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Analytical method is described in Grachev et al. (2009) and Mitchell et al. (2011) for OSU data, and Yang et al. (2017) for SNU data. SDMA CH4 composite record was constructed by combining OSU data for 7.6 - 9.0 ka and SNU data for 9.0 - 11.6 ka to maximize temporal resolution. SDMA gas chronology was synchronized to Greenland Ice Core Chronology 2005 (GICC05) scale. For detailed description on synchronization and age uncertainty please refer to Yang et al. (2017).", "east": -111.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-112 -79.5)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Chemistry:ice; Chemistry:Ice; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Methane; Paleoclimate; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core", "locations": "Antarctica; Siple Dome", "north": -79.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Yang, Ji-Woong; Ahn, Jinho", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Completing an ultra-high resolution methane record from the WAIS Divide ice core", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000185", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Completing an ultra-high resolution methane record from the WAIS Divide ice core"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "WAIS Divide Ice Core; Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -80.0, "title": "Early Holocene methane records from Siple Dome, Antarctica", "uid": "601055", "west": -113.0}, {"awards": "1042883 Mayewski, Paul", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-148.82 -81.66)"], "date_created": "Tue, 27 Oct 2015 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set contains the results of Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) performed on an archive of the Siple Dome A ice core containing the rapid climate warming of Dansgaard-Oeschger Event 21.", "east": -148.82, "geometry": ["POINT(-148.82 -81.66)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Chemistry:ice; Chemistry:Ice; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; ICP-MS; Paleoclimate; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core", "locations": "Siple Dome; Antarctica", "north": -81.66, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Haines, Skylar; Mayewski, Paul A.; Kurbatov, Andrei V.", "project_titles": "Roosevelt Island Climate Evolution Project (RICE): US Deep Ice Core Glaciochemistry Contribution (2011- 2014)", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000193", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Roosevelt Island Climate Evolution Project (RICE): US Deep Ice Core Glaciochemistry Contribution (2011- 2014)"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.66, "title": "LA-ICP-MS Results: 3 Siple Dome A Glacial Age Archives", "uid": "609636", "west": -148.82}, {"awards": "0944764 Brook, Edward J.", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-148.82 -81.66)"], "date_created": "Wed, 25 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set provides a new CO2 record from the Siple Dome ice core, Antarctica, that covers 7.4-9.0 ka (thousand years) with 8- to 16-year resolution. A small, about 1-2 ppm, increase of atmospheric CO2 during the 8.2 ka event was observed. The increase is not significant when compared to other centennial variations in the Holocene that are not linked to large temperature changes. The results do not agree with leaf stomata records that suggest a CO2 decrease of up to ~25 ppm and imply that the sensitivity of atmospheric CO2 to the primarily northern hemisphere cooling of the 8.2 ka event was limited.", "east": -148.82, "geometry": ["POINT(-148.82 -81.66)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Chemistry:fluid; Chemistry:Fluid; Geochemistry; Geochronology; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Paleoclimate; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; South Pole; WAISCORES", "locations": "Antarctica; South Pole; Siple Dome", "north": -81.66, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Brook, Edward J.; Ahn, Jinho", "project_titles": "Atmospheric CO2 and Abrupt Climate Change", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000179", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Atmospheric CO2 and Abrupt Climate Change"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.66, "title": "High-resolution Atmospheric CO2 during 7.4-9.0 ka", "uid": "609527", "west": -148.82}, {"awards": "0944764 Brook, Edward J.", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-119.83 -80.01)", "POINT(-148.82 -81.66)"], "date_created": "Thu, 08 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "During the last glacial period atmospheric carbon dioxide and temperature in Antarctica varied in a similar fashion on millennial time scales, but previous work indicates that these changes were gradual. In a detailed analysis of one event, we now find that approximately half of the CO2 increase that occurred during the 1500 year cold period between Dansgaard-Oeschger (DO) Events 8 and 9 happened rapidly, over less than two centuries. This rise in CO2 was synchronous with, or slightly later than, a rapid increase of Antarctic temperature inferred from stable isotopes.", "east": -119.83, "geometry": ["POINT(-119.83 -80.01)", "POINT(-148.82 -81.66)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Arctic; Byrd; Chemistry:fluid; Chemistry:Fluid; CO2; Geochemistry; GISP2; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Methane; Paleoclimate; Siple Dome Ice Core; Taylor Dome; Taylor Dome Ice Core", "locations": "Antarctica; Arctic; Taylor