Air Carbonyl Sulfide Measurements - SPRESSO Ice Core
|
0440602 0338359 |
2020-07-10 | Aydin, Murat; Saltzman, Eric |
Collaborative Research: Gases in Firn Air and Shallow Ice at the Proposed WAIS Divide Drilling Site Methyl chloride and methyl bromide in Antarctic ice cores |
This is a data set of ice core carbonyl sulfide data. Carbonyl sulfide was analyzed in air extracted from the SPRESSO ice core at 106 discrete depths as indicated in the data file. SPRESSO is a shallow, dry-drilled ice core from the South Pole. | [] | [] | false | false |
H2 in South Pole firn air
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1907974 |
2020-06-09 | Saltzman, Eric |
EAGER: Feasibility of Reconstructing the Atmospheric History of Molecular Hydrogen from Antarctic Ice |
This data set contains measurements of molecular hydrogen (H2) in firn air samples collected at South Pole in 2001. | ["POLYGON((129.26 -89.86,130.261 -89.86,131.262 -89.86,132.263 -89.86,133.264 -89.86,134.265 -89.86,135.266 -89.86,136.267 -89.86,137.268 -89.86,138.269 -89.86,139.27 -89.86,139.27 -89.861,139.27 -89.862,139.27 -89.863,139.27 -89.864,139.27 -89.865,139.27 -89.866,139.27 -89.867,139.27 -89.868,139.27 -89.869,139.27 -89.87,138.269 -89.87,137.268 -89.87,136.267 -89.87,135.266 -89.87,134.265 -89.87,133.264 -89.87,132.263 -89.87,131.262 -89.87,130.261 -89.87,129.26 -89.87,129.26 -89.869,129.26 -89.868,129.26 -89.867,129.26 -89.866,129.26 -89.865,129.26 -89.864,129.26 -89.863,129.26 -89.862,129.26 -89.861,129.26 -89.86))"] | ["POINT(134.265 -89.865)"] | false | false |
Compilation of ice temperature measurements at 10 m depth from international traverses 1957-1996.
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None | 2020-05-20 | Scambos, Ted | No project link provided | Temperature mesaurements from 10-meter depth in drill holes, dating back prior to 1956 and the International Geophysical Year, including measurements from several major recent surveys. Data cover the entire continental ice sheet and several ice shelves, but coverage density is generally low. For more information, please see the notes available for each 10-meter data set, and the list of related publications. The deeper drill-hole temperature data collection also covers a large portion of the ice sheet. The time frame covered by this collection is 1949-1979. | ["POLYGON((-180 -60,-144 -60,-108 -60,-72 -60,-36 -60,0 -60,36 -60,72 -60,108 -60,144 -60,180 -60,180 -63,180 -66,180 -69,180 -72,180 -75,180 -78,180 -81,180 -84,180 -87,180 -90,144 -90,108 -90,72 -90,36 -90,0 -90,-36 -90,-72 -90,-108 -90,-144 -90,-180 -90,-180 -87,-180 -84,-180 -81,-180 -78,-180 -75,-180 -72,-180 -69,-180 -66,-180 -63,-180 -60))"] | ["POINT(0 -89.999)"] | false | false |
Shallow firn temperature records
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None | 2020-05-20 | Goldthwait, Richard, P; Pirrit, John; Hollin, John; Giovineto, Mario | No project link provided | Shallow firn temperature records made at the Byrd, Ellesworth, Wilkes and South Pole sites during the International Geophysical Year (1957-58). Depths of measurements range from the surface to as deep as 16m, on intervals of 0.5m to 8m. Time intervals of measurements vary from one day to one month. | ["POLYGON((-180 -60,-144 -60,-108 -60,-72 -60,-36 -60,0 -60,36 -60,72 -60,108 -60,144 -60,180 -60,180 -63,180 -66,180 -69,180 -72,180 -75,180 -78,180 -81,180 -84,180 -87,180 -90,144 -90,108 -90,72 -90,36 -90,0 -90,-36 -90,-72 -90,-108 -90,-144 -90,-180 -90,-180 -87,-180 -84,-180 -81,-180 -78,-180 -75,-180 -72,-180 -69,-180 -66,-180 -63,-180 -60))"] | ["POINT(0 -89.999)"] | false | false |
ApRES Firn Density Study
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1142167 |
2020-05-15 | Pettit, Erin |
Collaborative Research: VeLveT Ice - eVoLution of Fabric and Texture in Ice at WAIS Divide, West Antarctica |
We tested the ability of phase sensitive radar (ApRES) to detect firn density profile towards developing a simpler, non destructive, faster method than firn coring. | ["POLYGON((-112.3 -79.2,-112.22 -79.2,-112.14 -79.2,-112.06 -79.2,-111.98 -79.2,-111.9 -79.2,-111.82 -79.2,-111.74 -79.2,-111.66 -79.2,-111.58 -79.2,-111.5 -79.2,-111.5 -79.23,-111.5 -79.26,-111.5 -79.29,-111.5 -79.32,-111.5 -79.35,-111.5 -79.38,-111.5 -79.41,-111.5 -79.44,-111.5 -79.47,-111.5 -79.5,-111.58 -79.5,-111.66 -79.5,-111.74 -79.5,-111.82 -79.5,-111.9 -79.5,-111.98 -79.5,-112.06 -79.5,-112.14 -79.5,-112.22 -79.5,-112.3 -79.5,-112.3 -79.47,-112.3 -79.44,-112.3 -79.41,-112.3 -79.38,-112.3 -79.35,-112.3 -79.32,-112.3 -79.29,-112.3 -79.26,-112.3 -79.23,-112.3 -79.2))"] | ["POINT(-111.9 -79.35)"] | false | false |
SPICEcore Advection
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1443471 |
2020-03-25 | Fudge, T. J. |
Collaborative Research: Characterization of Upstream Ice and Firn Dynamics affecting the South Pole Ice Core |
The South Pole Ice Core (SPICEcore), which spans the past 54,300 years, was drilled far from an ice divide such that ice recovered at depth originated upstream of the core site. If the climate is different upstream, the climate history recovered from the core will be a combination of the upstream conditions advected to the core site and temporal changes. Here, we evaluate the impact of ice advection on two fundamental records from SPICEcore: accumulation rate and water isotopes. We determined past locations of ice deposition based on GPS measurements of the modern velocity field spanning 100 km upstream, where ice of ~20 ka age would likely have originated. Beyond 100 km, there are no velocity measurements, but ice likely originates from Titan Dome, an additional 90 km distant. Shallow radar measurements extending 100 km upstream from the core site reveal large (~20%) variations in accumulation but no significant trend. Water isotope ratios, measured at 12.5 km intervals for the first 100 km of the flowline, show a decrease with elevation of -0.008‰ m-1 for δ18O. Advection adds approximately 1‰ for δ18O to the LGM-to-modern change. We also use an existing ensemble of continental ice-sheet model runs to assess the ice sheet elevation change through time. The magnitude of elevation change is likely small and the sign uncertain. Assuming a lapse rate of 10°C per km of elevation, the inference of LGM-to-modern temperature change is ~1.4°C smaller than if the flow from upstream is not considered. | ["POINT(-98.16 -89.99)"] | ["POINT(-98.16 -89.99)"] | false | false |
Noble Gas Data from recent ice in Antarctica for 86Kr problem
|
1543229 |
2019-08-02 | Severinghaus, Jeffrey P.; Shackleton, Sarah |
Collaborative research: Kr-86 as a proxy for barometric pressure variability and movement of the SH westerlies during the last
deglaciation |
This data comprises a survey of Recent ice from multiple sites in Antarctica using shallow ice cores to examine noble gas values in ice that nominally has the same Mean Ocean Temperature as today. The goal is to elucidate fractionation that occurs in the firn before air is trapped in bubbles in the ice, by making the assumption that the atmosphere noble gas content has not changed since this air was trappped. The ages of the air samples are typically early Industrial Revolution or late Holocene. | ["POLYGON((-180 -60,-144 -60,-108 -60,-72 -60,-36 -60,0 -60,36 -60,72 -60,108 -60,144 -60,180 -60,180 -63,180 -66,180 -69,180 -72,180 -75,180 -78,180 -81,180 -84,180 -87,180 -90,144 -90,108 -90,72 -90,36 -90,0 -90,-36 -90,-72 -90,-108 -90,-144 -90,-180 -90,-180 -87,-180 -84,-180 -81,-180 -78,-180 -75,-180 -72,-180 -69,-180 -66,-180 -63,-180 -60))"] | ["POINT(0 -89.999)"] | false | false |
