WAISCORES Snow Pit Chemistry, Antarctica, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0420
DOI: 10.7265/N5SQ8XBR

Overview

This data set is part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet cores (WAISCORES) project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed snow pit and core samples from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. This data set includes glaciochemical spatial variability data for Siple Dome snow pits B, E, F, G, H, and 1 through 6. Samples were analyzed for soluble ion content via suppressed ion chromatography. Each pit was sampled at 2 cm resolution for ion chemistry using clean procedures, and sampled again at 3 cm resolution for density calculations. Snow pit names and locations correspond to the 1996 to 1997 season shallow core sites. Data in this collection were obtained during two Antarctic field seasons in 1994 to 1995 and 1996 to 1997. Data are available via FTP in space-delimited ASCII text (.dat) file format.
Parameter(s):
ISOTOPESSNOW DENSITYSNOW/ICE CHEMISTRYSTABLE ISOTOPES
Platform(s):
Not Specified
Sensor(s):
Not Specified
Data Format(s):
ASCII
Temporal Coverage:
1 November 1996 to 28 February 1997
1 November 1994 to 28 February 1995
Temporal Resolution:
Not Specified
Spatial Resolution:
  • Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
N:
-81.05
S:
-81.65
E:
-148.51
W:
-149.11
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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