Dataset
Firn-air analyser data at Devon Island Ice cap station, Dome Concordia and Dronning Maud land for the FIRETRACC campaign (1998)
Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2010-10-31
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2007-01-11
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 35 Files | 267KB
Abstract
This data was collected as a result of the FIRETRACC/100 (Firn Record of Trace Gases Relevant to Atmospheric Chemical Change over 100 yrs) project conducted in 1998 and 1999. The FIRETRACC project aimed to determine the history of numerous trace gases of both human (pollution) and natural origin over the 20th century in the global atmosphere. This was achieved by pumping old air out of deep unconsolidated snow (known as firn) that accumulates to depths of around 50 to 100 m on the polar ice caps of both hemispheres. The resulting firn air samples from the Arctic and Antarctic were returned to Europe and the US for multiple gas and isotope analysis in a number of research laboratories. The firn air samples were analysed for well over eighty separate trace gases (halocarbons, non-methane hydrocarbons, alkyl nitrates, sulphur species, etc.), and thirteen different isotopic measurements of CO2, CH4, CO and permanent gases (O2, N2, Ar, Kr).
Citable as: EU FIRETRACC Campaign participants (2007): Firn-air analyser data at Devon Island Ice cap station, Dome Concordia and Dronning Maud land for the FIRETRACC campaign (1998). NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/137163fdaed06238e8decfcd1691b12b
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: PALEOCLIMATE, EARTHSCIENCE, CRYOSPHERE, ATMOSPHERE
Details
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http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__dep_11684769899112368
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| Access rules: |
Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. |
| Data lineage: |
Data files submitted as is by the FIRETRACC (Firn Record of Trace Gases Relevant to Atmospheric Chemical Change) campaign participants (2004-2007), to the BADC for archiving. |
| Data Quality: |
See data files
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| File Format: |
Data are NASA-Ames formatted.
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Process overview
This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
Instrument/Platform pairings
| Firn-air analysers | Deployed on: Devon Island Ice cap station, Canada |
| Firn-air analysers | Deployed on: Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica |
| Firn-air analysers | Deployed on: Dome Concordia, Antarctica |
| Output Description | None |
- long_name: Alkyl Nitrates
- names: Alkyl Nitrates
- long_name: Atmospheric Chemistry
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P131/4/GTER0014
- gcmd_keyword: Atmospheric Chemistry
- names: Atmospheric Chemistry, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P131/4/GTER0014
- long_name: Carbon Dioxide
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0111
- gcmd_keyword: Carbon Dioxide
- names: Carbon Dioxide, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0111
- long_name: Firn
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G491
- gcmd_keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Firn
- names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G491, EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Firn
- long_name: Glaciers
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G498
- gcmd_keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glaciers
- names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G498, EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glaciers
- long_name: Halocarbons
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G147
- gcmd_keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Chemistry/Halons and Halogens > Halocarbons
- names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G147, EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Chemistry/Halons and Halogens > Halocarbons
- long_name: Halons And Halogens
- names: Halons And Halogens
- long_name: Ice Core Records
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P131/4/GTER0055
- gcmd_keyword: Ice Core Records
- names: Ice Core Records, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P131/4/GTER0055
- long_name: Ice Sheets
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0405
- gcmd_keyword: Ice Sheets
- names: Ice Sheets, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0405
- long_name: Isotopes
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G512
- gcmd_keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Isotopes
- names: EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Isotopes, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G512
- long_name: Long Lived Halocarbons
- names: Long Lived Halocarbons
- long_name: Methane
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G138
- gcmd_keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Chemistry/Carbon and Hydrocarbon Compounds > Methane
- names: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Chemistry/Carbon and Hydrocarbon Compounds > Methane, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G138
- long_name: Nitrous Oxide
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0561
- gcmd_keyword: Nitrous Oxide
- names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0561, Nitrous Oxide
- long_name: Trace Gases
- names: Trace Gases
- long_name: Trace Species
- names: Trace Species
Co-ordinate Variables
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
1998-03-31T23:00:00
End time:
1998-04-29T23:00:00
Geographic Extent
76.0000° |
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-83.0000° |
125.0000° |
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-78.0000° |
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