South Pole (SPICECORE) 15N, 18O, O2/N2 and Ar/N2
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1443710 |
2019-02-02 | Severinghaus, Jeffrey P. |
Collaborative Research: Inert Gas and Methane Based Climate Records throughout the South Pole Deep Ice Core |
This data set includes major atmospheric gas and gas isotope data from the SPICECORE project, which recovered a 1750-m ice core at the South Pole in 2015. 15N, 18O of O2, O2/N2, and Ar/N2 are included. | ["POINT(0 -90)"] | ["POINT(0 -90)"] | false | false |
Ground Penetrating Radar Grid Survey of the McMurdo Shear Zone
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1245915 |
2018-06-07 | Ray, Laura; Arcone, Steven; Kaluzienski, Lynn; Koons, Peter; Lever, Jim; Walker, Ben |
Collaborative Research: Flow and Fracture Dynamics in an Ice Shelf Lateral Margin: Observations and Modeling of the McMurdo Shear Zone |
This dataset is comprised of ground penetrating radar data (GSSI DZT format with DZG files for GPS location) of a 28 square km area conduced in the heavily crevassed McMurdo Shear Zone in two consecutive field seasons. A radar system comprised of a GSSI SIR-30 32-bit two-channel control unit and model 5103 “400 MHz” and Model 5106A “200 MHz” antenna units were used to conduct the GPR surveys. The radar system was mounted on a sled and towed by a robot. The robot surveyed the 5 x 5.7 km area on lines separated by 50-m and traveled from West to East and return. The 2014 survey was conducted between Oct 29, 2014 and Nov 9, 2014, and the 2015 survey was conducted between Oct 26, 2015 and Nov 1, 2015. The use of identical waypoints in each year provides an Eulerian sampling protocol, where sampled GPS locations remain fixed, but the ice moves between annual surveys. In 2014, the 400 MHz antenna imaged to a depth of 19 meters, and in 2015, the 400 MHz antenna imaged to a depth of 80 meters to examine englacial ice. In both years, the 200 MHz antenna imaged to a depth of 160 meters. | ["POLYGON((168.36 -78.03,168.384 -78.03,168.408 -78.03,168.432 -78.03,168.456 -78.03,168.48 -78.03,168.504 -78.03,168.528 -78.03,168.552 -78.03,168.576 -78.03,168.6 -78.03,168.6 -78.035,168.6 -78.04,168.6 -78.045,168.6 -78.05,168.6 -78.055,168.6 -78.06,168.6 -78.065,168.6 -78.07,168.6 -78.075,168.6 -78.08,168.576 -78.08,168.552 -78.08,168.528 -78.08,168.504 -78.08,168.48 -78.08,168.456 -78.08,168.432 -78.08,168.408 -78.08,168.384 -78.08,168.36 -78.08,168.36 -78.075,168.36 -78.07,168.36 -78.065,168.36 -78.06,168.36 -78.055,168.36 -78.05,168.36 -78.045,168.36 -78.04,168.36 -78.035,168.36 -78.03))"] | ["POINT(168.48 -78.055)"] | false | false |
South Pole area GPS velocities
|
1443471 |
2018-05-29 | Lilien, David; Fudge, T. J.; Koutnik, Michelle; Conway, Howard; Waddington, Edwin D. |
Collaborative Research: Characterization of Upstream Ice and Firn Dynamics affecting the South Pole Ice Core |
These data indicate the positions and velocities of a network of stakes emplaced in the vicinity of South Pole during 2015-2018. They were collected by resurveying emplaced poles over the course of 1-2 years. | ["POLYGON((110 -89,117 -89,124 -89,131 -89,138 -89,145 -89,152 -89,159 -89,166 -89,173 -89,180 -89,180 -89.1,180 -89.2,180 -89.3,180 -89.4,180 -89.5,180 -89.6,180 -89.7,180 -89.8,180 -89.9,180 -90,173 -90,166 -90,159 -90,152 -90,145 -90,138 -90,131 -90,124 -90,117 -90,110 -90,110 -89.9,110 -89.8,110 -89.7,110 -89.6,110 -89.5,110 -89.4,110 -89.3,110 -89.2,110 -89.1,110 -89))"] | ["POINT(145 -89.5)"] | false | false |
Shallow radar near South Pole
|
1443471 |
2018-05-25 | Lilien, David; Fudge, T. J.; Koutnik, Michelle; Conway, Howard; Waddington, Edwin D. |
Collaborative Research: Characterization of Upstream Ice and Firn Dynamics affecting the South Pole Ice Core |
These are 200MHz radar data collected upstream of South Pole during the 2016/17 and 2017/18 field seasons. Data are the raw files produced by the GSSI radar controller, and a set of layer picks. | ["POLYGON((110 -89,117 -89,124 -89,131 -89,138 -89,145 -89,152 -89,159 -89,166 -89,173 -89,180 -89,180 -89.1,180 -89.2,180 -89.3,180 -89.4,180 -89.5,180 -89.6,180 -89.7,180 -89.8,180 -89.9,180 -90,173 -90,166 -90,159 -90,152 -90,145 -90,138 -90,131 -90,124 -90,117 -90,110 -90,110 -89.9,110 -89.8,110 -89.7,110 -89.6,110 -89.5,110 -89.4,110 -89.3,110 -89.2,110 -89.1,110 -89))"] | ["POINT(145 -89.5)"] | false | false |
Roosevelt Island Borehole Firn temperatures
|
0943466 |
2018-02-13 | Hawley, Robert L.; Clemens-Sewall, David; Giese, Alexandra |
Collaborative Research: Deglaciation of the Ross Sea Embayment - constraints from Roosevelt Island |
These data are firn temperatures, measured by a meteorological station placed at Roosevelt Island. Thermistors were placed at multiple depths through the upper 20 meters of firn and measured through the course of roughly one year. | ["POLYGON((-163 -79,-162.8 -79,-162.6 -79,-162.4 -79,-162.2 -79,-162 -79,-161.8 -79,-161.6 -79,-161.4 -79,-161.2 -79,-161 -79,-161 -79.05,-161 -79.1,-161 -79.15,-161 -79.2,-161 -79.25,-161 -79.3,-161 -79.35,-161 -79.4,-161 -79.45,-161 -79.5,-161.2 -79.5,-161.4 -79.5,-161.6 -79.5,-161.8 -79.5,-162 -79.5,-162.2 -79.5,-162.4 -79.5,-162.6 -79.5,-162.8 -79.5,-163 -79.5,-163 -79.45,-163 -79.4,-163 -79.35,-163 -79.3,-163 -79.25,-163 -79.2,-163 -79.15,-163 -79.1,-163 -79.05,-163 -79))"] | ["POINT(-162 -79.25)"] | false | false |
Firn-temperature time series in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica
|
1142085 |
2017-09-05 | Muto, Atsu |
Revealing Late Holocence Climate Variability in Antarctica from Borehole Paleothermometry |
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Snowpit evidence of the 2011 Puyehue-Cordon Caulle (Chile) eruption in West Antarctica
|
0636740 |
2017-07-11 | Koffman, Bess; Kreutz, Karl |
Collaborative Research: Microparticle/tephra analysis of the WAIS Divide ice core |
We present several related datasets from a 2012 snow pit and a 2013 firn core collected near the WAIS Divide field camp in West Antarctica. The data include soluble ions (sodium and non-sea-salt sulfate) and dust particle concentrations, as well as major oxide geochemistry of tephra grains isolated from snow samples. Based on these data, we found evidence of deposition from the 2011 Puyehue Cordon-Caulle (Chile) volcanic eruption at WAIS Divide. | ["POINT(-112.086 -79.468)"] | ["POINT(-112.086 -79.468)"] | false | false |
WD2014: Timescale for WAIS Divide Core 2006 A (WDC-06A)
|
0944197 |
2017-03-28 | Fudge, T. J. |
Collaborative Research: Establishing the Chronology and Histories of Accumulation and Ice Dynamics for the WAIS Divide Core |
