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Antarctic and Greenland Climate Change Comparison

Entry ID: NSIDC-0253

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Summary

Abstract: This data set compares global atmospheric concentration of methane from ice cores taken on the ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland. The data come from multiple ice cores on each continent, including Greenland Ice Core Project (GRIP) and Greenland Ice Sheet Project (GISP) ice cores and the Byrd and Vostok cores from Antarctica.

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > GREENLAND

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > ARCTIC

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW DENSITY

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW DENSITY

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

GROUND STATIONS

Instrument

CORING DEVICES

Project

GRIP > Greenland Ice Core Project

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Dataset ID: NSIDC-0253

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-0253

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