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East Rongbuk Glacier - Oxygen Isotope and Major Ion Data
Map of data site
Hou S., D. Qin, D. Zhang, S. Kang, P.A. Mayewski, C.P. Wake. 2003. A 154 a high-resolution ammonium record from the Rongbuk Glacier, north slope of Mt. Qomolangma (Everest), Tibet-Himal region. Atmospheric Environment 37(5):721-729.
Data Coverage North: 27.98 * South: 27.98
East: 86.92 * West: 86.92
Altitude: 6500 m

Start Year: 1843 AD   End Year: 1997 AD

Data:     Please Cite Data Contributors!
  trop/everest/rongbuk.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. Additional information on the Greenland Ice Core Project (GRIP) and the Greenland Ice Sheet Project II (GISP2) are also available (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/icecore.html).
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Parameters:

chlorine ion concentration (micrograms/kilogram); magnesium ion concentration (micrograms/kilogram); calcium ion concentration (micrograms/kilogram); sulfate ion concentration (micrograms/kilogram); potassium ion concentration (micrograms/kilogram); nitrate ion concentration (micrograms/kilogram); ammonium ion concentration (micrograms/kilogram); delta 18O PDB (per mille); sodium ion concentration (micrograms/kilogram)

Complete XML Record:

noaa-icecore-2469  (Last Revised: 2007-05-24 )

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