Late Holocene Climate Variability, Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Data Contributors

KREUTZ, KARL
MAYEWSKI, PAUL A.

Parameters

GLACIERS
ICE SHEETS
SNOW/ICE CHEMISTRY
SNOW/ICE TEMPERATURE

Instruments

AWS : AUTOMATED WEATHER SYSTEM
GPS : GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM
HUMIDITY SENSORS
PRESSURE SENSORS
TEMPERATURE SENSORS

This data set includes high-resolution ice core records from the Dry Valleys region of Antarctica, and provides interpretations of interannual to decadal-scale climate variability during the last 2000 years (late Holocene). Intermediate-length ice cores (100 to 200 meters) were drilled at four sites along transects in the Taylor and Wright valleys, and analyzed for stable isotopes and major ions. The data set includes high-resolution ice core data for each study site. It also includes mass balance, borehole temperature, and snowpit data for each site, and Global Positioning System (GPS) velocity data for some of the sites. Snow pit data from three additional sites in the same region is also available. Data are available via FTP, in Microsoft Excel (.xls), ASCII text (.txt), and Microsoft Word (.doc) file formats.

Data Citation

The following example shows how to cite the use of this data set in a publication. List the principal investigators, year of data set release, publisher: NSIDC, and digital media.

Kreutz, K. and P. Mayewski. 2009. Late Holocene Climate Variability, Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Digital media.