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Gases in Firn Air and Shallow Ice at the WAIS Drilling Site, Antarctica, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0412
DOI: 10.7265/N5251G40

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Overview

This data set contains trace gas measurements of air extracted from ice core samples from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide A core (WAIS-D 05A). The WAIS A core was dry-drilled at the WAIS site during the 2005-2006 Antarctic field season. Data include trace gas species including ethane (C2H6), propane (C3H8), n-butane (n-C4H10), carbonyl sulfide (COS), carbon disulfide (CS2), methyl chloride (CH3Cl), methyl bromide (CH3Br), acetonitrile (CH3CN), and chlorofluorocarbon-12 (CFC-12), for 57 ice core samples. The data are available via FTP in Microsoft Excel (.xls) file format.
Parameter(s):
ICE CORE RECORDS
TRACE GASES/TRACE SPECIES
Platform(s):
LABORATORY
Sensor(s):
MASS SPECTROMETERS
Data Format(s):
Excel
Temporal Coverage:
  • 1 November 2006 to 1 February 2007
Temporal Resolution:
Not Specified
Spatial Resolution:
  • Not Specified
Spatial Reference System(s):
Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
  • Northern latitude
    -79.47
    Southern latitude
    -79.47
    Eastern longitude
    112.09
    Western longitude
    112.09
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.