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ICE CORE

EPICA Dome C - 800KYr CO2 Data
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Lüthi, D., M. Le Floch, B. Bereiter, T. Blunier, J.-M. Barnola, U. Siegenthaler, D. Raynaud, J. Jouzel, H. Fischer, K. Kawamura, and T.F. Stocker. 2008. High-resolution carbon dioxide concentration record 650,000-800,000 years before present. Nature, Vol. 453, pp. 379-382, 15 May 2008.
Data Coverage North: -75.1 * South: -75.1
East: 123.4 * West: 123.4
Altitude: 3240 m

Start Year: -797991 AD   End Year: 1906 AD

Data:     Please Cite Data Contributors!
  antarctica/epica_domec/edc-co2-2008.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:

carbon dioxide concentration (parts per million by volume)

Complete XML Record:

noaa-icecore-6091  (Last Revised: 2008-06-19 )

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