Dome", "north": -80.01, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Brook, Edward J.; Ahn, Jinho", "project_titles": "Atmospheric CO2 and Abrupt Climate Change", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000179", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Atmospheric CO2 and Abrupt Climate Change"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core; Taylor Dome Ice Core; Byrd Ice Core", "south": -81.66, "title": "Abrupt Change in Atmospheric CO2 During the Last Ice Age", "uid": "609539", "west": -148.82}, {"awards": "0738975 Baker, Ian", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-148.82 -81.66)"], "date_created": "Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set characterizes the microstructure in ice cores, in particular the microstructural locations of impurities, grain orientations, and strain gradients. The fabric of polycrystalline ice is typically described using only the c-axis orientation, but this is insufficient for a full description of grain orientations in this hexagonal material. Thus, both the a-axis and c-axis are used in this data set showing pole figures for five depths of the Siple Dome (SDMA) core between 640 m and 790 m and misorientation angle distribution for the same grains.", "east": -148.82, "geometry": ["POINT(-148.82 -81.66)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Sample/collection Description; Sample/Collection Description; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; South Pole; WAISCORES", "locations": "South Pole; Antarctica; Siple Dome", "north": -81.66, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Baker, Ian; Obbard, Rachel; Sieg, Katherine", "project_titles": "Advanced Microstructural Characterization of Polar Ice Cores", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000178", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Advanced Microstructural Characterization of Polar Ice Cores"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.66, "title": "Siple Dome A (SDMA) Grain Orientation 640 - 790 Meters", "uid": "609526", "west": -148.82}, {"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": "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. 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. \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": "Ross-Amundsen Divide; Antarctica", "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": "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": "Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This dataset contains ground-based, co-polarized radar data collected using pulse-modulated 60 MHz and 179 MHz radar at 19 sites around a deep ice coring site near the Ross and Amundsen flow divide of West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS Divide). At each site, the radar data were collected at 12 orientations of the radar polarization plane for three radar pulse widths: 250 nsec, 500 nsec, and 1000 nsec. Useful signals were received from depths roughly between 200 m and 2000 m. Ice flow velocities and strain configurations were measured at most of these radar survey sites, and these ice motion data are also provided at NSIDC (GPS-Measured Ice Velocities and Strain Data from the Ross and Amundsen Sea Ice Flow Divide, West Antarctica).\n\nData are available via FTP in MATLAB (.mat) format.", "east": -109.128, "geometry": ["POINT(-112.2925 -79.1945)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; GPR; Radar; Ross-Amundsen Divide", "locations": "Antarctica; Ross-Amundsen Divide", "north": -78.7489, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Matsuoka, Kenichi; Power, Donovan; Fujita, Shuji; Raymond, Charles", "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": "Polarimetric Radar Data from the Ross and Amundsen Sea Ice Flow Divide, West Antarctica", "uid": "609496", "west": -115.457}, {"awards": "0520523 Brook, Edward J.", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-148.81 -81.65)", "POINT(-38.466667 73.583333)"], "date_created": "Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set contains methane measurements made in trapped air in the Holocene sections of two ice cores: the Siple Dome ice core in Antarctica, and the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) ice core in Greenland. The measurements were made at Oregon State University between 2007 and 2009. Measurements were made relative to the NOAA04 methane concentration scale using a working standard internally calibrated to NOAA certified air standards. Concentrations are corrected for gravitational fractionation and solubility effects in the melt-refreeze extraction. Data are available via FTP in Microsoft Excel (.xls) format.", "east": -38.466667, "geometry": ["POINT(-148.81 -81.65)", "POINT(-38.466667 73.583333)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Arctic; Chemistry:fluid; Chemistry:Fluid; Geochemistry; GISP2; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Ice Core Records; Paleoclimate; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core", "locations": "Arctic; Antarctica; Siple Dome", "north": 73.583333, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Brook, Edward J.", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: New insights into the Holocene methane budget from dual isotope systematics and a high resolution record of the interpolar gradient", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000131", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: New insights into the Holocene methane budget from dual isotope systematics and a high resolution record of the interpolar gradient"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.65, "title": "Methane Measurements from the GISP2 and Siple Dome Ice Cores", "uid": "609440", "west": -148.81}, {"awards": "9615554 Fitzpatrick, Joan", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-148.816667 -80.666667)"], "date_created": "Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set contains high-resolution digital images of thin and thick sections cut from the 1003 meter Siple Dome A main ice core. The images are useful for crystal size and orientation analysis and bubble size, shape, distribution, and number density determinations.