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide (WAIS Divide, WD) ice core is a newly drilled, high-accumulation deep ice core that provides Antarctic climate records of the past ~68 ka at unprecedented temporal resolution. The upper 2850 m (back to 31.2 ka BP) have been dated using annual-layer counting. Here we present a chronology for the deep part of the core (67.8-31.2 ka BP), which is based on stratigraphic matching to annual-layer-counted Greenland ice cores using globally well-mixed atmospheric methane. We calculate the WD gas age-ice age difference (Delta age) using a combination of firn densification modeling, ice-flow modeling, and a data set of d15N-N2, a proxy for past firn column thickness. The largest Delta age at WD occurs during the Last Glacial Maximum, and is 525 +/- 120 years. Internally consistent solutions can be found only when assuming little to no influence of impurity content on densification rates, contrary to a recently proposed hypothesis. We synchronize the WD chronology to a linearly scaled version of the layer-counted Greenland Ice Core Chronology (GICC05), which brings the age of Dansgaard-Oeschger (DO) events into agreement with the U/Th absolutely dated Hulu Cave speleothem record. The small Delta age at WD provides valuable opportunities to investigate the timing of atmospheric greenhouse gas variations relative to Antarctic climate, as well as the interhemispheric phasing of the \"bipolar seesaw\". We present the WD2014 chronology for the upper part (0-2850 m; 31.2 ka BP) of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide (WD) ice core. The chronology is based on counting of annual layers observed in the chemical, dust and electrical conductivity records. These layers are caused by seasonal changes in the source, transport, and deposition of aerosols. The measurements were interpreted manually and with the aid of two automated methods. We validated the chronology by comparing to two high-accuracy, absolutely dated chronologies. For the Holocene, the cosmogenic isotope records of 10Be from WAIS Divide and 14C for IntCal13 demonstrated that WD2014 was consistently accurate to better than 0.5% of the age. For the glacial period, comparisons to the Hulu Cave chronology demonstrated that WD2014 had an accuracy of better than 1% of the age at three abrupt climate change events between 27 and 31ka. WD2014 has consistently younger ages than Greenland ice core chronologies during most of the Holocene. For the Younger Dryas-Preboreal transition (11.595 ka; 24 years younger) and the Bolling-Allerod Warming (14.621 ka; 7 years younger), WD2014 ages are within the combined uncertainties of the timescales. Given its high accuracy, WD2014 can become a reference chronology for the Southern Hemisphere, with synchronization to other chronologies feasible using high-quality proxies of volcanism, solar activity, atmospheric mineral dust, and atmospheric methane concentrations. | ["POINT(-112.1115 -79.481)"] | ["POINT(-112.1115 -79.481)"] | false | false |
WAIS Divide Ice-Core Aerosol Records from Intermediate Core WDC05A
|
0538427 |
2017-03-23 | McConnell, Joseph |
Trace and Ultra-Trace Chemistry Measurements of the WAIS Divide Ice Core |
A state-of-the-art continuous ice core analytical system was used to analyze samples from the firn portion (0 to ~70 m depth) of the recently collected intermediate core WDC05A from West Antarctica. Interpretation of these records and publication of findings is ongoing. | ["POINT(-112.1115 -79.481)"] | ["POINT(-112.1115 -79.481)"] | false | false |
Accumulation Rates from the WAIS Divide Ice Core
|
0944197 |
2017-02-21 | Fudge, T. J.; Waddington, Edwin D.; Conway, Howard; Buizert, Christo |
Collaborative Research: Establishing the Chronology and Histories of Accumulation and Ice Dynamics for the WAIS Divide Core |
These data are the accumulation rate history for the WAIS Divide ice core in central West Antarctica. The data are in two parts: 1) the annual accumulation rates for the past ~31ka and 2) the firn gas-based accumulation rates from 31-67ka. | ["POINT(-112.1115 -79.481)"] | ["POINT(-112.1115 -79.481)"] | false | false |
Surface Temperature Reconstruction from Borehole Temperature Measurement in WDC05A
|
0440701 |
2015-06-08 | Severinghaus, Jeffrey P.; Orsi, Anais J. |
Collaborative Research: Gases in Firn Air and Shallow Ice at the Proposed WAIS Divide Drilling Site |
This data set shows the modeled surface temperature reconstruction from an inversion of the 300 m WDC05A borehole at the West Antarctic Divide Ice core site. | ["POINT(-112.125 -79.463)"] | ["POINT(-112.125 -79.463)"] | false | false |
Firn Permeability and Density at WAIS Divide
|
0944078 |
2015-03-11 | Albert, Mary R. |
Firn Metamorphism: Microstructure and Physical Properties |
This data set contains laboratory measurements of the density and permeability made from firn cores from the lock-in zone through pore close-off at the WAIS Divide and Megadunes sites. | ["POINT(124.48796 -80.77914)", "POINT(-112.12317 -79.463)"] | ["POINT(124.48796 -80.77914)", "POINT(-112.12317 -79.463)"] | false | false |
Measurements of Air and Snow Photochemical Species at WAIS Divide, Antarctica
|
0636929 |
2014-03-17 | Bales, Roger |
Atmospheric, Snow and Firn Chemistry Studies for Interpretation of WAIS-Divide Cores |
This data set contains atmospheric mixing ratios of nitric oxide, ozone, hydrogen peroxide, methylhydroperoxide, and concentrations in surface snow and in snow pits of nitrate, nitrite, and hydrogen peroxide at the WAIS Divide deep ice-coring site. | ["POINT(-112.085 -79.467)"] | ["POINT(-112.085 -79.467)"] | false | false |
Annual Layers at Siple Dome, Antarctica, from Borehole Optical Stratigraphy
|
0087521 |
2012-04-15 | Hawley, Robert L.; Waddington, Edwin D.; Alley, Richard; Taylor, Kendrick C. |
Borehole Fingerprinting: Vertical Strain, Firn Compaction, and Firn Depth-Age Scales |
Researchers gathered data on annual snow layers at Siple Dome, Antarctica, using borehole optical stratigraphy. This data set contains annual layer depths and firn optical brightness. The brightness log is a record of reflectivity of the firn, and peaks in brightness are interpreted to be fine-grained high-density winter snow, as part of the wind slab depth-hoar couplet. Data are available via FTP in ASCII text (.txt) format | ["POINT(-148.82 -81.66)"] | ["POINT(-148.82 -81.66)"] | false | false |
Alkanes in Firn Air Samples, Antarctica and Greenland
|
0739598 |
2011-11-30 | Aydin, Murat; Saltzman, Eric |
Collaborative Research: Methane Isotopes, Hydrocarbons, and other Trace Gases in South Pole Firn Air |
This data set contains ethane, propane, and n-butane measurements in firn air from the South Pole and the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide in Antarctica, and from Summit, Greenland. The WAIS Divide and South Pole samples were collected in December to January of of 2005/06 and 2008/09, respectively. The Summit firn was sampled in the summer of 2006. Analyses were conducted on a gas chromatography - mass spectrometry (GC-MS) system at the University of California, Irvine. Measurements and the associated uncertainties are reported as dry air molar mixing ratios in part per trillion (ppt). The reported measurements for each sampling depth represent a mean of multiple measurements on more than one flask in most cases. Data are available via FTP in Microsoft Excel (.xls) format. | ["POINT(112.09 -79.47)", "POINT(-38.3833 72.5833)", "POINT(0 -90)"] | ["POINT(112.09 -79.47)", "POINT(-38.3833 72.5833)", "POINT(0 -90)"] | false | false |
GPS-Measured Ice Velocities and Strain Data from the Ross and Amundsen Sea Ice Flow Divide, West Antarctica
|
0440847 |
2011-09-01 | Matsuoka, Kenichi; Power, Donovan; Rasmussen, Al |
Detection of Crystal Orientation Fabrics near the Ross/Amundsen Sea Ice-flow Divide and at the Siple Dome Ice Core Site using Polarimetric Radar Methods |
