Methane and Carbonyl Sulfide Analysis of Siple Dome Ice Core Subsamples  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0131
Summary
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.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: -81°
S: -81°
E: -149°
W: -149°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Saltzman, E. and M. Aydin
Dataset Title: Methane and Carbonyl Sulfide Analysis of Siple Dome Ice Core Subsamples
Dataset Release Date: 2002-07-10
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0131.html
Dataset DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5P848VP
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1996-01-01
Stop Date: 1999-12-31
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT ANTARCTICA
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION POLAR
Science Keywords
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Chemistry Carbon and Hydrocarbon Compounds Methane
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Chemistry Sulfur Compounds Carbonyl Sulfide
- Cryosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Ice Sheets
- Cryosphere Snow/Ice Ice Depth/Thickness
- Cryosphere Snow/Ice Snow/Ice Chemistry
- Paleoclimate Ice Core Records
- Paleoclimate Ice Core Records Methane
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Ice Sheets
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Ice Depth/Thickness
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Snow/Ice Chemistry
Ancillary Keywords
- AGDC
- Antarctica
- carbonyl sulfide
- chromatography
- gas measurement
- Glaciology
- Ice Core
- Ice Sheet
- Methane
- MSA
- NSIDC
- Paleotemperature
- Siple
- Siple Coast
- Siple Dome
- Snow
- stratigraphy
- WAIS
- WAISCORES
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Platform
- GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
- GROUND STATIONS
- LABORATORY
Instrument
Project
- WAISCORES West Antarctic Ice Sheet Cores
Data Set Progress
complete
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 Antarctic Glaciological Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/agdc/
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC AGDC 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
Distribution Size: 50 KB
Distribution Format: ASCII Text
Personnel
Eric Saltzman
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 949 824-3936
Fax: 1 949 824-3874
Email: esaltzma@uci.edu
Contact Address:
- University of California, Irvine
- Department of Earth System Science
- Department of Earth System Science
- University of California, Irvine
City: Irvine
Province or State: CA
Postal Code: 92697-3100
Country: USA
Murat Aydin
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 949 824-6174 x5540
Email: maydin@uci.edu
Contact Address:
- University of California, Irvine
- Earth System Science
- University of California, Irvine
- Earth System Science
City: Irvine
Province or State: C
Postal Code: 92697-3100
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
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
WAISCORES Product Web Site
Reference
Aydin, M., W. J. De Bruyn, and E. S. Saltzman. 2002. Preindustrial Atmospheric Carbonyl Sulfide (OCS) from an Antarctic Ice Core. Geophysical Research Letters 29(9), 1359: doi:10.1029/2002GL014796.
Etheridge, D. M., G. I. Pearman, and F. de Silva. 1988. Atmospheric Trace-gas Variations as Revealed by Air Trapped in an Ice Core from Law Dome, Antarctica. Annals of Glaciology 10, 28-33.
Schwander, J. 1989. The Transformation of Snow to Ice and the Occlusion of Gases. In The Environmental Record in Glaciers and Ice Sheets, edited by H. Oeschger and C. C. Langway. John Wiley, New York.
Schwander, J., B. Stauffer, and A. Sigg. 1988. Air Mixing in Firn and the Age of the Air at Pore Close-off. Annals of Glaciology 10, 141-145.
Sowers, T. and J. Jubenville. 2000. A Modified Extraction Technique for Liberating Occluded Gases from Ice Cores. Journal of Geophysical Research 105, 29155-29164: doi:10.1029/2000JD900335.
Trudinger, C.M., I.G. Enting, D. M. Etheridge, R. J. Francey, V. A. Levchenko, L. P. Steele, D. Raynaud, and L. Arnaud. 1997. Modeling Air Movement and Bubble Trapping in Firn. Journal of Geophysical Research 102, 6747-6763.
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2002-07-10
Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-03-15
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