\u00a0The data set contains several generations of images, taken between June 1998 and May 2005. An accompanying spreadsheet contains creation date information for each file.\n\nThe data are available via FTP in Adobe Photoshop Document (.psd), and Tagged Image File (.tif) formats. Additional information is provided as a Microsoft Excel (.xls) spreadsheet.", "east": -148.816667, "geometry": ["POINT(-148.816667 -80.666667)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Photo/video; Photo/Video; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core", "locations": "Siple Dome; Antarctica", "north": -80.666667, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Alley, Richard; Fitzpatrick, Joan; Spencer, Matthew", "project_titles": "Digital Imaging for Ice Core Analysis", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000011", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Digital Imaging for Ice Core Analysis"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -80.666667, "title": "Digital Imaging for Siple Dome Ice Core Analysis, Antarctica", "uid": "609413", "west": -148.816667}, {"awards": "0440975 Severinghaus, Jeffrey", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-119.533333 -80.016667)"], "date_created": "Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set consists of Gas-isotopic data from the Siple Dome and and Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) ice cores covering roughly the last 100,000 years (100 ka), consisting of d15N (15N/14N) of N2, d18O (18O/16O) of O2, dO2/N2, and dAr/N2. Derived parameters include d18Oatm, d15N, dO2/N2, and dAr/N2. \n\nData are available via FTP as ASCII text files (.txt) and Microsoft Excel files (.xls).", "east": -119.533333, "geometry": ["POINT(-119.533333 -80.016667)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Arctic; Atmosphere; Byrd Glacier; Byrd Ice Core; Chemistry:fluid; Chemistry:Fluid; Geochemistry; GISP2; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Ice Core Records; Isotope; Paleoclimate; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core", "locations": "Antarctica; Arctic; Byrd Glacier; Siple Dome", "north": -80.016667, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Severinghaus, Jeffrey P.", "project_titles": "Nitrogen and oxygen gas isotopes in the Siple Dome and Byrd ice cores", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000450", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Nitrogen and oxygen gas isotopes in the Siple Dome and Byrd ice cores"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -80.016667, "title": "Nitrogen and Oxygen Gas Isotopes in the Siple Dome and Byrd Ice Cores, Antarctica", "uid": "609407", "west": -119.533333}, {"awards": "0636953 Saltzman, Eric", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-148.82 -81.66)"], "date_created": "Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set is an analysis of methyl chloride concentration measured in air extracted from ice core samples from the Siple Dome A deep core in West Antarctica. In total, forty six (46) ice samples, approximately 10-15 cm in length, were analyzed in this study. Data are available in Microsoft Excel format and are available via FTP.", "east": -148.82, "geometry": ["POINT(-148.82 -81.66)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Atmosphere; Chemistry:fluid; Chemistry:Fluid; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Ice Core Records; Paleoclimate; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core", "locations": "Siple Dome; Antarctica", "north": -81.66, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Saltzman, Eric; Aydin, Murat; Williams, Margaret", "project_titles": "Methyl Chloride, Methyl Bromide, and Carbonyl Sulfide in Deep Antarctic Ice Cores", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000042", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Methyl Chloride, Methyl Bromide, and Carbonyl Sulfide in Deep Antarctic Ice Cores"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.66, "title": "Methyl Chloride Measurements from the Siple Dome A Deep Core, Antarctica", "uid": "609356", "west": -148.82}, {"awards": "0338359 Saltzman, Eric", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-144.39 -89.93)"], "date_created": "Sat, 10 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set is an analysis of methyl chloride (CH3Cl) and methyl bromide (CH3Br) in Antarctic ice core samples. Investigators reported mixing ratios of methyl chloride gas extracted from samples taken from the South Pole Remote Earth Science and Seismological Observatory (SPRESSO) core, drilled as part of the International Trans Antarctic Science Expedition (ITASE). This data covers an age range of 2159 - 140 years before present (Y.B.P.) where the year 2000 was used as present. Investigators analyzed trace gases in ice core samples from Siple Dome, West Antarctica (dry-drilled C core and deep, fluid-drilled A core) and from South Pole, Antarctica (300 m dry drilled SPRESSO core). Data are available in Microsoft Excel format and are available via FTP.", "east": -144.39, "geometry": ["POINT(-144.39 -89.93)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Atmosphere; Chemistry:fluid; Chemistry:Fluid; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core; Ice Core Records; ITASE; Paleoclimate; Siple Dome Ice Core; South Pole; SPRESSO; SPRESSO Ice Core", "locations": "Antarctica; South Pole", "north": -89.93, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Saltzman, Eric; Aydin, Murat; Williams, Margaret; Tatum, Cheryl", "project_titles": "Methyl chloride and methyl bromide in Antarctic ice cores", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000032", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Methyl chloride and methyl bromide in Antarctic ice cores"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -89.93, "title": "Antarctic Ice Cores: Methyl Chloride and Methyl Bromide", "uid": "609313", "west": -144.39}, {"awards": "0126343 Nishiizumi, Kunihiko", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-148.812 -81.6588)"], "date_created": "Thu, 31 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set includes a record of cosmogenic radionuclide concentrations in the Siple Dome A ice core collected as part of the West Antarctic ice core program. The investigators measured profiles of both \u003csup\u003e10\u003c/sup\u003eBe (half-life = 1.5x10\u003csup\u003e6\u003c/sup\u003e years) and \u003csup\u003e36\u003c/sup\u003eCl (half-life = 3.0x10\u003csup\u003e5\u003c/sup\u003e years) in the entire ice core, which spans the time period from the present to about 100,000 years before present. These data are being used for perfecting the ice core chronology, deducing the history of solar activity, deducing the history of variations in the geomagnetic field, and studying the possible role of solar variations on climate. \n\nData are distributed as a PDF file and are available via FTP.", "east": -148.812, "geometry": ["POINT(-148.812 -81.6588)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Geochemistry; Geochronology; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Paleoclimate; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core", "locations": "Antarctica; Siple Dome", "north": -81.6588, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Finkel, R. C.; Nishiizumi, Kunihiko", "project_titles": "Cosmogenic Radionuclides in the Siple Dome Ice Core", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000358", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Cosmogenic Radionuclides in the Siple Dome Ice Core"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.6588, "title": "Cosmogenic Radionuclides in the Siple Dome A Ice Core", "uid": "609307", "west": -148.812}, {"awards": "9615502 Harrison, William", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-148.693 -81.595)", "POINT(-148.822 -81.655)"], "date_created": "Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "At the Siple Dome area of Antarctica, much of the ice flow is vertical, which causes vertical ice deformation. To measure this phenomenon, the investigators used a method known as vertical strain rate. This project was a part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Cores (WAISCORES) project for deep ice coring in West Antarctica. WAISCORES is supported by the Office of Polar Programs (OPP), National Science Foundation (NSF).\n\nThis data set consists of a table of long-term average strain rates measured between 1999 and 2002 at Siple Dome, Antarctica. The measurements were taken in hot-water boreholes by bridge gauges. Data are available in tab-delimited ASCII text format or PDF via FTP.", "east": -148.693, "geometry": ["POINT(-148.693 -81.595)", "POINT(-148.822 -81.655)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Geodesy; Geology/Geophysics - Other; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; Strain; WAISCORES", "locations": "Antarctica; Siple Dome", "north": -81.595, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Harrison, William; Morack, James; Waddington, Edwin D.; Pettit, Erin; Zumberge, Mark; Elsberg, Daniel", "project_titles": "Ice Dynamics, the Flow Law, and Vertical Strain at Siple Dome", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000601", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Ice Dynamics, the Flow Law, and Vertical Strain at Siple Dome"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.655, "title": "Vertical Strain at Siple Dome, Antarctica, 1999-2002", "uid": "609214", "west": -148.822}, {"awards": "0338359 Saltzman, Eric", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-148.81 -81.65)"], "date_created": "Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set is part of the WAISCORES (West Antarctic Ice Sheet cores) project, research funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and designed to improve understanding of how the West Antarctic ice sheet influences climate and sea level change. WAISCORES investigators acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. These data provide researchers with a record of natural climatic variability and anthropogenic influence on biogeochemical cycles. Because ice cores contain an archive of preindustrial air, a baseline can be established, and the extent of human impact on the climate can be ascertained. \n\nThis data set includes mixing ratios of carbonyl sulfide (COS), methyl chloride (CH3Cl), and methyl bromide (CH3Br). Data samples were retrieved from the Siple C ice core, which was drilled at 81.65\u00b0 S, 148.81\u00b0 W in December 1995. The core site sits 620 m above sea level near the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf where there is a mean annual temperature of -25.4 \u00b0C.