This data set includes ice flow velocities and strain configurations, from GPS measurements on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide. Ninety markers installed in the firn were measured during two consecutive field seasons running from 2005-2006 and 2006-2007. The markers were located in 150 by 60 km area, with smaller clusters of five markers located within about 10 km of each other. Consecutive GPS measurements were used to derive velocity for each marker. Strain configurations were estimated by differentiating a linear fit of the data at each marker cluster. Data are available via FTP as ASCII text (.txt ) files in comma separated value format. | ["POLYGON((-115.457 -78.7489,-114.8241 -78.7489,-114.1912 -78.7489,-113.5583 -78.7489,-112.9254 -78.7489,-112.2925 -78.7489,-111.6596 -78.7489,-111.0267 -78.7489,-110.3938 -78.7489,-109.7609 -78.7489,-109.128 -78.7489,-109.128 -78.83802,-109.128 -78.92714,-109.128 -79.01626,-109.128 -79.10538,-109.128 -79.1945,-109.128 -79.28362,-109.128 -79.37274,-109.128 -79.46186,-109.128 -79.55098,-109.128 -79.6401,-109.7609 -79.6401,-110.3938 -79.6401,-111.0267 -79.6401,-111.6596 -79.6401,-112.2925 -79.6401,-112.9254 -79.6401,-113.5583 -79.6401,-114.1912 -79.6401,-114.8241 -79.6401,-115.457 -79.6401,-115.457 -79.55098,-115.457 -79.46186,-115.457 -79.37274,-115.457 -79.28362,-115.457 -79.1945,-115.457 -79.10538,-115.457 -79.01626,-115.457 -78.92714,-115.457 -78.83802,-115.457 -78.7489))"] | ["POINT(-112.2925 -79.1945)"] | false | false |
Methane Concentration and Chronology from the WAIS Divide Ice Core (WDC05A)
|
0739780 0538578 0520523 0538538 0538427 |
2011-05-27 | McConnell, Joseph; Brook, Edward J.; Mitchell, Logan E; Sowers, Todd A.; Taylor, Kendrick C. |
Collaborative Research: Gases in Firn Air and Shallow Ice at the Proposed WAIS Divide Drilling Site |
This data set provides a high-precision and high-resolution record of atmospheric methane from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide ice core WDC05A, spanning the years 1000 to 1800 C.E. The data include methane (CH4) concentration measurements and ice age chronology. Methane concentration data include mean sample depth, gas age, mean concentration, and concentrations from individual measurements, at a temporal resolution of approximately nine years. Ice chronology data include depth and ice age. Data are available via FTP, in Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) format. | ["POINT(112.09 -79.47)"] | ["POINT(112.09 -79.47)"] | false | false |
Methane Isotopes in South Pole Firn Air, 2008
|
0739491 |
2011-01-01 | Sowers, Todd A. |
Collaborative Research: Methane Isotopes, Hydrocarbons, and other Trace Gases in South Pole Firn Air |
This data set contains depth profiles for delta carbon-13 (δ13C) and delta deuterium (δD) of methane (CH<sub>4</sub>) in South Pole firn air. The investigators obtained air samples from two boreholes during December 2008 and January 2009, and subsequently determined isotope ratios at 18 depths. The profiles represent a roughly 100-year history of the isotopic composition of CH<sub>4</sub> at South Pole Station (no depth-age model provided). Data are available via FTP as an ASCII text file (.txt) and a Microsoft Excel file (.xlsx). | ["POLYGON((-180 90,-144 90,-108 90,-72 90,-36 90,0 90,36 90,72 90,108 90,144 90,180 90,180 72,180 54,180 36,180 18,180 0,180 -18,180 -36,180 -54,180 -72,180 -90,144 -90,108 -90,72 -90,36 -90,0 -90,-36 -90,-72 -90,-108 -90,-144 -90,-180 -90,-180 -72,-180 -54,-180 -36,-180 -18,-180 0,-180 18,-180 36,-180 54,-180 72,-180 90))"] | ["POINT(0 -89.999)"] | false | false |
Borehole Optical Stratigraphy Modeling, Antarctica
|
0335330 |
2010-06-15 | Hawley, Robert L.; Smith, Ben; Waddington, Edwin D.; Fudge, T. J. |
Borehole Optical Stratigraphy: Ice Microphysics, Climate Change, and the Optical Properties of Firn |
This data set consists of scripts and code designed for modeling the properties of boreholes in polar ice sheets, under a range of variations in the borehole geometry, firn layering, and camera pointing and position. The data set contains two folders. One includes two perl scripts and a piece of C code, along with directions for setting up and running a Monte Carlo model of photons traveling to and from a borehole in the firn. The second includes scripts for generating ray-tracing input files to be used with the POV-Ray package (a standard, free raytracing package) to generate simulated borehole video frames based on the results of the Monte Carlo model. The project was conducted between February 2005 and April 2010. The codes to run the models are available via FTP, in Perlscript (.pl) and C code. | ["POLYGON((-180 -60,-144 -60,-108 -60,-72 -60,-36 -60,0 -60,36 -60,72 -60,108 -60,144 -60,180 -60,180 -63,180 -66,180 -69,180 -72,180 -75,180 -78,180 -81,180 -84,180 -87,180 -90,144 -90,108 -90,72 -90,36 -90,0 -90,-36 -90,-72 -90,-108 -90,-144 -90,-180 -90,-180 -87,-180 -84,-180 -81,-180 -78,-180 -75,-180 -72,-180 -69,-180 -66,-180 -63,-180 -60))"] | ["POINT(0 -89.999)"] | false | false |
Microstructural Location and Composition of Impurities in Polar Ice Cores
|
9980379 0440523 |
2010-02-15 | Baker, Ian; Obbard, Rachel |
The Physical Properties of the US ITASE Firn and Ice Cores from South Pole to Taylor Dome |
This data set contains measurements of impurities and ions in three polar ice cores: the Vostok 5G ice core and the Byrd ice core from Antarctica, and the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) D core. Parameters include sample depth, grain size, ion concentration, and ice core impurity information. Measurements were made using Ion Chromatography (IC), optical microscopy, and Scanning Electron Microscope-Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (SEM/EDS). Data are available via FTP in Microsoft Excel (.xls)and Microsoft Word (.doc) formats. | ["POINT(-119.516667 -80.016667)", "POINT(-38.466667 72.583333)", "POINT(106.8 -72.466667)"] | ["POINT(-119.516667 -80.016667)", "POINT(-38.466667 72.583333)", "POINT(106.8 -72.466667)"] | false | false |
Laboratory Studies of Isotopic Exchange in Snow
|
0338008 |
2010-01-01 | Neumann, Thomas A. |
Collaborative Research: Laboratory Studies of Isotopic Exchange in Snow and Firn |
This data set contains sublimation rate data from laboratory studies of snow. Parameters include flow rate, measured sublimation rate, and theoretical maximum sublimation rate. Data were collected in cold rooms at the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), in Hanover, NH, during 2005 and 2006. The data were collected as part of a collaborative research project. The project aims to develop a quantitative understanding of the processes active in isotopic exchange between snow/firn and water vapor, which is important to Antarctic ice core interpretation. Data are available via FTP in Microsoft Excel (.xls) format. | ["POINT(-72 43)"] | ["POINT(-72 43)"] | false | false |
Snow Accumulation and Snow Melt in a Mixed Northern Hardwood-Conifer Forest
|
0338008 |
2010-01-01 | Wemple, Beverley C. |
Collaborative Research: Laboratory Studies of Isotopic Exchange in Snow and Firn |
This data set contains snow depth, Snow Water Equivalent (SWE), and forest cover characteristics for sites at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in northern New Hampshire. Measurements were made at 26 sampling sites on 4 March and 1 April 2009.The data were collected as part of a collaborative research project on isotopic exchange in snow. The project aims to develop a quantitative understanding of the processes active in isotopic exchange between snow/firn and water vapor, which is important to Antarctic ice core interpretation. Data are in Microsoft Excel (.xls) format. The data set also includes maps showing site locations in Joint Photography Experts Group (.jpg) format. | ["POLYGON((-71.77 43.96,-71.766 43.96,-71.762 43.96,-71.758 43.96,-71.754 43.96,-71.75 43.96,-71.746 43.96,-71.742 43.96,-71.738 43.96,-71.734 43.96,-71.73 43.96,-71.73 43.955,-71.73 43.95,-71.73 43.945,-71.73 43.94,-71.73 43.935,-71.73 43.93,-71.73 43.925,-71.73 43.92,-71.73 43.915,-71.73 43.91,-71.734 43.91,-71.738 43.91,-71.742 43.91,-71.746 43.91,-71.75 43.91,-71.754 43.91,-71.758 43.91,-71.762 43.91,-71.766 43.91,-71.77 43.91,-71.77 43.915,-71.77 43.92,-71.77 43.925,-71.77 43.93,-71.77 43.935,-71.77 43.94,-71.77 43.945,-71.77 43.95,-71.77 43.955,-71.77 43.96))"] | ["POINT(-71.75 43.935)"] | false | false |
