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Site J - Melt Percentage Data
Map of data site
Kameda, T., H. Narita, H. Shoji, F. Nishio, Y. Fujii, and O. Watanabe. 1995. Melt features in ice cores from Site J, southern Greenland: some implications for summer climate since AD 1550. Annals of Glaciology 21:51-58.
Data Coverage North: 65.87 * South: 65.87
East: -46.27 * West: -46.27
Altitude: 2030 m

Start Year: 1546 AD   End Year: 1989 AD

Data:     Please Cite Data Contributors!
  greenland/sitej_melt.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:

Melt Percent

Complete XML Record:

noaa-icecore-2478  (Last Revised: 2007-05-24 )

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