Regional Survey of Greenland, 1988 - Snow Pit Data  View Catalog Page Entry ID
ARCSS046
Summary
Information from two 2-meter snow pits, five 4-meter snow pits, and two 6-meter snow pits, all dug in 1988 from selected sites in Greenland, includes chemistry (H+), stable isotopes (Ca, Cl, Na, K, Mg, NH4, NO3, SO4, MSA), oxygen isotope information (18O) and radionuclide information. Surface snow samples were also extracted from the 6-meter snow pits. All snow pits had a 3-cm sampling interval.
The pits and surface snow samples were collected by the Glacier Research Group (GRG), using established protocols to prevent contamination. All data except the oxygen isotope data, which is from the University of Washington, were generated by GRG at the University of New Hampshire.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: 70°
S: 70°
E: -60°
W: -60°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Paul A. Mayewski and Sallie Whitlow
Dataset Title: Regional Survey of Greenland, 1988 - Snow Pit Data
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO U.S.A.
Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/arcss046.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1988-01-01
Stop Date: 1988-12-31
Location Keywords
- Continent North America
- Continent North America Greenland
- Geographic Region Arctic
- Geographic Region Polar
Science Keywords
- Cryosphere Snow/Ice Snow Cover
- Cryosphere Snow/Ice Snow Density
- Paleoclimate Ice Core Records Isotopes
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Snow Cover
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Snow Density
Ancillary Keywords
- ADCC
- Ammonium (NH4)
- ARCSS046
- Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center
- Calcium (CA)
- Chernobyl
- Chloride (CL)
- Greenland
- MAGNESIUM (MG)
- METHYLSULFONIC ACID (MSA)
- National Science Foundation
- Nitrate (NO3)
- NSF
- NSIDC
- OPP-8619158
- OPP8619158
- Oxygen Isotopes
- Potassium (K)
- Radionuclides
- Snow Pits
- Sodium (NA)
- Sulfate (SO4)
Platform
- GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Project
- ARCSS/GISP2 Arctic System Science/Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2
- GISP2 Greenland Ice Sheet Project II
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
ADCC
Data Center
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Set ID: ARCSS046
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 Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/arcss/
Data Set ID: ARCSS046
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC ARCSS 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
Personnel
Paul A. Mayewski
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 207-581-3019
Email: paul.mayewski@maine.edu
Email: climatechange@maine.edu
Contact Address:
Climate Change Institute
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Maine
City: Orono
Province or State: ME
Postal Code: 04469
Country: USA
SALLIE WHITLOW
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 603-862-4129
Email: siw@unh.edu
Contact Address:
Glacier Research Group
Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space
Morse Hall
University of New Hampshire
Durham, New Hampshire 03824
Postal Code: 03824
NSIDC USER SERVICES
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
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
Related URL
http://nsidc.org/data/arcss046.html
access to data and documentation
Reference
Dibb, J. 1989. The Chernobyl reference horizon (?) in the Greenland ice sheet. Geophysical Research Letters 16(9):987-990.
Dibb, J. 1990. Recent deposition of 210 Pb on the Greenland ice sheet: variations in space and time. Annals of Glaciology 14:51-54.
Yang, Q., P.A. Mayewski, E. Linder, S. Whitlow and M. S. Twickler. 1996. Chemical species spatial distribution and relationship to elevation and snow accumulation rate over the Greenland ice sheet. Journal of Geophysical Research.
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 1999-12-22
Last DIF Revision Date: 2002-07-18
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