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WAISCORES: Deep Ice Coring in West Antarctica Entry ID: NSIDC-0120 |
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Summary
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Abstract:
The WAISCORES project is part of the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs' West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) initiative, which is aimed at understanding the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica. These cores allow researchers to distinguish local from regional influences on the climate records recovered from the cores. Drilling for the Siple Dome core began in November 1996 and finished in January 1999. The core site is located between ice streams C and D at approximately 81° 40' S and 148° 49' W. Preliminary studies indicate that the paleoclimate record preserved in the 1003-meter Siple Dome ice core extends back more than 90 thousand years. Data are available via ftp. The following WAISCORES investigators have made contributions to WAISCORES research. NSIDC archives data for many of these investigators: Mary Albert, Richard Alley, Robin Bell, Michael Bender, Robert Bindscadler, Pierre Biscaye, Donald Blankenship, Ed Brook, Nelia Dunbar, Joan Fitzpatrick, Tony Gow, Gregg Lamorey, Paul Mayewski, Joseph McConnell, Deb Meese, Nadine Nereson, Charlie Raymond, Eric Saltzman, Eric Steig, Christopher Shuman, Ken Taylor, Lonnie Thompson, Edwin Waddington, Martin Wahlen, James White, and Gret Zielinksi.
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| N: -81.0 | S: -81.0 | E: -149.0 | W: -149.0 |
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Data Set Citation
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Dataset Originator/Creator:
Gregg Lamorey
Dataset Title: WAISCORES: Deep Ice Coring in West Antarctica Dataset Release Date: 2002-01-01 Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO U.S.A. Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) Data Presentation Form: table Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0120.html |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date: 1996-01-01 |
| Stop Date: 1999-12-31 |
Location Keywords
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CONTINENT
> ANTARCTICA
GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR |
Science Keywords
| CRYOSPHERE >SNOW/ICE >ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS [Definition] |
| CRYOSPHERE >GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS >ICE SHEETS [Definition] |
| TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE >SNOW/ICE >ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS [Definition] |
| TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE >GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS >ICE SHEETS [Definition] |
| CRYOSPHERE >SNOW/ICE >SNOW STRATIGRAPHY [Definition] |
| TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE >SNOW/ICE >SNOW STRATIGRAPHY [Definition] |
| CRYOSPHERE >SNOW/ICE >SNOW/ICE CHEMISTRY [Definition] |
| TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE >SNOW/ICE >SNOW/ICE CHEMISTRY [Definition] |
| CRYOSPHERE >GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS >GLACIER THICKNESS/ICE SHEET THICKNESS [Definition] |
| TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE >GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS >GLACIER THICKNESS/ICE SHEET THICKNESS [Definition] |
ISO Topic Category
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GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
INLAND WATERS |
Platform
| GROUND STATIONS [Information] |
Instrument
| CORING DEVICES [Information] |
Project
| WAISCORES >West Antarctic Ice Sheet Cores [Information] |
Keywords
| AGDC |
| Antarctica |
| Glaciology |
| Ice Sheet |
| NSIDC |
| Siple |
| Siple Coast |
| Siple Dome |
| WAIS |
| WAISCORES |
Data Set Progress
| COMPLETE |
Data Center
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National Snow and Ice Data Center
[Information]
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org Dataset ID: NSIDC-0120
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NSIDC Antarctic Glaciological Data Center
[Information]
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/agdc/ Dataset ID: NSIDC-0120
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Distribution
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Distribution_Media:
ftp
Distribution_Size: 154 MB ASCII files Distribution_Format: ASCII files |
Personnel
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GREGG
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LAMOREY Role: INVESTIGATOR Email: sco at .maxey.dri.edu Contact Address: Desert Research Institute 2215 Raggio Parkway City: Reno Province or State: NV Postal Code: 89512 Country: USA |
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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 |
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2003-02-11
Last DIF Revision Date:
2011-07-28
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