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Dronning Maud Land - Chemistry Data
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Isaksson, E., W. Karlen, N. Gundestrup, P. Mayewski, S. Whitlow, and M. Twickler. 1996. A century of accumulation and temperature changes in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research 101:7085-7094.
Data Coverage North: -75 * South: -75
East: 65.02 * West: 65.02
Altitude: 2900 m

Start Year: 1900 AD   End Year: 2000 AD

Data:     Please Cite Data Contributors!
  antarctica/maud/dronning.txt

Summary:

Records of past temperature, precipitation, atmospheric trace gases, and other aspects of climate and environment derived from ice cores drilled on glaciers and ice caps around the world. Parameter keywords describe what was measured in this data set. Additional summary information can be found in the abstracts of papers listed in the data set citations.
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Parameters:

magnesium ion concentration (micrograms/kilogram); nitrate ion concentration (micrograms/kilogram); sodium ion concentration (micrograms/kilogram); calcium ion concentration (micrograms/kilogram); chlorine ion concentration (micrograms/kilogram); methane sulfonic acid concentration (parts per billion by volume); sulfate ion concentration (micrograms/kilogram)

Complete XML Record:

noaa-icecore-2424  (Last Revised: 2008-06-19 )

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