Carbon-13 Isotopic Composition of Atmospheric Methane in Firn Air, South Pole and Siple Dome, Antarctica  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0310
Summary
This data set includes records of the delta carbon-13 (δ13C) of methane (CH4) in firn air from the South Pole and trapped in bubbles in a short ice core from Siple Dome, Antarctica. Using two firn air samples, one from January 1995 and the other from January 2001, investigators reconstructed records of the isotopic composition of paleoatmospheric methane covering the last 2 centuries, from 1820 to 2001.
Data are in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word formats and are available via FTP.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: -81.403°
S: -81.403°
E: -148.3023°
W: -148.3023°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Todd Sowers
Dataset Title: Carbon-13 Isotopic Composition of Atmospheric Methane in Firn Air, South Pole and Siple Dome, Antarctica
Dataset Release Date: 2007-07-09
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0310.html
Dataset DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5ST7MR2
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1995-01-01
Stop Date: 1995-01-31
Start Date: 2001-01-01
Stop Date: 2001-01-31
Paleo Temporal Coverage
Paleo Start Date: 1820
Paleo Stop Date: 2001
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT ANTARCTICA SOUTH POLE AND SIPLE DOME
Science Keywords
- Paleoclimate Ice Core Records Isotopes Carbon-13 of Methane
Ancillary Keywords
- AGDC
- Antarctica
- Antarctic Ice Sheet
- Carbon
- Firn Air Isotope Measurements
- Firn Air Isotopes
- Firn Isotopes
- Gas Isotopes
- Ice Core
- Ice Core Chemistry
- Ice Core Data
- Methane
- Paleoclimate
- Siple Dome
- Stable Isotopes
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Platform
Instrument
Quality
Refer to Sowers et al. (2005) for quality assessment information.
Data Set Progress
complete
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
Distribution
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Format: Microsoft Excel
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Format: Microsoft Word
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 37.5 KB
Personnel
Todd A. Sowers
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 814 865-1921
Email: tas11@psu.edu
Contact Address:
- Penn State University
- Earth and Environment Science Institute
- 317b Earth and Engineering Science Building
City: University Park
Province or State: PA
Postal Code: 16802
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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Firn Air Inert Gas and Oxygen Observations from Siple Dome, 1996, and the South Pole, 2001
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Firn Air Isotope and Temperature Measurements from Siple Dome and South Pole
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Siple Dome Core Date from Measurement of the d18O of Paleoatmospheric O2
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Siple Dome Highlights: Stable isotopes
Reference
Leckrone, K. J., and J. M. Hayes. 1998. Water-induced errors in continuous flow carbon isotope ratio mass spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry 70, 2737-2744. Miller, J. B., K. A. Mack, R. Dissly, J. W. C. White, E. J. Dlugokencky, and P. Tans. 2002. Development of analytical methods and measurements of 13C/12C in atmospheric CH4 from the NOAA Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory Global Air Sampling Network. Journal of Geophysical Research 107, 4178-4193. Rice, A., A. A. Gotoh, H. O. Aijie, and S. C. Tyler. 2001. High-precision continuous-flow measurements of d13C and dD of atmospheric CH4 Analytical Chemistry 73, 4104-4110.
Santrock, J., S. A. Studley, and J. M. Hayes. 1985. Isotopic analyses based on the mass spectrum of carbon dioxide Analytical Chemistry 57, 1444-1448.
Sowers, T., S. Bernard, O. Aballain, J. Chappellaz, J.-M. Barnola, and T. Marik. 2005. Records of the d13C of atmospheric CH4 over the last 2 centuries as recorded in Antarctic snow and ice. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 19, doi:10.1029/2004GB002408.
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2007-07-09
Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-03-18
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