Methane Isotopes from the WAIS Divide Ice Core
|
0440759 |
2009-12-01 | Sowers, Todd A. |
Collaborative Research: Gases in Firn Air and Shallow Ice at the Proposed WAIS Divide Drilling Site |
This data set includes methane (CH4) isotope data from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide ice core, WDC05A, in Antarctica. The data include depth, gas age, and the isotopic composition of methane (∂13C and ∂D of CH4). The ice core was collected during the 2005-2006 Antarctic field season. The CH4 isotope data was generated in 2008 using wet extraction methodology. Samples span the last 1,000 years, at a resolution of about 15 years. Data for samples above 69 meters were from firn air, and data below 69 meters from ice. The dating of the ice was based on continuous chemical analyses above 69 meters and Electrical Conductivity/Dielectric Property (ECM/DEP) measurements from ice. Dating uncertainty is estimated to be better than five years. Data are available via FTP in Microsoft Excel (.xls) tab delimited format | ["POINT(112.09 -79.47)"] | ["POINT(112.09 -79.47)"] | false | false |
US ITASE Stable Isotope Data, Antarctica
|
0196105 0440414 |
2009-10-01 | Steig, Eric J. |
Stable Isotope Studies at West Antarctic ITASE Sites |
This data set includes stable isotope measurements from snow pits, firn, and ice cores collected by the the US component of the International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition ( ITASE). The ITASE program aims to collect and interpret a continental-wide array of environmental parameters assembled through the coordinated efforts of scientists from several nations. These data were collected between 1999 and 2007. The data have been compiled into single files for each sampling site, though in some cases a file contains data from more than one ice core or snow pit. Each file in the data set includes deuterium/hydrogen (δD) and/or 18-oxygen/16-oxygen (δ18O) ratios, depths, and in some cases ice age or other information. Further details regarding the data are provided in each data file. Data are available via FTP in ASCII text format (.txt). Data were collected during five Antarctic field seasons from 1999 to 2007. Data from 1999 to 2002 are currently available. Data from 2003 to 2007 will be added in the future. | ["POLYGON((-130 -65,-125.8 -65,-121.6 -65,-117.4 -65,-113.2 -65,-109 -65,-104.8 -65,-100.6 -65,-96.4 -65,-92.2 -65,-88 -65,-88 -67.5,-88 -70,-88 -72.5,-88 -75,-88 -77.5,-88 -80,-88 -82.5,-88 -85,-88 -87.5,-88 -90,-92.2 -90,-96.4 -90,-100.6 -90,-104.8 -90,-109 -90,-113.2 -90,-117.4 -90,-121.6 -90,-125.8 -90,-130 -90,-130 -87.5,-130 -85,-130 -82.5,-130 -80,-130 -77.5,-130 -75,-130 -72.5,-130 -70,-130 -67.5,-130 -65))"] | ["POINT(-109 -77.5)"] | false | false |
Gases in Firn Air and Shallow Ice at the WAIS Drilling Site, Antarctica
|
0440602 |
2009-07-30 | Saltzman, Eric |
Collaborative Research: Gases in Firn Air and Shallow Ice at the Proposed WAIS Divide Drilling Site |
This data set contains trace gas measurements of air extracted from ice core samples from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide A core (WAIS-D 05A). The WAIS A core was dry-drilled at the WAIS site during the 2005-2006 Antarctic field season. Data include trace gas species including ethane (C2H6), propane (C3H8), n-butane (n-C4H10), carbonyl sulfide (COS), carbon disulfide (CS2), methyl chloride (CH3Cl), methyl bromide (CH3Br), acetonitrile (CH3CN), and chlorofluorocarbon-12 (CFC-12), for 57 ice core samples. The data are available via FTP in Microsoft Excel (.xls) file format. | ["POINT(112.09 -79.47)"] | ["POINT(112.09 -79.47)"] | false | false |
Twenty-Three Century-scale Ice Core Records of Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) from West Antarctica
|
9814810 |
2009-06-01 | McConnell, Joseph; Bales, Roger; Frey, Markus |
Hydrogen Peroxide, Formaldehyde, and Sub-Annual Snow Accumulation in West Antarctica: Participation in West Antarctic Traverse |
This data set contains sub-annually resolved concentrations of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), snow, firn and ice from 23 sites on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS). | ["POLYGON((-124 -76,-120 -76,-116 -76,-112 -76,-108 -76,-104 -76,-100 -76,-96 -76,-92 -76,-88 -76,-84 -76,-84 -77.4,-84 -78.8,-84 -80.2,-84 -81.6,-84 -83,-84 -84.4,-84 -85.8,-84 -87.2,-84 -88.6,-84 -90,-88 -90,-92 -90,-96 -90,-100 -90,-104 -90,-108 -90,-112 -90,-116 -90,-120 -90,-124 -90,-124 -88.6,-124 -87.2,-124 -85.8,-124 -84.4,-124 -83,-124 -81.6,-124 -80.2,-124 -78.8,-124 -77.4,-124 -76))"] | ["POINT(-104 -83)"] | false | false |
Ross Ice Shelf Firn Temperature, Antarctica
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0229546 |
2008-12-15 | Scambos, Ted; Muto, Atsu; Sergienko, Olga; MacAyeal, Douglas |
Collaborative Research of Earth's Largest Icebergs |
Since November of 2006, 12 thermistors were planted in the upper 16 meters of the firn on the Ross Ice Shelf near its calving front. Temperature data are collected every 20 minutes and are transmitted via ARGOS satellite relay. Data are intended to provide a view of how firn temperatures change as the ice shelf evolves. Data are available in comma-delimited ASCII format. Data are available via FTP. | ["POINT(-178 -78)"] | ["POINT(-178 -78)"] | false | false |
Iceberg Firn Temperatures, Antarctica
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0229546 |
2008-11-28 | Thom, Jonathan; Sergienko, Olga; MacAyeal, Douglas |
Collaborative Research of Earth's Largest Icebergs |
Since November of 2005, 12 thermistors were planted in the upper 2.5 meters of the firn on iceberg C16, Antarctica. Temperature data are collected every 20 minutes and are transmitted via ARGOS satellite relay. Data are intended to provide a view of how firn temperatures change as an iceberg moves north into warmer climate. | ["POINT(168 -78)"] | ["POINT(168 -78)"] | false | false |
Snow and Firn Permeability: Characteristics of Snow Megadunes and their Potential Effects on Ice Core Interpretation
|
0125276 |
2007-11-01 | Albert, Mary R.; Courville, Zoe; Cathles, Mac |
Collaborative Research: Characteristics of Snow Megadunes and Their Potential Effect on Ice Core Interpretation |
