GISP2 Younger Dryas Gases Data

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Severinghaus, J.P., T. Sowers, E.J. Brook, R,B. Alley, and M.L. Bender

Publication_Date: 2000

Title: GISP2 Younger Dryas Gases Data

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Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:

Series_Information:

Series_Name: GISP2 Younger Dryas Gases Data

Issue_Identification: Data Contribution Series #2000-072

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Boulder, CO

Publisher: IGBP PAGES/World Data Center A for Paleoclimatology

Other_Citation_Details:

Online_Linkage: ftp://ftp.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/icecore/greenland/summit/gisp2/gases/

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Severinghaus, J.P., and E.J. Brook

Publication_Date: 2000

Title: GISP2 Deglacial Transition Gases Data

Edition:

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:

Series_Information:

Series_Name: GISP2 Deglacial Transition Gases Data

Issue_Identification: Data Contribution Series #2000-073

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Boulder, CO

Publisher: IGBP PAGES/World Data Center A for Paleoclimatology

Other_Citation_Details:

Online_Linkage: ftp://ftp.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/icecore/greenland/summit/gisp2/gases/

Description:

Abstract:

Isotope data on N15/N14 and Ar40/36 ratios in air trapped in bubbles in glacial ice.

Purpose:

Not Available

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Bender, M., Sowers, T., Dickson, M.-L., Orchardo, J., Grootes, P., Mayewski, P.A., Meese, D., 1994. Climate Correlations between Greenland and Antarctica during the past 100,000 years, Nature 372, 663-666.

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Severinghaus, J.P. and E.J. Brook. 1999. Abrupt climate change at the end of the last glacial period inferred from trapped air in polar ice. Science 286:930-934.

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Severinghaus, J.P., Sowers, T., Brook, E.J., Alley, R.B., and Bender, M.L., Timing of abrupt climate change at the end of the Younger Dryas interval from thermally fractionated gases in polar ice, Nature 391, 141-146 (1998).

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Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19970123

Ending_Date: 20010415

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -38.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -38.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 76.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 76.0

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Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: PROJECT

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > ICE CORE RECORDS > ICE CORE AIR BUBBLES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > ICE CORE RECORDS > ISOTOPES > ARGON 40/36 IN AIR TRAPPED IN GLACIAL ICE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > ICE CORE RECORDS > ISOTOPES > NITROGEN-15 IN AIR TRAPPED IN GLACIAL ICE

Theme_Keyword: GISP2 > GREENLAND ICE SHEET PROJECT II

Theme_Keyword: IGBP > INTERNATIONAL GEOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE PROGRAMME

Theme_Keyword: PAGES > PAST GLOBAL CHANGES, IGBP

Theme_Keyword: Argon 40/36 In Air Trapped In Glacial Ice

Theme_Keyword: Nitrogen-15 In Air Trapped In Glacial Ice

Theme_Keyword: Younger Dryas

Theme_Keyword: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Theme_Keyword: GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > GREENLAND

Access_Constraints: Not Available

Use_Constraints:

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Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: JEFFREY P SEVERINGHAUS

Contact_Position: INVESTIGATOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Address: 9500 Gilman Dr.

City: La Jolla

State_or_Province: CA

Postal_Code: 92093-0244

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 858-822-2483

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 858-822-3310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jseveringhaus@ucsd.edu

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Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: SCRIPPS/GEOSCI > Geosciences Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Contact_Person: JEFFREY P SEVERINGHAUS

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Address: 9500 Gilman Dr.

City: La Jolla

State_or_Province: CA

Postal_Code: 92093-0244

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 858-822-2483

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 858-822-3310

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jseveringhaus@ucsd.edu

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: WDC/PALEOCLIMATOLOGY, BOULDER > World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder

Contact_Person: WDC/PALEOCLIMATOLOGY, BOULDER

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: World Data Center for Paleoclimatology

Address: NOAA/NCDC Code E/GCx3

Address: 325 Broadway

City: Boulder

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80303

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +1 (303) 497-6160

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +1 (303) 497-6513

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: paleo@noaa.gov

Resource_Description: SEVERINGHAUS_GISP2

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

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http://grd.ucsd.edu/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Online_Option:

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http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

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Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

ftp://ftp.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/icecore/greenland/su...

Access_Instructions:

Access to GISP2 gases data and documentation from Severinghaus and others

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

ftp://ftp.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/icecore/greenland/su...

Access_Instructions:

Access to GISP2 Ice Core Data from Severinghaus et al., 1998

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

ftp://ftp.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/icecore/greenland/su...

Access_Instructions:

Acccess to Data set from Severinghaus and Brook, 1999

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

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http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/icecore/greenland/s...

Access_Instructions:

Decsription of Greenland Summit Ice Core data

Fees: Not Available

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20010423

Metadata_Review_Date: 20010509

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GCMD User Support Office

Contact_Organization: NASA Global Change Master Directory

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Not Available

City: Lanham

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20706

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: Not Available

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gcmduso@gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time