Atmospheric CO2 Trapped in the Ice Core from Siple Dome, Antarctica  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0202
Summary
These data are CO2 concentration of the air occulded in Siple Dome ice core, Antarctica. The study was conducted between January 2001 and March 2003 on a deep ice core from Siple Dome Core A, located at 81.66 S, 148.82 W. The data covers up to the Termination II (around 140,000 years ago). The parameters are depth in meters and carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration in part per million (ppm). The deepest depth (>995 m) show CO2 values of more than 390 ppm, suggesting reaction and mixing near the bottom with a till ice layer (>1001.8 m), and the intrusions of different ice flows that were laterally located near bed rock. Although deep CO2 values cannot be dated in any way, two of the deepest CO2 results (~ 200 ppm) indicate ages of early Termination II or the penultimate glacial period.
For each data point, four to six samples from the same depth interval were dry-extracted mechanically. Each sample has a volume of 4~6 cm3. CO2 concentration was measured with IR tunable diode laser spectroscopy, scanning a single vibrational-rotational absorption line.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: -81.66°
S: -81.66°
E: -148.82°
W: -148.82°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Wahlen, Martin
Dataset Title: Atmospheric CO2 Trapped in the Ice Core from Siple Dome, Antarctica
Dataset Release Date: 2003-12-11
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0202.html
Dataset DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5N877Q9
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2001-01-01
Stop Date: 2003-03-01
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT ANTARCTICA
Science Keywords
- Cryosphere Snow/Ice
- Cryosphere Snow/Ice Snow/Ice Chemistry
- Paleoclimate Ice Core Records
- Paleoclimate Ice Core Records Carbon Dioxide
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Snow/Ice Chemistry
Ancillary Keywords
- Carbon Dioxide
- Ice Core
- Siple Dome
Platform
Instrument
Use Constraints
The data before 40,000 yr BP can be used only with permission by the authors (Jinho Ahn, Martin Wahlen,and Bruce Deck )
Data Set Progress
in work
Originating Center
NSIDC_AGDC
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
NSIDC U.S. Antarctic Data Coordination Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/usadcc/
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USADCC 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: 3 KB
Distribution Format: ASCII Text
Personnel
Jinho Ahn
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 541 737-1377
Email: ahnji@geo.oregonstate.edu
Contact Address:
- Oregon State University
- Department of Geosciences
- Oregon State University
- Department of Geosciences
- 008 Wilkinson Hall
City: Corvallis
Province or State: OR
Postal Code: 97331-5506
Country: USA
Martin Wahlen
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 858 534-0828
Fax: 1 858 534-0967
Email: mwahlen@ucsd.edu
Contact Address:
- University of California San Diego
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- University of California San Diego
City: La Jolla
Province or State: CA
Postal Code: 92093
Country: USA
Bruce Deck
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- University of California San Diego
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- University of California San Diego
City: La Jolla
Province or State: CA
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
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Reference
Wahlen, M., D. Allen, B. Deck, and A. Herchenroder, Initial measurement of CO2 concentrations (1530 to 1940 AD) in air occluded in the GISP2 ice core from central Greenland, Geophysical Research Letters, 18, 1457-1460, 1991.
Smith, H.J., M. Wahlen, D. Mastroianni, and K. Taylor, The CO2 concentration of air trapped in GISP2 ice from the Last Glacial Maximum-Holocene transition, Geophysical Research Letters, 24, 1-4, 1997.
Smith, H.J., M. Wahlen, D. Mastroianni, K. Taylor, and P. Mayewski, The CO2 concentration of air trapped in Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 ice formed during periods of rapid climate change, Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, 26577-26582, 1997.
Ahn, J., M. Wahlen, B.L. Deck, E.J. Brook, P.A. Mayewski, K.C. Taylor, J.W.C. White. 2004. A record of atmospheric CO2 during the last 40,000 years from the Siple Dome, Antarctica ice core. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, accepted. (The data older than 40 kyrBP can only be used with permission by the authors.)
Taylor, K.C., J.W.C. White, J.P. Severinghaus, E.J. Brook, P.A. Mayewski, R.B.Alley, E.J.Steig, M.K.Spencer, E.Meyerson, D.A.Meese, G.W.Lamorey, A.Grachev, A.J.Gow and B.A.Barnett, Abrupt late glacial climate change in the Pacific sector of Antarctica, Quaternary Science Review, in press, 2003.
Taylor,K.C., R.B.Alley, D.A.Meese, M.Spencer, E.Brook, N.Dunbar, B.Finkle, T.J.Gow, A.Kurbatov, P.A.Mayewski, E. Meyerson, K.Nishiizumi, and G.A.Zielinski. Dating the Siple Dome, Antarctic ice core by manual and computer interpretation of annual layering. Journal of Geophysical Research. In preparation. 2003.
Gas age scale for the 97.6 to 40,000 yr BP from Ed Brook and Michael Bender (personal communication).
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2003-12-11
Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-03-15
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