Metadata details
summer_sea_salt_1000-2009
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- Citation
- Vance, T.R. (2012) Annualized Summer Sea Salt From the Law Dome Ice Core Chemistry Record, 1000-2009, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.26179/5d50ef2192dc4, Accessed: 2026-06-10
- Title
- Annualized Summer Sea Salt From the Law Dome Ice Core Chemistry Record, 1000-2009
- Data Centre
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
- DOI
- doi:10.26179/5d50ef2192dc4
- Created Date
- 2012-08-28
- Revision Date
- 2025-01-15
- Expected Date of Data Release
- 2012-08-29
- Data Version
- 1
- Parent record
- ASAC_757
Datasets and documents
Related links
Description
This data set is the logged, annualised summer sea salt (December to March, DJFM) concentrations from the Law Dome ice core chemistry record, spanning 1000-2009 AD (dates apply to the year of JFM, so e.g. 1980 is an average of Dec 1979 and Jan-Mar 1980). The data are compiled from numerous ice cores drilled at the Law Dome site sequentially since 1987, and chronologically dated using volcanic horizons and annual layer counting.
The cores used are (chronologically from oldest data to newest):
DSS Main
DSS97
DSS0102
DSS0809
DSS0910
The dataset has 37 'missing' summer values in instances where insufficient ice core material was available. These missing summers have been filled using linear interpolation.
This work forms part of Australian Antarctic Science (AAS) project no. 757.
The record was published as an ENSO and eastern Australian rainfall proxy record in:
Vance, T. R., T. D. van Ommen, M. A. J. Curran, C. T. Plummer, A. D. Moy, (2012): A millennial proxy record of ENSO and eastern Australian rainfall from the Law Dome ice core, East Antarctica. Journal of Climate, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00003.1
Access
These data are available for download from the provided URL.
Temporal Coverages
- Start date: 1987-01-01 - Stop date: 2010-12-31
Spatial Coverages
Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > ICE CORE RECORDS
- EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW/ICE CHEMISTRY
Additional Keywords
- Ice Core
- Law Dome
Locations
- CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
Platforms
- FIELD INVESTIGATION
- FIELD SURVEYS
Instruments
- CORING DEVICES
Researchers
- vance, tessa (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT)
Use Constraints
This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=summer_sea_salt_1000-2009 when using these data.
Project
ISO Topic
- OCEANS
Dataset Language
- English
Orignating Centre
- Australian Antarctic Division
Dataset Progress
- COMPLETE
IDN Node
- CEOS
- AMD/AU
- AMD
- ACE/CRC
Publications
- Vance, T. R., T. D. van Ommen, M. A. J. Curran, C. T. Plummer, A. D. Moy (2012) A millennial proxy record of ENSO and eastern Australian rainfall from the Law Dome ice core, East Antarctica., Journal of Climate, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00003.1
Metadata Revision History
2012-08-29 - record created by Jason Anderson. 2013-07-11 - record updated by Dave Connell at the request of Jason Anderson to link the record to an additional AAS project. 2019-08-12 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates. 2025-01-15 - record updated by Dave Connell after a corrected project URL was provided by Lewis Rockliffe.
