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        <origin>Mitchell, L. E., E. J. Brook, T. Sowers, J. R. McConnell, and K. Taylor</origin>
        <pubdate>20110527</pubdate>
        <title>Methane Concentration and Chronology from the WAIS Divide Ice Core (WDC05A)</title>
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          <pubplace>Boulder, Colorado USA</pubplace>
          <publish>NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center</publish>
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        <onlink>http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5319SV3</onlink>
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      <abstract>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.</abstract>
      <purpose>scientific research</purpose>
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            <pubdate>20110527</pubdate>
            <title>Methane Concentration and Chronology from the WAIS Divide Ice Core (WDC05A)</title>
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              <publish>NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center</publish>
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          <begdate>Unknown</begdate>
          <enddate>Unknown</enddate>
        </rngdates>
      </timeinfo>
      <current>publication date</current>
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    <status>
      <progress>Complete</progress>
      <update>Unknown</update>
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      <bounding>
        <westbc>112.09</westbc>
        <eastbc>112.09</eastbc>
        <northbc>-79.47</northbc>
        <southbc>-79.47</southbc>
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      <theme>
        <themekt>NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords</themekt>
        <themekey>EARTH SCIENCE &gt; Paleoclimate &gt; Ice Core Records</themekey>
        <themekey>EARTH SCIENCE &gt; Paleoclimate &gt; Ice Core Records &gt; Ice Core Air Bubbles</themekey>
        <themekey>EARTH SCIENCE &gt; Paleoclimate &gt; Ice Core Records &gt; Methane</themekey>
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      <theme>
        <themekt>None</themekt>
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      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords</themekt>
        <themekey>GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS</themekey>
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      <theme>
        <themekt>NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords</themekt>
        <themekey>FIELD INVESTIGATION</themekey>
        <themekey>LABORATORY</themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>ISO 19115 Topic Categories</themekt>
        <themekey>climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere</themekey>
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      <theme>
        <themekt>None</themekt>
        <themekey>Antarctica</themekey>
        <themekey>gas measurement</themekey>
        <themekey>gas record</themekey>
        <themekey>Greenhouse Gases</themekey>
        <themekey>Ice Core</themekey>
        <themekey>Ice Core Chemistry</themekey>
        <themekey>Ice Core Gas Composition</themekey>
        <themekey>Ice Core Gas Records</themekey>
        <themekey>Methane</themekey>
        <themekey>WAIS</themekey>
        <themekey>West Antarctica</themekey>
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        <placekt>NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords</placekt>
        <placekey>Continent &gt; Antarctica</placekey>
        <placekey>Geographic Region &gt; Polar</placekey>
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          <themekt>NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords</themekt>
          <themekey>EARTH SCIENCE &gt; Paleoclimate &gt; Ice Core Records &gt; Methane</themekey>
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          <address>CIRES, 449 UCB</address>
          <address>University of Colorado</address>
          <city>Boulder</city>
          <state>CO</state>
          <postal>80309-0449</postal>
          <country>USA</country>
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    <resdesc>NSIDC-0493</resdesc>
    <distliab>NSIDC cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NSIDC makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.</distliab>
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