On high-resolution sampling of short ice cores: Dating and temperature information recovery from Antarctic Peninsula virtual cores

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 20, 2011, Pages

  Sime, Louise C ^a   Lang, Nicola ^a   Thomas, Elizabeth R ^a   Benton, Ailsa K ^a   Mulvaney, Robert ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE SAMPLES; ISOTOPES; RECOVERY; TIME SERIES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; CONTINUOUS FLOW ANALYSIS; CORE TEMPERATURE; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; ICE CORE; REANALYSIS; SAMPLE LENGTH; SEASONAL TEMPERATURE; STABLE WATER ISOTOPES; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE INFORMATION;

ICE;

AGE DETERMINATION; ICE CORE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SAMPLING; SEASONALITY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 80055027068     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD015894     Document Type: Article

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