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GISP2 Ice Core Temperature and Accumulation Data
Entry ID: NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2004-013

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Summary
Abstract: Greenland ice-core records provide an exceptionally clear picture of many
aspects of abrupt climate changes, and particularly of those associated with
the Younger Dryas event, as reviewed here. Well-preserved annual layers can be
counted confidently, with only 1% errors for the age of the end of the Younger
Dryas 11,500 years before present. Ice-flow corrections allow reconstruction
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Description: Access to GISP2 temperature reconstruction data
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 73.0   S: 72.0   E: -37.0   W: -38.0

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Alley, R.B.
Dataset Title: GISP2 Ice Core Temperature and Accumulation Data
Dataset Series Name: IGBP PAGES/WDCA CONTRIBUTION SERIES NUMBER: 2004-013
Dataset Release Date: March 2004
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO
Dataset Publisher: IGBP PAGES/World Data Center for Paleoclimatology
Issue Identification: 2004-013
Other Citation Details: NOAA/NCDC Paleoclimatology Program
Online Resource: ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/icecore/greenland/summit/gis...
Paleo Temporal Coverage
Paleo Start Date: 50,000 ybp
Paleo Stop Date: 0 ybp
Chrono Unit:
PHANEROZOIC  >  CENOZOIC  >  QUATERNARY  >  HOLOCENE
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Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
NCDC
Data Center
World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder Supplemental Info
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
RICHARD B ALLEY
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 814 863-1700
Email: ralley at geosc.psu.edu
Contact Address:
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Geosciences
517 Deike Building
City: University Park
Province or State: PA
Postal Code: 16802
Country: USA
Publications/References
Alley, R.B. 2000. The Younger Dryas cold interval as viewed from central
Greenland. Quaternary Science Reviews 19:213-226.

Cuffey, K.M., and G.D. Clow. 1997. Temperature, accumulation, and ice sheet
elevation in central Greenland through the last deglacial transition. Journal of Geophysical Research 102:26383-26396
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2006-04-20
Last DIF Revision Date: 2006-08-29

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