This data set contains firn physical properties measured in two meter snow pits and from deeper, 12- to 30-meter firn cores. The physical properties measured in the snow pits include density, permeability and microstructure (grain size and pore size). The physical properties measured on firn cores include density, permeability, diffusivity and microstructure. Data are available in Microsoft Excel format and ADOBE PDF and are available via FTP. | ["POLYGON((124.0218 -80.5304,124.22264 -80.5304,124.42348 -80.5304,124.62432 -80.5304,124.82516 -80.5304,125.026 -80.5304,125.22684 -80.5304,125.42768 -80.5304,125.62852 -80.5304,125.82936 -80.5304,126.0302 -80.5304,126.0302 -80.55538,126.0302 -80.58036,126.0302 -80.60534,126.0302 -80.63032,126.0302 -80.6553,126.0302 -80.68028,126.0302 -80.70526,126.0302 -80.73024,126.0302 -80.75522,126.0302 -80.7802,125.82936 -80.7802,125.62852 -80.7802,125.42768 -80.7802,125.22684 -80.7802,125.026 -80.7802,124.82516 -80.7802,124.62432 -80.7802,124.42348 -80.7802,124.22264 -80.7802,124.0218 -80.7802,124.0218 -80.75522,124.0218 -80.73024,124.0218 -80.70526,124.0218 -80.68028,124.0218 -80.6553,124.0218 -80.63032,124.0218 -80.60534,124.0218 -80.58036,124.0218 -80.55538,124.0218 -80.5304))"] | ["POINT(125.026 -80.6553)"] | false | false |
Carbon-13 Isotopic Composition of Atmospheric Methane in Firn Air, South Pole and Siple Dome, Antarctica
|
9526556 |
2007-07-09 | Sowers, Todd A. |
Constructing Paleoatmospheric Records of the Isotopic Composition of Methane and Nitrous Oxide |
This data set includes records of the delta carbon-13 (δ<sup>13</sup>C) of methane (CH<sub>4</sub>) in firn air from the South Pole and trapped in bubbles in a short ice core from Siple Dome, Antarctica. Using two firn air samples, one from January 1995 and the other from January 2001, investigators reconstructed records of the isotopic composition of paleoatmospheric methane covering the last 2 centuries, from 1820 to 2001. Data are in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word formats and are available via FTP. | ["POINT(-148.3023 -81.403)"] | ["POINT(-148.3023 -81.403)"] | false | false |
Antarctic Mean Annual Temperature Map
|
0229573 |
2007-04-04 | Dixon, Daniel A. |
A Science Management Office for the U. S. Component of the International Trans Antarctic Expedition (US ITASE SMO)A Collaborative Pgrm of Research from S. Pole to N. Victoria Land |
The Mean Annual Temperature map was calculated by creating a contour map using compiled 10 meter firn temperature data from NSIDC and other mean annual temperature data from both cores and stations. The 10 meter data contains temperature measurements dating back to 1957 and the International Geophysical Year, including measurements from several major recent surveys. Data cover the entire continental ice sheet and several ice shelves, but coverage density is generally low. Data are stored in Microsoft Excel and Tagged Image File Format (TIFF), and are available sporadically from 1957 to 2003 via FTP. | ["POLYGON((-180 -65,-144 -65,-108 -65,-72 -65,-36 -65,0 -65,36 -65,72 -65,108 -65,144 -65,180 -65,180 -67.5,180 -70,180 -72.5,180 -75,180 -77.5,180 -80,180 -82.5,180 -85,180 -87.5,180 -90,144 -90,108 -90,72 -90,36 -90,0 -90,-36 -90,-72 -90,-108 -90,-144 -90,-180 -90,-180 -87.5,-180 -85,-180 -82.5,-180 -80,-180 -77.5,-180 -75,-180 -72.5,-180 -70,-180 -67.5,-180 -65))"] | ["POINT(0 -89.999)"] | false | false |
AWS Data: Characteristics of Snow Megadunes and Their Potential Effect on Ice Core Interpretation
|
0225992 0125570 |
2006-10-05 | Fahnestock, Mark; Scambos, Ted; Haran, Terry; Bauer, Rob |
Collaborative Research: Characteristics of Snow Megadunes and Their Potential Effect on Ice Core Interpretation |
The Antarctic megadune research was conducted during two field seasons, one in November 2002 and the other during the period of December 2003 through January 2004. The megadune field site is located on the East Antarctic Plateau, southeast of Vostok station. The objectives of this multi-facetted research are 1) to determine the physical characteristics of the firn across the dunes including typical climate indicators such as stable isotopes and major chemical species and 2) to install instruments to measure the time variation of near-surface wind and temperature with depth, to test and refine hypotheses for megadune formation. It is important to improve our current understanding of the megadunes because of their extreme nature, their broad extent, and their potential impact on the climate record. Megadunes are a manifestation of an extreme terrestrial climate and may provide insight on the past terrestrial climate or on processes active on other planets. Snow megadunes are undulating variations in accumulation and surface texture with wavelengths of 2 to 5 km and amplitudes up to 5 meters. The features cover 500,000 km<sup>2</sup> of the East Antarctic plateau, occurring in areas of moderate regional slope and low accumulation on the flanks of the ice sheet between 2500 and 3800 meters elevation. Landsat images and aerial photography indicate the dunes consist of alternating surfaces of glaze and rough sastrugi, with gradational boundaries. This pattern is oriented perpendicular to the mean wind direction, as modeled in katabatic wind studies. Glazed surfaces cover the leeward faces and troughs; rough sastrugi cover the windward faces and crests. The megadune pattern is crossed by smooth to eroded wind-parallel longitudinal dunes. Wind-eroded longitudinal dunes form spectacular 1-meter-high sastrugi in nearby areas. This data set contains automated weather station (AWS) data from two sites. The Mac site was oriented on the rough sastrugi-covered windward face and the Zoe site was on the glazed leeward face. The AWSs collected data throughout the year from 16 January 2004 to 17 November 2004. Investigators received data from the two field sites via the ARGOS Satellite System (http://www.argosinc.com/). Data are provided in space-delimited ASCII text format and are available via FTP. | ["POLYGON((124.4345 -80.77546,124.443718 -80.77546,124.452936 -80.77546,124.462154 -80.77546,124.471372 -80.77546,124.48059 -80.77546,124.489808 -80.77546,124.499026 -80.77546,124.508244 -80.77546,124.517462 -80.77546,124.52668 -80.77546,124.52668 -80.776922,124.52668 -80.778384,124.52668 -80.779846,124.52668 -80.781308,124.52668 -80.78277,124.52668 -80.784232,124.52668 -80.785694,124.52668 -80.787156,124.52668 -80.788618,124.52668 -80.79008,124.517462 -80.79008,124.508244 -80.79008,124.499026 -80.79008,124.489808 -80.79008,124.48059 -80.79008,124.471372 -80.79008,124.462154 -80.79008,124.452936 -80.79008,124.443718 -80.79008,124.4345 -80.79008,124.4345 -80.788618,124.4345 -80.787156,124.4345 -80.785694,124.4345 -80.784232,124.4345 -80.78277,124.4345 -80.781308,124.4345 -80.779846,124.4345 -80.778384,124.4345 -80.776922,124.4345 -80.77546))"] | ["POINT(124.48059 -80.78277)"] | false | false |
Firn Air Inert Gas and Oxygen Observations from Siple Dome, 1996, and the South Pole, 2001
|
9725305 0230260 0230452 |
2006-08-17 | Severinghaus, Jeffrey P.; Battle, Mark; Bender, Michael |
Collaborative Research: Trapped Gas Composition and the Chronology of the Vostok Ice Core |
This data set includes gas ratios in polar firn air: O<sub>2</sub>/N<sub>2</sub>, <sup>15</sup>N/<sup>14</sup>N, <sup>40</sup>Ar/N<sub>2</sub>, <sup>40</sup>Ar/<sup>36</sup>Ar, <sup>40</sup>Ar/<sup>38</sup>Ar, <sup>84</sup>Kr/<sup>36</sup>Ar, <sup>132</sup>Xe/<sup>36</sup>Ar, and <sup>22</sup>Ne/<sup>36</sup>Ar. Investigators sampled air from the permeable snowpack (firn) layer at two sites: Siple Dome, Antarctica in 1996 and at the South Pole in 2001. They observed and modeled the processes of gravitational settling, thermal fractionation, and preferential exclusion of small gas molecules from closed air bubbles. The purpose of this study was to understand these physical processes, which affect the composition of bubbles trapped in ice. By measuring these gas ratios in the ancient air preserved in bubbles trapped in ice, researchers can determine past atmospheric composition and local temperature changes along with the relative timing and magnitude of such events. The data file is available in Microsoft Excel format. The research paper is available in PDF. Data and the research paper are available via FTP. | ["POINT(-148.767 -80.667)", "POINT(0 -90)"] | ["POINT(-148.767 -80.667)", "POINT(0 -90)"] | false | false |
