Roosevelt Island Ice Core Density and Beta Count Data, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0139
DOI: 10.7265/N55718ZW

Overview

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.
Parameter(s):
SNOW DENSITYSNOW/ICE CHEMISTRYSNOW STRATIGRAPHY
Platform(s):
GROUND STATIONS, GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Sensor(s):
CORING DEVICES
Data Format(s):
ASCII
Temporal Coverage:
1 November 1997 to 31 December 1997
Temporal Resolution:
Not Specified
Spatial Resolution:
  • Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
N:
-79.3889
S:
-79.6167
E:
-160.3833
W:
-161.5667
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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