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  <Entry_ID>NSIDC-0506</Entry_ID>
  <Entry_Title>WAIS Divide Snowpit Chemical and Isotope Measurements, Antarctica</Entry_Title>
  <Data_Set_Citation>
    <Dataset_Creator>Kreutz, K., and B. Koffman.</Dataset_Creator>
    <Dataset_Title>WAIS Divide Snowpit Chemical and Isotope Measurements, Antarctica</Dataset_Title>
    <Dataset_Release_Date>2011-11-15</Dataset_Release_Date>
    <Dataset_Release_Place>Boulder, Colorado USA</Dataset_Release_Place>
    <Dataset_Publisher>NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center</Dataset_Publisher>
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    <Dataset_DOI>http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5SJ1HHN</Dataset_DOI>
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    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>Karl</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Kreutz</Last_Name>
    <Email>karl.kreutz@maine.edu</Email>
    <Phone>1 207 581-3011 </Phone>
    <Contact_Address>
      <Address>University of Maine</Address>
      <Address>Climate Change Institute</Address>
      <Address>236 Sawyer Environmental Research Center</Address>
      <City>Orono</City>
      <Province_or_State>ME</Province_or_State>
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    <First_Name>Bess</First_Name>
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      <Address>236 Sawyer Hall</Address>
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    <Role>Technical Contact</Role>
    <First_Name>NSIDC</First_Name>
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    <Phone>1 303 492-6199 x</Phone>
    <Fax>1 303  492-2468 x</Fax>
    <Contact_Address>
      <Address>National Snow and Ice Data Center</Address>
      <Address>CIRES, 449 UCB</Address>
      <Address>University of Colorado</Address>
      <City>Boulder</City>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Atmosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Precipitation</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Snow</Variable_Level_1>
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    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Cryosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Snow/Ice</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Snow Density</Variable_Level_1>
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    <Topic>Cryosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Snow/Ice</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Snow/Ice Chemistry</Variable_Level_1>
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    <Topic>Terrestrial Hydrosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Snow/Ice</Term>
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    <Topic>Terrestrial Hydrosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Snow/Ice</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Snow/Ice Chemistry</Variable_Level_1>
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    <Topic>Terrestrial Hydrosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Water Quality/Water Chemistry</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Water Trace Elements</Variable_Level_1>
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  <ISO_Topic_Category>Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere</ISO_Topic_Category>
  <Keyword>Isotope</Keyword>
  <Keyword>microparticles</Keyword>
  <Keyword>oxygen isotope</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Snow Chemistry</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Snow Pit</Keyword>
  <Keyword>trace elements</Keyword>
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    <Short_Name>ION CHROMATOGRAPHS</Short_Name>
  </Sensor_Name>
  <Sensor_Name>
    <Short_Name>PARTICLE DETECTORS</Short_Name>
  </Sensor_Name>
  <Source_Name>
    <Short_Name>FIELD INVESTIGATION</Short_Name>
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  <Source_Name>
    <Short_Name>LABORATORY</Short_Name>
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  <Temporal_Coverage>
    <Start_Date>2005-01-01</Start_Date>
    <Stop_Date>2008-12-31</Stop_Date>
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  <Data_Set_Progress>complete</Data_Set_Progress>
  <Spatial_Coverage>
    <Southernmost_Latitude>-79.433333</Southernmost_Latitude>
    <Northernmost_Latitude>-79.433333</Northernmost_Latitude>
    <Westernmost_Longitude>-112.3</Westernmost_Longitude>
    <Easternmost_Longitude>-112.3</Easternmost_Longitude>
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  <Location>
    <Location_Category>CONTINENT</Location_Category>
    <Location_Type>ANTARCTICA</Location_Type>
  </Location>
  <Location>
    <Location_Category>GEOGRAPHIC REGION</Location_Category>
    <Location_Type>POLAR</Location_Type>
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  <Data_Set_Language>English</Data_Set_Language>
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      <Short_Name>NSIDC</Short_Name>
      <Long_Name>National Snow and Ice Data Center</Long_Name>
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      <Role>Data Center Contact</Role>
      <First_Name>NSIDC</First_Name>
      <Last_Name>User Services</Last_Name>
      <Email>nsidc@nsidc.org</Email>
      <Phone>1 303 492-6199 </Phone>
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        <Address>National Snow and Ice Data Center</Address>
        <Address>CIRES, 449 UCB</Address>
        <Address>University of Colorado</Address>
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        <Postal_Code>80309-0449</Postal_Code>
        <Country>USA</Country>
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    <Data_Center_Name>
      <Short_Name>NSIDC_AGDC</Short_Name>
      <Long_Name>NSIDC Antarctic Glaciological Data Center</Long_Name>
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    <Data_Center_URL>http://nsidc.org/agdc/</Data_Center_URL>
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      <Role>Data Center Contact</Role>
      <First_Name>NSIDC AGDC</First_Name>
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      <Email>nsidc@nsidc.org</Email>
      <Phone>1 303 492-6199 </Phone>
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        <Country>USA</Country>
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  <Distribution>
    <Distribution_Media>FTP</Distribution_Media>
    <Distribution_Size>12 KB</Distribution_Size>
    <Distribution_Format>ASCII Text</Distribution_Format>
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  <Summary>This dataset includes major ion, trace element, microparticle and oxygen isotope (&amp;#948;18O) data for a snowpit dug and sampled in December 2008 near the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide ice core site. The pit was dug approximately 4 km upwind from the drilling arch in the clean air sector of camp. Sampling was done using trace element clean techniques and all depths are in water equivalents. 

Data are available via FTP in ASCII text (.txt) format.</Summary>
  <Metadata_Name>CEOS IDN DIF</Metadata_Name>
  <Metadata_Version>9.7</Metadata_Version>
  <DIF_Creation_Date>2011-11-15</DIF_Creation_Date>
  <Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2013-03-20</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
  <DIF_Revision_History> Added DOI</DIF_Revision_History>
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