GISP2 (D Core) Methane Concentration Data  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0360
Summary
This ice core data is archived at the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology and is available through the Ice Core Data Gateway. The data includes methane data from the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2). GISP2 is an ice core project that drilled through the Greenland ice sheet and 1.55 meters into bedrock. The ice core is 3053.44 meters in depth, the deepest ice core recovered in the world at the time. The ice core was completed in 1993 after five years of drilling.
Methane concentrations were determined by GC-FID using standards calibrated by NOAA CMDL. The gas age time scales and analytical techniques are described in further detail in the publication.
Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Brook, E.J.
Dataset Title: GISP2 (D Core) Methane Concentration Data
Dataset Release Date: 2008-12-16
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: Paleo: NOAA Paleoclimatology Program
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0360.html
Science Keywords
- Paleoclimate Ice Core Records
- Paleoclimate Ice Core Records Methane
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Project
- GISP2 Greenland Ice Sheet Project II
Data Center
World Data Center-A for Paleoclimatology
Data Center URL: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/
Data Center Personnel
Name: WDC-A/Paleoclimatology WDC-A/Paleoclimatology
Phone: 1 303 497-6160
Fax: 1 303 497-6513
Email: paleo@ngdc.noaa.gov
Contact Address:
- World Data Center-A for Paleoclimatology
- NOAA/NGDC Code E/GCx3
- 325 Broadway
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80303
Distribution
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Format: ASCII Text
Personnel
Edward J Brook
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 541 737-8197
Email: brooke@geo.oregonstate.edu
Contact Address:
- Oregon State University
- Department of Geosciences
- 104 Wilkinson Hall
City: Corvallis
Province or State: OR
Postal Code: 97331-5506
Country: USA
Related URL
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
NOAA NCDC World Data Center for Paleoclimatology
Reference
Methane data from Brook et al., On the origin and timing of rapid changes in atmospheric methane during the last glacial period,Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 14(2), 559-572.
The GISP2 gas age time scale is from Brook et al., Rapid changes in atmospheric methane during the past 110,000 years, Science, 273, 1087-1091.
The Taylor Dome gas age time scale was derived by correlating the GISP2 and Taylor Dome methane records.
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2008-12-16
Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-12-16
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