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Roosevelt Island Ice Core Density and Beta Count Data

Entry ID: NSIDC-0139

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Summary

Abstract: This data set measures the radioactive decay of nuclear material from Northern and Southern hemisphere nuclear testing. Firn cores were taken from three locations on Roosevelt Island, an ice dome within the Ross Ice Shelf, and were measured at increasing depth for density in kilograms per cubic meter, and for beta counts per hour per kilogram. The data were collected between November and December of 1997. Measurements were taken incrementally down to approximately 17 meters for each of the three cores. Data are available in text format via ftp.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -79.39

S: -79.62

E: -160.38

W: -161.57

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Howard Conway

Dataset Title: Roosevelt Island Ice Core Density and Beta Count Data

Dataset Series Name: AGDC

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO USA

Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

Data Presentation Form: tables

Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0139.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1997-11-01

Stop Date: 1997-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW DENSITY

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW DENSITY

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

INLAND WATERS

Platform

GROUND STATIONS

GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS

Instrument

CORING DEVICES

Ancillary Keywords

Antarctic

Antarctica

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Dataset ID: NSIDC-0139

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/
Dataset ID: NSIDC-0139

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

NSIDC 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

HOWARD BRUCE CONWAY

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: 206 685 8085

Fax: 206 543 0489

Email: conway at ess.washington.edu

Contact Address:

Earth and Space Sciences

University of Washington

Johnson Hall 070

Box 351310

4000 15th Avenue NE

City: Seattle

Province or State: WA

Postal Code: 98195-1310

Country: USA

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2003-05-01

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-07-19

Future DIF Review Date: 1900-01-01

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