GPR and GPS Data: Characteristics of Snow Megadunes and their Potential Effects on Ice Core Interpretation
|
0125276 |
2006-06-10 | Scambos, Ted; Bauer, Rob |
Collaborative Research: Characteristics of Snow Megadunes and Their Potential Effect on Ice Core Interpretation |
The Antarctic megadune research was conducted during two field seasons, one in November 2002 and the other in December 2003 through January 2004. The megadune field site is located on the East Antarctic Plateau, southeast of Vostok station. The objectives of this multi-facetted research are to determine the physical characteristics of the firn across the dunes including typical climate indicators such as stable isotopes and major chemical species and to install instruments to measure the time variation of near-surface wind and temperature with depth, to test and refine hypotheses for megadune formation. It is important to improve our current understanding of the megadunes because of their extreme nature, their broad extent, and their potential impact on the climate record. Megadunes are a manifestation of an extreme terrestrial climate and may provide insight on past terrestrial climate or on processes active on other planets. Snow megadunes are undulating variations in accumulation and surface texture with wavelengths of 2 to 5 km and amplitudes up to 5 meters. The features cover 500,000 km<sup>2</sup> of the East Antarctic plateau, occurring in areas of moderate regional slope and low accumulation on the flanks of the ice sheet between 2500 and 3800 meters elevation. Landsat images and aerial photography indicate the dunes consist of alternating surfaces of glaze and rough sastrugi, with gradational boundaries. This pattern is oriented perpendicular to the mean wind direction, as modeled in katabatic wind studies. Glaze surfaces cover the leeward faces and troughs; rough sastrugi cover the windward faces and crests. The megadune pattern is crossed by smooth to eroded wind-parallel longitudinal dunes. Wind-eroded longitudinal dunes form spectacular 1-meter-high sastrugi in nearby areas. This data set contains ground penetrating radar (GPR) data showing surface morphology and internal layering structure along with global positioning system (GPS) data collected within an area of 60 km<sup>2</sup>. GPS data are provided in space-delimited ASCII text Microsoft Excel formats, while GPR data are in JPEG format. Data are available via FTP. | ["POLYGON((124.0218 -80.5304,124.22264 -80.5304,124.42348 -80.5304,124.62432 -80.5304,124.82516 -80.5304,125.026 -80.5304,125.22684 -80.5304,125.42768 -80.5304,125.62852 -80.5304,125.82936 -80.5304,126.0302 -80.5304,126.0302 -80.55538,126.0302 -80.58036,126.0302 -80.60534,126.0302 -80.63032,126.0302 -80.6553,126.0302 -80.68028,126.0302 -80.70526,126.0302 -80.73024,126.0302 -80.75522,126.0302 -80.7802,125.82936 -80.7802,125.62852 -80.7802,125.42768 -80.7802,125.22684 -80.7802,125.026 -80.7802,124.82516 -80.7802,124.62432 -80.7802,124.42348 -80.7802,124.22264 -80.7802,124.0218 -80.7802,124.0218 -80.75522,124.0218 -80.73024,124.0218 -80.70526,124.0218 -80.68028,124.0218 -80.6553,124.0218 -80.63032,124.0218 -80.60534,124.0218 -80.58036,124.0218 -80.55538,124.0218 -80.5304))"] | ["POINT(125.026 -80.6553)"] | false | false |
US International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition (US ITASE): GPR Profiles and Accumulation Mapping
|
0096299 0229573 0196441 0088035 |
2005-04-06 | Spikes, Vandy Blue; Hamilton, Gordon S.; Mayewski, Paul A.; Arcone, Steven; Kaspari, Susan |
High Resolution Radar Profiling of the Snow and Ice Stratigraphy beneath the ITASE Traverses, West Antarctic Ice Sheet |
Snow accumulation rates typically show high variability over short distances. This data set contains accumulation rates derived from ground-penetrating radar (GPR) used to detect isochronal layers in the firn in West Antarctica. These layers were then dated using results from ice core analyses. These data show that accumulation rates along this profile have decreased in recent decades. The radar profile extends between two ice core sites taken along one of the US-ITASE traverse routes. | ["POLYGON((-123.993 -77.6832,-123.6019 -77.6832,-123.2108 -77.6832,-122.8197 -77.6832,-122.4286 -77.6832,-122.0375 -77.6832,-121.6464 -77.6832,-121.2553 -77.6832,-120.8642 -77.6832,-120.4731 -77.6832,-120.082 -77.6832,-120.082 -77.7232,-120.082 -77.7632,-120.082 -77.8032,-120.082 -77.8432,-120.082 -77.8832,-120.082 -77.9232,-120.082 -77.9632,-120.082 -78.0032,-120.082 -78.0432,-120.082 -78.0832,-120.4731 -78.0832,-120.8642 -78.0832,-121.2553 -78.0832,-121.6464 -78.0832,-122.0375 -78.0832,-122.4286 -78.0832,-122.8197 -78.0832,-123.2108 -78.0832,-123.6019 -78.0832,-123.993 -78.0832,-123.993 -78.0432,-123.993 -78.0032,-123.993 -77.9632,-123.993 -77.9232,-123.993 -77.8832,-123.993 -77.8432,-123.993 -77.8032,-123.993 -77.7632,-123.993 -77.7232,-123.993 -77.6832))"] | ["POINT(-122.0375 -77.8832)"] | false | false |
Talos Dome Ice Core Deuterium Isotope Data
|
None | 2004-08-27 | Jouzel, Jean; Stenni, Barbara | No project link provided | This data set consists of deuterioum isotope data obtained from Talos Dome ice core. Talos Dome is located on the edge of the East Antarctic plateau adjacent to the Victoria Land mountain. The Talos Dome (TD) firn core is 89 m and was drilled during a traverse by an Italian team in 1996. | ["POINT(159.183333 -72.827778)"] | ["POINT(159.183333 -72.827778)"] | false | false |
Byrd Ice Core Microparticle and Chemistry Data
|
9725918 9714687 |
2004-08-26 | Blunier, Thomas; Fluckiger, Jacqueline; Thompson, Lonnie G.; Brook, Edward J. |
Collaborative Research: Studies of Trapped Gases in Firn and Ice from Antarctic Deep Ice Cores |
This data set consists of microparticle and chemistry data from Byrd Ice Core, the first ice core to reach bedrock in Antarctica. The core was drilled with a cable-suspended electromechanical rotary drill at Byrd Station, Antarctica. The vertical thickness of the ice was 2164 meters and more than 99 percent of the core was recovered. Cores were sought for investigations of the physical properties of the ice sheet, the nature of the ice-rock contact, and the composition of the underlying bedrock. | ["POINT(-119.516667 -80.016667)"] | ["POINT(-119.516667 -80.016667)"] | false | false |
Roosevelt Island Ice Core Density and Beta Count Data
|
9615347 |
2003-05-14 | Conway, Howard |
Radar Investigations of Former Shear Margins: Roosevelt Island and Ice Stream C |
