Roosevelt Island Ice Core Density and Beta Count Data

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Entry ID

NSIDC-0139

Summary

This data set measures the radioactive decay of nuclear material from Northern and Southern hemisphere nuclear testing. Firn cores were taken from three locations on Roosevelt Island, an ice dome within the Ross Ice Shelf, and were measured at increasing depth for density in kilograms per cubic meter, and for beta counts per hour per kilogram.

The data were collected between November and December of 1997. Measurements were taken incrementally down to approximately 17 meters for each of the three cores. Data are available in text format via ftp.

Data Set Citation

Dataset Creator: Howard Conway
Dataset Title: Roosevelt Island Ice Core Density and Beta Count Data
Dataset Series Name: AGDC
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO USA
Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Data Presentation Form: tables
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0139.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1997-11-01
Stop Date: 1997-12-31

Location Keywords

• Continent Antarctica
• Geographic Region Polar
• Geographic Region Southern Hemisphere

Science Keywords

• Cryosphere Snow/Ice Snow Density
• Cryosphere Snow/Ice Snow/Ice Chemistry
• Land Surface Erosion/Sedimentation Stratigraphic Sequence snow stratigraphy
• Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Snow Density
• Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Snow/Ice Chemistry

Ancillary Keywords

• Antarctic
• Antarctica
• densification
• Glaciology
• Ice Core
• Ice Core Data
• Ice Core Stratigraphy
• Ice Stratigraphy
• NSIDC
• NSIDC > National Snow and Ice Data Center
• radioactive decay
• Snow Densification
• Snow Stratigraphy
• Stable Isotopes

Platform

• GROUND STATIONS
• GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS

Instrument

• CORING DEVICES

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Set ID: NSIDC-0139

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 Set ID: NSIDC-0139

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

Personnel

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

Howard Conway
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 206-543-1190
Email: conway@ess.washington.edu
Contact Address:
Department of Earth and Space Sciences
University of Washington
63 Johnson Hall, Box 351310
City: Seattle
Province or State: WA
Postal Code: 98195-1310
Country: USA

Metadata Name and Version

Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2003-05-01
Last DIF Revision Date: 2003-05-09
Future DIF Review Date: 1900-01-01

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