Snow Pit Data from Greenland Summit, 1989 to 1993  View Catalog Page Entry ID
ARCSS049
Summary
Chemistry and isotope information from snow pits dug at the Summit area of Greenland, 1989-1993 includes major ions (Na, K, Mg, Ca, Cl, NO3, SO4), oxygen isotopes (18O) and H2O2. Four snow pits were dug and sampled in 1989, three snow pits in 1990, two in 1991, one in 1992 and one in 1993. All snow pits had a 3 cm sampling interval except the snow pits in 1990, which had either a 3 cm or 5 cm sampling interval. Chemistry and isotope information were obtained from each of the snow pits.
The pits and surface snow samples were collected by the Glacier Research Group (GRG), using established protocols to prevent contamination. The samples collected in 1991 were analyzed at the GISP2 drilling camp. All data except the oxygen isotope data, which is from the University of Washington, were generated by GRG at the University of New Hampshire.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: 70°
S: 70°
E: -60°
W: -60°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Paul A. Mayewski and Sallie Whitlow
Dataset Title: Snow Pit Data from Greenland Summit, 1989 to 1993
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/arcss049.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1989-01-01
Stop Date: 1993-12-31
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA GREENLAND
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION ARCTIC
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION POLAR
Science Keywords
- Cryosphere Snow/Ice Snow Density
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Snow Density
Ancillary Keywords
- ADCC
- ARCSS049
- Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center
- Calcium (CA)
- Chloride (CL)
- Greenland
- HYDROGEN PEROXIDE (H2O2)
- MAGNESIUM (MG)
- METHYLSULFONIC ACID (MSA)
- National Science Foundation
- Nitrate (NO3)
- NSF
- NSIDC
- OPP8619158
- OPP-8619158
- Oxygen Isotopes
- Potassium (K)
- Snow Pits
- Sodium (NA)
- Sulfate (SO4)
Platform
- GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Project
- ARCSS/GISP2 Arctic System Science/Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2
- GISP2 Greenland Ice Sheet Project II
Data Set Progress
complete
Originating Center
ARCSS/ADCC
Data Center
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
NSIDC Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/arcss/
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC ARCSS User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: FTP
Personnel
Paul A. Mayewski
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 207 581-3019
Email: paul.mayewski@maine.edu
Email: climatechange@maine.edu
Contact Address:
- Climate Change Institute
- Department of Earth Sciences
- Climate Change Institute
- Department of Earth Sciences
- University of Maine
City: Orono
Province or State: ME
Postal Code: 04469
Country: USA
Sallie Whitlow
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 603 862-4129
Email: siw@unh.edu
Contact Address:
- University of New Hampshire
- Climate Change Research Center
- Morse Hall, Room 356
- EOS - UNH
- 39 College Road
City: Durham
Province or State: NH
Postal Code: 03824
Country: USA
NSIDC User Services
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Fax: 1 303 492-2468 x
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Related URL
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Reference
Boyle, E. A., R. M. Sherrell and M. P. Bacon. 1994. Lead variability in the western North Atlantic Ocean and central Greenland ice: Implications for the search for decadal trends in anthropogenic emissions. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 58:3,227-3,238.
Dibb, J. E. 1996. Overview of field data on the deposition of aerosol-associated species to the surface snow of polar glaciers. NATO ASI Series I 43. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Editors E. W. Wolff. and R. C. Bales. p 249-274.
Dibb, J. E. 1993. Further insights into air-snow relationships at Summit, Greenland, from 7Be and 210Pb. Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Arctic Air Chemistry, NERI Technical Report No. 70.
Kingma, C. L. 1992. Chemical alteration associated with surface/near surface physical processes in the dry snow zone of the Greenland ice sheet. Submitted thesis for completion of M.S. in Hydrology, University of New Hampshire.
Wolff, E. and R. Bales. 1996. Processes of chemical exchange between the atmosphere and polar snow. NATO ASI Series. (in press).
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. J. of Geophys Res. , (in press).
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 1999-12-22
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-09-13
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