Gases in Firn Air and Shallow Ice at the WAIS Drilling Site, Antarctica  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0412
Summary
This data set contains trace gas measurements of air extracted from ice core samples from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide A core (WAIS-D 05A). The WAIS A core was dry-drilled at the WAIS site during the 2005-2006 Antarctic field season. Data include trace gas species including ethane (C2H6), propane (C3H8), n-butane (n-C4H10), carbonyl sulfide (COS), carbon disulfide (CS2), methyl chloride (CH3Cl), methyl bromide (CH3Br), acetonitrile (CH3CN), and chlorofluorocarbon-12 (CFC-12), for 57 ice core samples. The data are available via FTP in Microsoft Excel (.xls) file format.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: -79.47°
S: -79.47°
E: 112.09°
W: 112.09°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Eric Saltzman
Dataset Title: Gases in Firn Air and Shallow Ice at the WAIS Drilling Site, Antarctica
Dataset Release Date: 2009-07-30
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0412.html
Dataset DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5251G40
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2006-11-01
Stop Date: 2007-02-01
Paleo Temporal Coverage
Paleo Start Date: 2000 ybp
Paleo Stop Date: present
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT ANTARCTICA
Science Keywords
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Chemistry Trace Gases/Trace Species
- Paleoclimate Ice Core Records
Ancillary Keywords
- Antarctica
- Ice Core
- Ice Core Chemistry
- Ice Core Data
- Ice Core Gas Records
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Platform
- FIELD INVESTIGATION
- FIELD SURVEYS
- LABORATORY
Instrument
- CORING DEVICES
- FLASKS
- MASS SPECTROMETERS
Project
- NSF/OPP Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation
- WAISCORES West Antarctic Ice Sheet Cores
- AMBS Antarctic Multibeam Bathymetry & Geophysical Synthesis
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: 40 KB
Distribution Format: Microsoft Excel
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
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
Reference
Aydin, M., M. B. Williams, C. Tatum, and E. S. Saltzman. 2008. Carbonyl Sulfide in Air Extracted from a South Pole Ice Core: a 2,000-Year Record. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 7533-7542.
Aydin, M., M. B. Williams, and E. S. Saltzman. 2007. Feasibility of Reconstructing Paleoatmospheric Records of Selected Alkanes, Methyl Halides, and Sulfur Gases from Greenland Ice Cores. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D07312, doi:10.1029/2006JD008027.
Saltzman, E. S., M. Aydin, C. Tatum, and M. B. Williams. 2008. 2,000-Year Record of Atmospheric Methyl Bromide from a South Pole Ice Core. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D05304, doi:10.1029/2007JD008919.
Williams, M. B., M. Aydin, C. Tatum, and E. S. Saltzman. 2007. A 2000-Year Atmospheric History of Methyl Chloride from a South Pole Ice Core: Evidence for Climate-Controlled Variability. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L07811, doi:10.1029/2006GL029142.
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2009-07-30
Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-03-20
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