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2008 South Pole Firn Air Methane Isotopes

Entry ID: sowers_0739491

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Summary

Abstract: This project will involve the measurement of methane and other trace gases in firn air collected at South Pole, Antarctica. The analyses will include: methane isotopes, light non-methane hydrocarbons (ethane, propane, and n-butane), sulfur gases (OCS, CS2), and methyl halides (CH3Cl and CH3Br). The atmospheric burdens of these trace gases reflect changes in atmospheric OH, biomass burning, ...

Purpose: The project will involve two phases: 1) a field campaign at South Pole, Antarctica to drill two firn holes and fill a total of ~200 flasks from depths reaching 120 m, 2) analysis of firn air at University of California, Irvine, Penn State University, and several other collaborating laboratories. Atmospheric histories will be inferred from the measurements using a one dimensional ...

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Description: The firn air samples were collected in Dec. 2008/Jan. 2009 at Pole. Data supplied are the d13C of CH4 and the dD of CH4 as a function of depth

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2008-12-01

Stop Date: 2009-01-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ICE SHEETS

CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

FIELD SURVEYS

LABORATORY

FIELD INVESTIGATION

Instrument

MASS SPECTROMETERS

Ancillary Keywords

Antarctica

South Pole

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

Penn State University - Earth and Environment Systems Inst.

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

NSIDC Antarctic Glaciological Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/agdc/

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC AGDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Personnel

TODD A. SOWERS

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: 814-863-8093

Fax: 814-863-8724

Email: todd.sowers5 at gmail.com, sowers at geosc.psu.edu

Contact Address:

237 Deike Building, Dept. of Geosciences

Penn State University

City: University Park

Province or State: Pennsylvania

Postal Code: 16802

Country: USA

NSIDC AGDC USER SERVICES

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199

Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468

Email: nsidc at nsidc.org

Contact Address:

National Snow and Ice Data Center

CIRES, 449 UCB

University of Colorado

City: Boulder

Province or State: CO

Postal Code: 80309-0449

Country: USA

Publications/References

Battle, M., et al. (1996), Histories of atmospheric gases from the firn at South Pole, Nature, 383, 231-235.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2011-08-08

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-08-11

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