This data set measures the radioactive decay of nuclear material from Northern and Southern hemisphere nuclear testing. Firn cores were taken from three locations on Roosevelt Island, an ice dome within the Ross Ice Shelf, and were measured at increasing depth for density in kilograms per cubic meter, and for beta counts per hour per kilogram. The data were collected between November and December of 1997. Measurements were taken incrementally down to approximately 17 meters for each of the three cores. Data are available in text format via ftp. | ["POLYGON((-161.5667 -79.3889,-161.44836 -79.3889,-161.33002 -79.3889,-161.21168 -79.3889,-161.09334 -79.3889,-160.975 -79.3889,-160.85666 -79.3889,-160.73832 -79.3889,-160.61998 -79.3889,-160.50164 -79.3889,-160.3833 -79.3889,-160.3833 -79.41168,-160.3833 -79.43446,-160.3833 -79.45724,-160.3833 -79.48002,-160.3833 -79.5028,-160.3833 -79.52558,-160.3833 -79.54836,-160.3833 -79.57114,-160.3833 -79.59392,-160.3833 -79.6167,-160.50164 -79.6167,-160.61998 -79.6167,-160.73832 -79.6167,-160.85666 -79.6167,-160.975 -79.6167,-161.09334 -79.6167,-161.21168 -79.6167,-161.33002 -79.6167,-161.44836 -79.6167,-161.5667 -79.6167,-161.5667 -79.59392,-161.5667 -79.57114,-161.5667 -79.54836,-161.5667 -79.52558,-161.5667 -79.5028,-161.5667 -79.48002,-161.5667 -79.45724,-161.5667 -79.43446,-161.5667 -79.41168,-161.5667 -79.3889))"] | ["POINT(-160.975 -79.5028)"] | false | false |
Snow-atmosphere Transfer Function for Reversibly Deposited Chemical Species in West Antarctica
|
9526572 |
2002-07-11 | McConnell, Joseph; Bales, Roger |
Snow-Atmosphere Transfer Function for Reversibly Deposited Chemical Species in West Antarctica |
This data set is part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Cores (WAISCORES) project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed snow pit and core samples from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. This data set includes glaciochemical spatial variability data for six Siple Dome snow pits. Samples involved measuring hydrogen peroxide (H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>) and formaldehyde (HCHO) in the air, snow, firn, and ice via suppressed ion chromatography. The data can be used to interpret changes in concentrations of these species recorded in ice cores. Data in this collection were obtained during two Antarctic field seasons in 1994 to 1995 and 1996 to 1997. Data are available via FTP in tab-delimited ASCII text (.dat, .txt) file format. | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | false | false |
Snow and Firn Temperature and Permeability Measurements from Siple Dome, Antarctica
|
9526601 |
2001-12-01 | Albert, Mary R. |
Near-Surface Processes Affecting Gas Exchange: West Antarctic Ice Sheet |
This data set includes measurements of snow and firn temperature and permeability collected between November 1998 and June 1999 at Siple Dome. The physical characteristics of snow determine the nature of air-snow exchange processes, which in turn affect chemical records in ice cores. Thus a better understanding of the physical properties of snow will improve interpretation of ice core records of atmospheric composition. Data are available via ftp in both ASCII and Excel formats. | ["POINT(-148 -81)"] | ["POINT(-148 -81)"] | false | false |
Firn Air Isotope and Temperature Measurements from Siple Dome and South Pole
|
9725918 9725305 |
2001-01-01 | Severinghaus, Jeffrey P.; Battle, Mark; Grachev, Alexi |
Thermal Fractionation of Firn Air and the Ice Core Record of Abrupt Interstadial Climate Change |
This data set includes d15N, d18O/2, dO2/N2/4, d40Ar/4, d38/Ar/2, d84Kr/48, and d132Xe/96 values for air drawn from the top 15 to 50 m of firn at the South Pole (summer and winter 1998) and a site at Siple Dome (summers 1996 and 1998). Data also include related firn temperature measurements. The objective of this research was to better understand thermal fractionation processes affecting records of atmospheric history from firn and ice core gases. Recent work (e.g., Severinghaus and Brook, 1999) has exploited trapped air in ice and deep firn as a record of past atmospheric composition and climate change. Interpretation of these paleoclimate archives is complicated by artifacts of thermal diffusion, a process in which heavier gases migrate down temperature gradients toward colder regions in the firn. Seasonal temperature change at the snow surface creates strong temperature gradients in the top few meters of the firn, which cause isotopic fractionation of firn gases. A specific goal of this research is to identify any long-term effects of seasonal temperature fluctuations on firn air isotopic anomalies. | ["POINT(-102 -89.997)", "POINT(-148.767 -81.667)"] | ["POINT(-102 -89.997)", "POINT(-148.767 -81.667)"] | false | false |
Siple Dome Glaciology and Ice Stream History 1994, 1996
|
9316338 |
1999-01-01 | Jacobel, Robert |
Siple Dome Glaciology and Ice Stream History |
The Siple Dome Glaciology and Ice Stream History project was part of Western Divide West Antarctic Ice Cores (WAISCORES), an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. This project supported glaciological studies of Siple Dome and its surroundings between Ice Streams C and D, via two major goals. First, it sought to characterize the dynamic environment and ice stratigraphy of Siple Dome and its surroundings, with the specific mission of assessing Siple Dome as a potential deep core site; and second, to determine whether the configuration of ice stream flow in the region has changed over time. Both goals are relevant to understanding the dynamics of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS), its history, and potential future behavior. This project was a collaboration between Saint Olaf College, the University of Washington, and the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado. It included studies of satellite imagery and acquisition and analysis of field data from GPS, firn cores and snow pits, and ground-based ice-penetrating radar. Data in this collection were obtained during two Antarctic field seasons in 1994–95 and 1996–97. The data set is available via FTP as Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet (.xls) and ASCII tab delimited (.txt) files. Related notes are available as a Microsoft Word (.doc) or text (.txt) file. Related images and charts are available as Graphics Interchange Format (.gif) and Joint Photographic Experts Group (.jpg) files. | ["POLYGON((-155 -81,-154 -81,-153 -81,-152 -81,-151 -81,-150 -81,-149 -81,-148 -81,-147 -81,-146 -81,-145 -81,-145 -81.2,-145 -81.4,-145 -81.6,-145 -81.8,-145 -82,-145 -82.2,-145 -82.4,-145 -82.6,-145 -82.8,-145 -83,-146 -83,-147 -83,-148 -83,-149 -83,-150 -83,-151 -83,-152 -83,-153 -83,-154 -83,-155 -83,-155 -82.8,-155 -82.6,-155 -82.4,-155 -82.2,-155 -82,-155 -81.8,-155 -81.6,-155 -81.4,-155 -81.2,-155 -81))"] | ["POINT(-150 -82)"] | false | false |
Visible Stratigraphic Dating, Siple Dome and Upstream C Cores
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9526374 |
1997-01-01 | Alley, Richard |
Physical Properties of the Siple Dome Deep Ice Core |
This data set is part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet cores (WAISCORES) project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. This data set includes melt layers and annual layer data for Siple Dome cores A through J, and upstream core C (UpC). Cores were examined on a light table after the core had been sectioned longitudinally and samples removed for isotopic, chemical, and other analyses, and after the surface had been smoothed using a planer. Major stratigraphic features were noted, such as coarse-grained and fine-grained firn at shallow depths, and coarse-bubbled and fine-bubbled ice at greater depth. Melt layers were identified as bubble-free or nearly-bubble-free zones. Core lengths ranged from 30 to 133 meters. Data in this collection were obtained in the summer of 1997. The data set is available via FTP as ACSII data (.dat), metadata (.meta) and text (.txt) files. | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | ["POINT(-149 -81)"] | false | false |