ARCSS046
Regional Survey of Greenland, 1988 - Snow Pit Data
Paul A. Mayewski and Sallie Whitlow
Regional Survey of Greenland, 1988 - Snow Pit Data
1999-12-22
Boulder, Colorado USA
NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
http://nsidc.org/data/arcss046.html
Investigator
Paul
A.
Mayewski
paul.mayewski@maine.edu
climatechange@maine.edu
1 207 581-3019
Climate Change Institute
Department of Earth Sciences
Climate Change Institute
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Maine
Orono
ME
04469
USA
Investigator
Sallie
Whitlow
siw@unh.edu
1 603 862-4129
University of New Hampshire
Climate Change Research Center
Morse Hall, Room 356
EOS - UNH
39 College Road
Durham
NH
03824
USA
Technical Contact
NSIDC
User Services
nsidc@nsidc.org
1 303 492-6199 x
1 303 492-2468 x
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder
CO
80309-0449
USA
EARTH SCIENCE
Cryosphere
Snow/Ice
Snow Cover
EARTH SCIENCE
Cryosphere
Snow/Ice
Snow Density
EARTH SCIENCE
Paleoclimate
Ice Core Records
Isotopes
EARTH SCIENCE
Terrestrial Hydrosphere
Snow/Ice
Snow Cover
EARTH SCIENCE
Terrestrial Hydrosphere
Snow/Ice
Snow Density
ADCC
Ammonium (NH4)
ARCSS046
Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center
Calcium (CA)
Chernobyl
Chloride (CL)
Greenland
MAGNESIUM (MG)
METHYLSULFONIC ACID (MSA)
National Science Foundation
Nitrate (NO3)
NSF
NSIDC
OPP8619158
OPP-8619158
Oxygen Isotopes
Potassium (K)
Radionuclides
Snow Pits
Sodium (NA)
Sulfate (SO4)
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
1988-01-01
1988-12-31
complete
70
70
-60
-60
CONTINENT
NORTH AMERICA
CONTINENT
NORTH AMERICA
GREENLAND
GEOGRAPHIC REGION
ARCTIC
GEOGRAPHIC REGION
POLAR
ARCSS/GISP2
Arctic System Science/Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2
GISP2
Greenland Ice Sheet Project II
English
ARCSS/ADCC
NSIDC
National Snow and Ice Data Center
http://nsidc.org
Data Center Contact
NSIDC
User Services
nsidc@nsidc.org
1 303 492-6199
1 303 492-2468
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder
CO
80309-0449
USA
NSIDC_ARCSS
NSIDC Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center
http://nsidc.org/arcss/
Data Center Contact
NSIDC ARCSS
User Services
nsidc@nsidc.org
1 303 492-6199
1 303 492-2468
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder
CO
80309-0449
USA
FTP
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.
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.
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
http://nsidc.org/data/arcss046.html
access to data and documentation
USA/NOAA
CEOS IDN DIF
9.7
1999-12-22
2012-09-10
Updated originating data center.