\n\nData are available via FTP.", "east": -148.81, "geometry": ["POINT(-148.81 -81.65)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Chemistry:ice; Chemistry:Ice; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Paleoclimate; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; WAISCORES", "locations": "Antarctica; Siple Dome", "north": -81.65, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Saltzman, Eric; Aydin, Murat", "project_titles": "Methyl chloride and methyl bromide in Antarctic ice cores", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000032", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Methyl chloride and methyl bromide in Antarctic ice cores"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.65, "title": "Analysis of Siple Dome Ice Core: Carbonyl Sulfide (COS), Methyl Chloride (CH3Cl), and Methyl Bromide (CH3Br)", "uid": "609279", "west": -148.81}, {"awards": "0135989 Wilen, Larry", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(148 81)"], "date_created": "Wed, 02 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set contains measurements of the orientation and deformation of the crystal c-axes (fabric) of ice core samples collected from the Siple Dome Ice Core A, Antarctica (81\u00b0S, 148\u00b0W) between 22.764 m and 992.385 m in depth. The instrument used for the measurements consists of a fiber-optic white light source, one fixed black-and-white video camera, and four rotation stages. The data are in ASCII tab-delimited text format and are available via FTP.", "east": 148.0, "geometry": ["POINT(148 81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core", "locations": "Antarctica; Siple Dome", "north": 81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Wilen, Larry", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Fabric and Texture Characteristics of Micro-Physical Processes in Ice", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000134", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Fabric and Texture Characteristics of Micro-Physical Processes in Ice"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": 81.0, "title": "Ice Fabric Characteristics: Siple Dome, A Core", "uid": "609255", "west": 148.0}, {"awards": "9316564 Mayewski, Paul", "bounds_geometry": null, "date_created": "Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set includes chemistry and ion data collected from a 150 m core recovered from Siple Dome, West Antarctica. The core was drilled during the 1994/1995 field season. Dating of the core was accomplished using annual signals preserved in several chemical species, beta activity profiles, and volcanic horizons. The resulting depth/age scale indicates an age of 1890 A.D. at 24 m, and 850 A.D. at 150 m depth.", "east": null, "geometry": null, "keywords": "Antarctica; Chemistry:ice; Chemistry:Ice; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Ice Core Records; Paleoclimate; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core", "locations": "Siple Dome; Antarctica", "north": null, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Blunier, Thomas; Severinghaus, Jeffrey P.; Brook, Edward J.; Kreutz, Karl; Mayewski, Paul A.; Dunbar, Nelia", "project_titles": "Ross Ice Drainage System (RIDS) Late Holocene Climate Variability", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000145", "repository": "NCEI", "title": "Ross Ice Drainage System (RIDS) Late Holocene Climate Variability"}], "repo": "NCEI", "repositories": "NCEI", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": null, "title": "Siple Dome Ice Core Chemistry and Ion Data", "uid": "609251", "west": null}, {"awards": "9615333 Saltzman, Eric", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-148.8 -81.7)"], "date_created": "Tue, 09 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set is a continuous, high-resolution record of biogenic sulfur (methanesulfonate, known as MSA and CH3SO3-) in the 1000 m deep Siple Dome A (SDMA) core, covering 100,000 to 20 years BP. The analysis was done on between August 2002 and November 2003 at the University of California, Irvine. Investigators used a mass spectrometer to measure methanesulfonate. Measurements are given as MSA concentration at various depths. Estimated age of the ice at each depth is also given.\n\nThis project was a part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Cores (WAISCORES) project for deep ice coring in West Antarctica. WAISCORES is supported by the Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation (NSF).", "east": -148.8, "geometry": ["POINT(-148.8 -81.7)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Biota; Chemistry:ice; Chemistry:Ice; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Paleoclimate; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; WAISCORES", "locations": "Siple Dome; Antarctica", "north": -81.7, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Saltzman, Eric; Dioumaeva, Irina; Finley, Brandon", "project_titles": "Biogenic Sulfur in the Siple Dome Ice Core", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000251", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Biogenic Sulfur in the Siple Dome Ice Core"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.7, "title": "Biogenic Sulfur in the Siple Dome Ice Core", "uid": "609201", "west": -148.8}, {"awards": "9980691 Wahlen, Martin", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-148.82 -81.66)"], "date_created": "Thu, 11 Dec 2003 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "These data are CO2 concentrations of the air occulded in Siple Dome ice core, Antarctica. The study was conducted between January 2001 and March 2003 on a deep ice core from Siple Dome Core A, located at 81.66 S, 148.82 W.", "east": -148.82, "geometry": ["POINT(-148.82 -81.66)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Chemistry:fluid; Chemistry:Fluid; CO2; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Ice Core Records; Paleoclimate; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core", "locations": "Antarctica; Siple Dome", "north": -81.66, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Ahn, Jinho; Wahlen, Martin; Deck, Bruce", "project_titles": "CO2 and Delta 13CO2 in Antarctic Ice Cores", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000166", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "CO2 and Delta 13CO2 in Antarctic Ice Cores"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.66, "title": "Atmospheric CO2 Trapped in the Ice Core from Siple Dome, Antarctica", "uid": "609202", "west": -148.82}, {"awards": "9420648 Waddington, Edwin", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "date_created": "Tue, 09 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set is part of the 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\nNereson\u0027s \u0027Age Versus Depth\u0027 plot shows the results of the calculations published in her paper on predicted age-depth scales (Nereson, N.A., E.D. Waddington, C.F. Raymond, and H.P. Jacobson. 1996. Predicted Age-Depth Scales for Siple Dome and Inland WAIS Ice Cores in West Antarctica.Geophys. Res. Let., 23(22): 3163-3166.).", "east": -149.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; WAISCORES", "locations": "Antarctica; Siple Dome", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Nereson, Nadine A.", "project_titles": "Ice Modelling Study of Siple Dome: WAIS Ice Dynamics, WAISCORES Paleoclimate and Ice Stream/Ice Dome Interactions", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000058", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Ice Modelling Study of Siple Dome: WAIS Ice Dynamics, WAISCORES Paleoclimate and Ice Stream/Ice Dome Interactions"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.0, "title": "Siple Dome Ice Core Age-Depth Scales", "uid": "609130", "west": -149.0}, {"awards": "XXXXXXX Palais, Julie", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "date_created": "Mon, 18 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set is part of the 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 provides measurements of stable isotopes of water and deuterium excess for the Siple Dome ice cores. The shallow cores from Siple Dome were analyzed for isotopes with sub-annual temporal detail.", "east": -149.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Chemistry:ice; Chemistry:Ice; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Isotope; Paleoclimate; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; WAISCORES", "locations": "Siple Dome; Antarctica", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Steig, Eric J.; White, James", "project_titles": null, "projects": null, "repositories": null, "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.0, "title": "Siple Dome Highlights: Stable isotopes", "uid": "609134", "west": -149.0}, {"awards": "0512971 Brook, Edward J.", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "date_created": "Mon, 18 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set is part of the 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\nBrooks measured methane in approximately 196 samples between 55.6 and 738.5 m (0-20 ka) in the Siple Dome ice core, and then extended the Siple Dome methane record at medium resolution down to about 860m, corresponding to an age of about 45 ka. The team compared the results with data from the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) and the Greenland Ice Core Project (GRIP).", "east": -149.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Chemistry:fluid; Chemistry:Fluid; Chemistry:ice; Chemistry:Ice; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Methane; Paleoclimate; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; WAISCORES", "locations": "Siple Dome; Antarctica", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Brook, Edward J.", "project_titles": "High Resolution Records of Atmospheric Methane in Ice Cores and Implications for Late Quaternary Climate Change", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000034", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "High Resolution Records of Atmospheric Methane in Ice Cores and Implications for Late Quaternary Climate Change"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.0, "title": "Siple Dome Methane Record", "uid": "609124", "west": -149.0}, {"awards": "0126286 McConnell, Joseph", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "date_created": "Wed, 14 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set is part of the 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\nLamorey measured the density of the shallow Siple Dome cores B - I. One-meter sections of the ice core were weighed on a balance beam in the field. The volume was determined by measuring the diameter and length of the core. The data consists of tab-delimited text files of density measurements and a sonic velocity profile, and a .gif format density-versus-depth plot. Data are available via FTP.", "east": -149.