Entry_ID: ARCSS046
Entry_Title: Regional Survey of Greenland, 1988 - Snow Pit Data
Group: Data_Set_Citation
   Dataset_Creator: Paul A. Mayewski and Sallie Whitlow
   Dataset_Title: Regional Survey of Greenland, 1988 - Snow Pit Data
   Dataset_Release_Date: 1999-12-22
   Dataset_Release_Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
   Dataset_Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
   Online_Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/arcss046.html
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: Paul
   Middle_Name: A.
   Last_Name: Mayewski
   Email: paul.mayewski@maine.edu
   Email: climatechange@maine.edu
   Phone: 1 207 581-3019 
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: Climate Change Institute
      Address: Department of Earth Sciences
      Address: Climate Change Institute
      Address: Department of Earth Sciences
      Address: University of Maine
      City:  Orono
      Province_or_State: ME
      Postal_Code: 04469
      Country: USA
   End_Group
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: Sallie
   Last_Name: Whitlow
   Email: siw@unh.edu
   Phone: 1 603 862-4129 
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: University of New Hampshire
      Address: Climate Change Research Center
      Address: Morse Hall, Room 356
      Address: EOS - UNH
      Address: 39 College Road
      City: Durham
      Province_or_State: NH
      Postal_Code: 03824
      Country: USA
   End_Group
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Technical Contact
   First_Name: NSIDC
   Last_Name: User Services
   Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
   Phone: 1 303 492-6199 x
   Fax: 1 303  492-2468 x
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center
      Address: CIRES, 449 UCB
      Address: University of Colorado
      City: Boulder
      Province_or_State: CO
      Postal_Code: 80309-0449
      Country: USA
   End_Group
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Cryosphere
   Term: Snow/Ice
   Variable_Level_1: Snow Cover
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Cryosphere
   Term: Snow/Ice
   Variable_Level_1: Snow Density
End_Group
Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Paleoclimate
   Term: Ice Core Records
   Variable_Level_1: Isotopes
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Terrestrial Hydrosphere
   Term: Snow/Ice
   Variable_Level_1: Snow Cover
End_Group
Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Terrestrial Hydrosphere
   Term: Snow/Ice
   Variable_Level_1: Snow Density
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Keyword: ADCC
Keyword: Ammonium (NH4)
Keyword: ARCSS046
Keyword: Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center
Keyword: Calcium (CA)
Keyword: Chernobyl
Keyword: Chloride (CL)
Keyword: Greenland
Keyword: MAGNESIUM (MG)
Keyword: METHYLSULFONIC ACID (MSA)
Keyword: National Science Foundation
Keyword: Nitrate (NO3)
Keyword: NSF
Keyword: NSIDC
Keyword: OPP8619158
Keyword: OPP-8619158
Keyword: Oxygen Isotopes
Keyword: Potassium (K)
Keyword: Radionuclides
Keyword: Snow Pits
Keyword: Sodium (NA)
Keyword: Sulfate (SO4)
Source_Name: GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Group: Temporal_Coverage
   Start_Date: 1988-01-01
   Stop_Date: 1988-12-31
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Data_Set_Progress: complete
Group: Spatial_Coverage
   Southernmost_Latitude: 70
   Northernmost_Latitude: 70
   Westernmost_Longitude: -60
   Easternmost_Longitude: -60
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Group: Location
   Location_Category: CONTINENT
   Location_Type: NORTH AMERICA
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Group: Location
   Location_Category: CONTINENT
   Location_Type: NORTH AMERICA
   Location_Subregion1: GREENLAND
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Group: Location
   Location_Category: GEOGRAPHIC REGION
   Location_Type: ARCTIC
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Group: Location
   Location_Category: GEOGRAPHIC REGION
   Location_Type: POLAR
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Project: ARCSS/GISP2 > Arctic System Science/Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2
Project: GISP2 > Greenland Ice Sheet Project II
Data_Set_Language: English
Originating_Center: ARCSS/ADCC
Group: Data_Center
   Data_Center_Name: NSIDC > National Snow and Ice Data Center
   Data_Center_URL: http://nsidc.org
   Group: Personnel
      Role: Data Center Contact
      First_Name: NSIDC
      Last_Name: User Services
      Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
      Phone: 1 303 492-6199 
      Fax: 1 303  492-2468 
      Group: Contact_Address
         Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center
         Address: CIRES, 449 UCB
         Address: University of Colorado
         City: Boulder
         Province_or_State: CO
         Postal_Code: 80309-0449
         Country: USA
      End_Group
   End_Group
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Group: Data_Center
   Data_Center_Name: NSIDC_ARCSS > NSIDC Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center
   Data_Center_URL: http://nsidc.org/arcss/
   Group: Personnel
      Role: Data Center Contact
      First_Name: NSIDC ARCSS
      Last_Name: User Services
      Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
      Phone: 1 303 492-6199 
      Fax: 1 303  492-2468 
      Group: Contact_Address
         Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center
         Address: CIRES, 449 UCB
         Address: University of Colorado
         City: Boulder
         Province_or_State: CO
         Postal_Code: 80309-0449
         Country: USA
      End_Group
   End_Group
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Group: Distribution
   Distribution_Media: FTP
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Group: Reference

   Dibb, J. 1989. The Chernobyl reference horizon (?) in the Greenland ice sheet. 
   Geophysical Research Letters 16(9):987-990.

   Dibb, J. 1990. Recent deposition of 210 Pb on the Greenland ice sheet: 
   variations in space and time. Annals of Glaciology 14:51-54.

   Yang, Q., P.A. Mayewski, E. Linder, S. Whitlow and M. S. Twickler. 1996.  
   Chemical species spatial distribution and relationship to elevation and snow 
   accumulation rate over the Greenland ice sheet.  Journal of Geophysical 
   Research.

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Group: Summary

   Information from two 2-meter snow pits, five 4-meter snow pits, and two 
   6-meter snow pits, all dug in 1988 from selected sites in Greenland, includes 
   chemistry (H+), stable isotopes (Ca, Cl, Na, K, Mg, NH4, NO3, SO4, MSA), 
   oxygen isotope information (18O) and radionuclide information.  Surface snow 
   samples were also extracted from the 6-meter snow pits. All snow pits had a 
   3-cm sampling interval.

   The pits and surface snow samples were collected by the Glacier Research Group 
   (GRG), using established protocols to prevent contamination. All data except 
   the oxygen isotope data, which is from the University of Washington, were 
   generated by GRG at the University of New Hampshire.

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Group: Related_URL
   Group: URL_Content_Type
      Type: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
   End_Group
   URL: http://nsidc.org/data/arcss046.html
   Description: access to data and documentation
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IDN_Node: USA/NOAA
Metadata_Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata_Version: 9.7
DIF_Creation_Date: 1999-12-22
Last_DIF_Revision_Date: 2012-09-10
DIF_Revision_History: Updated originating data center.