Related URL

Link: GET DATA Description: Access to CO2 data Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION Description: Access to additional documentation

Geographic Coverage

N: -75.0

S: -75.0

E: 123.0

W: 123.0

Max Altitude: 3233 M

Min Depth: 2761 M

Max Depth: 2785 M

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Siegenthaler, U., et al. Dataset Title: EPICA Dome C CO2 Data 650 to 390 KYrBP Dataset Series Name: IGBP PAGES/WDCA CONTRIBUTION SERIES NUMBER: 2005-077 Dataset Release Date: November 2005 Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO Dataset Publisher: IGBP PAGES/World Data Center for Paleoclimatology Issue Identification: 2005-077 Other Citation Details: NOAA/NCDC Paleoclimatology Program Online Resource: ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/icecore/antarctica/epica_dom...

Paleo_Temporal_Coverage

Paleo Start Date: 650,000 ybp Paleo Stop Date: 390,000 ybp Chrono Unit: Chrono Unit: Chrono Unit:

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Data Resolution

Temporal Resolution: 731 years

Science Keywords

PALEOCLIMATE >ICE CORE RECORDS >CARBON DIOXIDE    [Definition]

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Project

PAGES >Past Global Changes, IGBP    [Information]

EPICA >European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica    [Information]

Quality

This work is a contribution to the "European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica" (EPICA), a joint ESF (European Science Foundation)/EC scientific programme, funded by the European Commission and by national contributions from Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. We acknowledge long-term financial support by the Swiss NSF, the University of Bern and the Swiss Federal Agency of Energy, and EC Project EPICA-MIS.

Keywords

Pleistocene

Antarctica

CO2

EPICA

climate change

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

NOAA/NCDC

Data Center

World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder    [Information] Data Center URL: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/ Data Center Personnel Name: WDC/PALEOCLIMATOLOGY, BOULDER Phone: +1 (303) 497-6160 Fax: +1 (303) 497-6513 Email: paleo at noaa.gov Contact Address: World Data Center for Paleoclimatology NOAA/NCDC Code E/GCx3 325 Broadway City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80303 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution_Media: online ftp Distribution_Format: ascii Fees: none

Personnel

URS SIEGENTHALER Role: INVESTIGATOR Contact Address: Physics Institute Climate and Environmental Physics University of Bern Sidlerstrasse 5 City: BERN Postal Code: CH-3012 Country: SWITZERLAND

THOMAS F. STOCKER Role: INVESTIGATOR Contact Address: Climate and Environmental Physics Physics Institute University of Bern Sidlerstrasse 5, Province or State: BERN Postal Code: CH-3012 Country: SWITZERLAND

ERIC MONNIN Role: INVESTIGATOR Contact Address: Climate and Environmental Physics Physics Institute University of Bern Sidlerstrasse 5 City: Bern Postal Code: CH-3012 Country: Switzerland

ERIK LUTHI Role: INVESTIGATOR Contact Address: Climate and Environmental Physics Physics Institute University of Bern Sidlerstrasse 5 City: Bern Postal Code: CH-3012 Country: Switzerland

JAKOB SCHWANDER Role: INVESTIGATOR Contact Address: Physics Institute University of Bern Sidlerstrase 5 City: Bern Postal Code: CH-3012 Country: SWITZERLAND

BERNHARD STAUFFER Role: INVESTIGATOR Contact Address: Climate and Environmental Physics Physics Institute University of Bern Sidlerstrasse 5, Province or State: BERN Postal Code: CH-3012 Country: SWITZERLAND

DOMINIQUE RAYNAUD Role: INVESTIGATOR Phone: 76-42-58-72 Contact Address: Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Geophysique de l''Environnement 54 Rue Molieres City: St. Martin d'Heres Cedex Postal Code: 38402 Country: FRANCE

JEAN-MARC BARNOLA Role: INVESTIGATOR Contact Address: Laboratoire de Glaciologie et de Geophysique de l''Environnement City: Saint Martin d''Heres Cedex Postal Code: 38402 Country: FRANCE

HUBERTUS FISCHER Role: INVESTIGATOR Contact Address: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research Columbusstrasse City: Bremerhaven Postal Code: D-27568 Country: Germany

VALÉRIE MASSON-DELMOTTE Role: INVESTIGATOR Phone: 0169087715 Fax: 0169087716 Email: valerie.masson at cea.fr Contact Address: Bat 701 L'Orme des Merisiers CEA Saclay City: Gif sur Yvette Postal Code: 91 191 Country: France

JEAN JOUZEL Role: INVESTIGATOR Contact Address: Institut Pierre Simon Laplace Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement CEA-CNRS 1572 CE Saclay Orme des Merisiers City: Gif-sur-Yvette Postal Code: 91191 Country: France