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Physical Properties; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; WAISCORES", "locations": "Antarctica; Siple Dome", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Lamorey, Gregg W.", "project_titles": "Continuous High Resolution Ice-Core Chemistry using ICP-MS at Siple Dome", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000159", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Continuous High Resolution Ice-Core Chemistry using ICP-MS at Siple Dome"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -81.0, "title": "Siple Shallow Core Density Data", "uid": "609129", "west": -149.0}, {"awards": "9527262 Gow, Anthony", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "date_created": "Wed, 14 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set is part of the 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 annual layer data for Siple Dome ice cores A, B, and C, based on stratigraphy; thin-section images, and fabric data. The study included the analysis of more than 2500 crystallographic c-axes conducted on 50 thin sections from the main PICO core.", "east": -149.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Photo/video; Photo/Video; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; WAISCORES", "locations": "Antarctica; Siple Dome", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Gow, Tony; Meese, Deb", "project_titles": "Physical and Structural Properties of the Siple Dome Core", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000064", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Physical and Structural Properties of the Siple Dome Core"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.0, "title": "Physical and Structural Properties of the Siple Dome Ice Cores", "uid": "609128", "west": -149.0}, {"awards": "9615554 Fitzpatrick, Joan", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "date_created": "Wed, 14 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set is part of the 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 comprises low-resolution (72 dpi) jpg images of thin sections from the Siple Dome ice core. The images were acquired during the 1997/1998 field season, from both the SDM-A, or main 13.2-cm, core and from the hot water core recovered by Hermann Englehardt. The data set includes both vertical and horizontal thin sections. With one exception, all images were recorded in cross-polarized light. Two examples of archived high-resolution (275 dpi) images are provided for direct comparison of the low- and high-resolution images.", "east": -149.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Photo/video; Photo/Video; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; WAISCORES", "locations": "Antarctica; Siple Dome", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Fitzpatrick, Joan", "project_titles": "Digital Imaging for Ice Core Analysis", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000011", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Digital Imaging for Ice Core Analysis"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.0, "title": "Digital Images of Thin Sections from Siple Dome", "uid": "609127", "west": -149.0}, {"awards": "9527373 Dunbar, Nelia", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)", "POINT(158.7889 -77.95)"], "date_created": "Wed, 14 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set is part of the 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 backscattered electron images of tephra samples extracted from the Siple and Taylor Dome ice cores, as well as electron microprobe analyses of glass shards in cases where significant, compositionally-consistent glass populations were present. The data set also includes data on the amount of volcanically derived sulfate deposited on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and recorded in the Siple Dome ice core.", "east": 158.7889, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)", "POINT(158.7889 -77.95)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Chemistry:rock; Chemistry:Rock; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Paleoclimate; Siple Dome Ice Core; Taylor Dome Ice Core; Tephra; WAIS; WAISCORES", "locations": "Antarctica; WAIS", "north": -77.95, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Zielinski, Gregory; Dunbar, Nelia", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Volcanic Record in Antarctic Ice: Implications for Climatic and Eruptive History and Ice Sheet Dynamics of the South Polar Region", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000065", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Volcanic Record in Antarctic Ice: Implications for Climatic and Eruptive History and Ice Sheet Dynamics of the South Polar Region"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Taylor Dome Ice Core; Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.0, "title": "Volcanic Records in the Siple and Taylor Dome Ice Cores", "uid": "609126", "west": -149.0}, {"awards": "9526420 Taylor, Kendrick", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "date_created": "Thu, 08 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set is part of the 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\nTaylor measured the electrical conductivity (ECM) and Complex Conductivity (CC), a measure of the total ions in the ice, in the main Siple Dome ice core. Measurements were taken along the core from a depth of 0 m to 800 m. The project also analyzed shallower cores for ECM and dielectric properties (DEP). (DEP is also a measure of the total ions in the ice, but with lower spatial resolution than the CC.) Albedo measurements where made on the shallow cores and the main core to a depth of 391 m. The data set includes images showing the electrical conductivity of a vertical section of the core.", "east": -149.