NSIDC-0515
Annual Layers at Siple Dome, Antarctica, from Borehole Optical Stratigraphy
Waddington, Edwin, Robert Hawley, Richard Alley, and Ken Taylor
Annual Layers at Siple Dome, Antarctica, from Borehole Optical Stratigraphy
2012-04-15
Boulder, Colorado USA
NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0515.html
http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5DB7ZRZ
Investigator
Edwin
D.
Waddington
University of Washington
Department of Earth and Space Sciences
Box 351310
Seattle, Washington 98195-1310
USA
Seattle
Washington
98195-1310
USA
Investigator
Robert
L
Hawley
Dartmouth College
Earth Sciences, HB 6105
Hanover
NH
13755
USA
Investigator
Richard
Alley
ralley@essc.psu.edu
1 814 863-1700
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Geosciences
306 Deike Building
University Park
PA
16802
Investigator
Kendrick
Taylor
sco@.maxey.dri.edu
Nevada System of Higher Education
Desert Research Institute
Desert Research Institute
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Reno
NV
89512
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EARTH SCIENCE
Cryosphere
Snow/Ice
EARTH SCIENCE
Cryosphere
Snow/Ice
Ice Depth/Thickness
EARTH SCIENCE
Cryosphere
Snow/Ice
Snow Depth
EARTH SCIENCE
Cryosphere
Snow/Ice
Snow Stratigraphy
EARTH SCIENCE
Terrestrial Hydrosphere
Snow/Ice
EARTH SCIENCE
Terrestrial Hydrosphere
Snow/Ice
Ice Depth/Thickness
EARTH SCIENCE
Terrestrial Hydrosphere
Snow/Ice
Snow Depth
EARTH SCIENCE
Terrestrial Hydrosphere
Snow/Ice
Snow Stratigraphy
Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Antarctica
Borehole
borehole video camera
Ice Core Stratigraphy
Ice Stratigraphy
layers
Siple Dome
stratigraphy
CAMERAS
FIELD INVESTIGATION
2000-12-15
2001-11-15
complete
-81.66
-81.66
-148.82
-148.82
CONTINENT
ANTARCTICA
GEOGRAPHIC REGION
POLAR
English
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CIRES, 449 UCB
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Boulder
CO
80309-0449
USA
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NSIDC Antarctic Glaciological Data Center
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USA
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ASCII Text
Hawley, R.L., E.D. Waddington, R.B. Alley, and K.C. Taylor. 2003. Annual layers in polar firn detected by Borehole Optical Stratigraphy. Geophysical Research Letters 30(15), doi:10.1029/2003GL017675.
Hawley, R.L., E.D. Waddington. 2011. In-Situ Measurements of Firn Compaction Profiles Using Borehole Optical Stratigraphy. Journal of Glaciology, 57(202), 289-294.
Researchers gathered data on annual snow layers at Siple Dome, Antarctica, using borehole optical stratigraphy. This data set contains annual layer depths and firn optical brightness. The brightness log is a record of reflectivity of the firn, and peaks in brightness are interpreted to be fine-grained high-density winter snow, as part of the wind slab depth-hoar couplet.
Data are available via FTP in ASCII text (.txt) format
CEOS IDN DIF
9.7
2012-04-15
2013-03-20
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