N2O, CH4 and CO2 Data from Dome C Ice Core (Antarctica) Covering the Holocene, NOAA/NCDC/WDC Paleoclimatology
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NOAA_NGDC_PALEO_DOMEC
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Summary
Abstract:
This data consists of nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), and methane (CH4) concentrations from the EPICA Dome C ice core (Antarctica). [Abstract] Nitrous oxide (N2O ) concentration records exist for the last 1000 years and for time periods of rapid climatic changes like the transition from the last glacial to today's interglacial and for one of the fast climate variations during the last ... ice age. Little is
known, however, about possible N2O variations during the more stable
climate of the present interglacial (Holocene) spanning the last 11
thousand years. Here we fill this gap with a high resolution N2O
record measured along the EPICA Dome C Antarctic ice core. On the same
ice we obtained high resolution methane and carbon dioxide
records. This provides the unique opportunity to compare variations of
the three most important greenhouse gases (after water vapour) without
any uncertainty in their relative timing. The CO2 and CH4 records are
in good agreement with previous measurements on other ice cores. The
N2O concentration started to decrease in the early Holocene and
reached minimum values around 8 kyr BP. (less than 260 ppbv) before a
slow increase to its preindustrial concentration of about 265 ppbv. 
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Description:
N2O data from Dome C
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Caption:
N2O, CO2, and CH4 variations
Description:
N2O, CO2, and CH4 variations
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates
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N: -75.0
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S: -75.0
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E: -83.0
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W: -83.0
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Min Depth:
100 M
Max Depth:
411 M
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator:
Fluckiger, J., E. Monnin, B. Stauffer
Dataset Title:
N2O, CH4 and CO2 Data Covering the Holocene
Dataset Release Date:
2002
Dataset Release Place:
Boulder, CO
Dataset Publisher:
IGBP Pages/World Data Center for Paleoclimatology
Issue Identification:
Data Contribution Series #2002-018
Other Citation Details:
NOAA/NCDC Paleoclimatology Program
Online Resource:
ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/icecore/antarctica/epica_domec/
Paleo Temporal Coverage
Paleo Start Date:
11,000 ybp
Paleo Stop Date:
0 ybp
Chrono Unit:
Quality
See:
Fluckiger, J., E. Monnin, B. Stauffer, J. Schwander, T.F. Stocker,
J. Chappellaz, D. Raynaud, and J.-M. Barnola, 2002, High resolution
Holocene N2O ice core record and its relationship with CH4 and CO2,
Glob. Biogeochem. Cycles, Volume 16, Number 1, March 2002,
10.1029/2001GB001417.
Access Constraints
None
Use Constraints
Cite original reference when using this data:
Fluckiger, J., E. Monnin, B. Stauffer, J. Schwander, T.F. Stocker,
J. Chappellaz, D. Raynaud, and J.-M. Barnola, 2002, High resolution
Holocene N2O ice core record and its relationship with CH4 and CO2,
Glob. Biogeochem. Cycles, Volume 16, Number 1, March 2002,
10.1029/2001GB001417.
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Distribution
Distribution Media:
online ftp, www
Fees:
none
Personnel
Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Phone:
+41 44 632 83 70
Email:
jacqueline.flueckiger at env.ethz.ch
Contact Address:
Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics (IBP)
Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (ETHZ)
CHN E 31.1
Universitätstrasse 16
City:
Zürich
Postal Code:
ETHZ
Country:
Switzerland
Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
Climate and Environmental Physics
Physics Institute
University of Bern
Sidlerstrasse 5
City:
Bern
Postal Code:
CH-3012
Country:
Switzerland
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
Publications/References
Fluckiger, J., E. Monnin, B. Stauffer, J. Schwander, T.F. Stocker, J.
Chappellaz, D. Raynaud, and J.-M. Barnola, 2002, High resolution Holocene N2O ice core record and its relationship with CH4 and CO2, Glob. Biogeochem.
Cycles, Volume 16, Number 1, March 2002, 10.1029/2001GB001417.
EPICA community members. 2004. Eight glacial cycles from an Antarctic ice
core. Nature, Vol. 429, No 6992, pp.623-628, June 10, 2004.
doi:10.1038/nature02599.
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2002-04-16
Last DIF Revision Date:
2005-06-17
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