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Electrical Conductivity; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Physical Properties; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; WAISCORES", "locations": "Siple Dome; Antarctica", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Taylor, Kendrick C.", "project_titles": "Electrical and Optical Measurements on the Siple Dome Ice Core", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000163", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Electrical and Optical Measurements on the Siple Dome Ice Core"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.0, "title": "Siple Dome Cores Electrical Measurement Data", "uid": "609133", "west": -149.0}, {"awards": "0338359 Saltzman, Eric", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "date_created": "Wed, 10 Jul 2002 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. Siple Dome ice cores were analyzed for methanesulfonate (MSA) and carbonyl sulfide (OCS). The methanesulfonate analysis was done on cores A-E and a hot water core, and the carbonyl sulfide analysis was done on 11 C cores. Methanesulfonate data include the sample identification number, depth, and methanesulfonate parts per billion (ppb) of each sample. Carbonyl sulfide data include the depth, OCS parts per trillion (ppt) of each sample, percent error, and gas age (years). Data are available via FTP in tab-delimited ASCII text (.dat, .txt) file format.", "east": -149.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Chemistry:ice; Chemistry:Ice; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Methane; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; WAISCORES", "locations": "Siple Dome; Antarctica", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Saltzman, Eric; Aydin, Murat", "project_titles": "Methyl chloride and methyl bromide in Antarctic ice cores", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000032", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Methyl chloride and methyl bromide in Antarctic ice cores"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.0, "title": "Methane and Carbonyl Sulfide Analysis of Siple Dome Ice Core Subsamples", "uid": "609131", "west": -149.0}, {"awards": "9615167 Dunbar, Nelia", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-148 -81)", "POINT(158.71 -77.8)"], "date_created": "Sat, 01 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set consists of electron microprobe geochemical analyses of glass shards sampled from Siple Dome and Taylor Dome ice cores during the 1999-2000 field season. Geochemical data are in tab-delimited ASCII and Excel formats. Backscattered electron images of tephra samples are in TIFF format. Data are available via ftp.", "east": 158.71, "geometry": ["POINT(-148 -81)", "POINT(158.71 -77.8)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Backscattered Electron Images; Chemistry:rock; Chemistry:Rock; Geochemistry; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Core Records; Siple Dome; Siple Dome Ice Core; Taylor Dome Ice Core; WAIS", "locations": "WAIS; Siple Dome; Antarctica", "north": -77.8, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Dunbar, Nelia", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Volcanic Record in Antarctic Ice: Implications for Climatic and Eruptive History and Ice Sheet Dynamics of the South Polar Region", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000065", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Volcanic Record in Antarctic Ice: Implications for Climatic and Eruptive History and Ice Sheet Dynamics of the South Polar Region"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": "Taylor Dome Ice Core; Siple Dome Ice Core", "south": -81.0, "title": "Tephra in Siple and Taylor Dome Ice Cores", "uid": "609110", "west": -148.0}, {"awards": "XXXXXXX Palais, Julie", "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "date_created": "Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "The WAISCORES project is part of the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs\u0027 West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) initiative, which is aimed at understanding the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change.\nWAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. These cores allow researchers to distinguish local from regional influences on the climate records recovered from the cores. Drilling for the Siple Dome core began in November 1996 and finished in January 1999. The core site is located between ice streams C and D at approximately 81\u00b0 40\u0027 S and 148\u00b0 49\u0027 W. Preliminary studies indicate that the paleoclimate record preserved in the 1003-meter Siple Dome ice core extends back more than 90 thousand years. Data are available via ftp.\n\nThe following WAISCORES investigators have made contributions to WAISCORES research. NSIDC archives data for many of these investigators: Mary Albert, Richard Alley, Robin Bell, Michael Bender, Robert Bindscadler, Pierre Biscaye, Donald Blankenship, Ed Brook, Nelia Dunbar, Joan Fitzpatrick, Tony Gow, Gregg Lamorey, Paul Mayewski, Joseph McConnell, Deb Meese, Nadine Nereson, Charlie Raymond, Eric Saltzman, Eric Steig, Christopher Shuman, Ken Taylor, Lonnie Thompson, Edwin Waddington, Martin Wahlen, James White, and Gret Zielinksi.", "east": -149.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; WAIS; WAISCORES", "locations": "WAIS; Antarctica", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Lamorey, Gregg W.", "project_titles": null, "projects": null, "repositories": null, "science_programs": null, "south": -81.0, "title": "WAISCORES: Deep Ice Coring in West Antarctica", "uid": "609120", "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": "Antarctica; Siple Dome", "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": "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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