Late Holocene Methane Concentrations from WAIS Divide and GISP2, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0586
DOI: 10.7265/N5W66HQQ

Overview

This data set measures methane concentrations in ancient air trapped in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide and Greenland Ice Sheet Project (GISP2) ice cores; presenting two, high-resolution ice core methane records of the past 2500 years, one from each pole. These measurements were used to reconstruct the methane Inter-Polar Difference (IPD) during the late Holocene. Also included are model results of methane emissions that were presented in the manuscript describing this data set.
Parameter(s):
ICE CORE AIR BUBBLESICE CORE RECORDS
Platform(s):
LABORATORY
Sensor(s):
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS
Data Format(s):
Excel
Temporal Coverage:
1 August 2008 to 2 August 2012
Temporal Resolution:
  • 10 year
Spatial Resolution:
  • Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
N:
-79.4676
S:
-79.4676
E:
-112.0865
W:
-112.0865
N:
72.6
S:
72.6
E:
-38.5
W:
-38.5
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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