Ethane measurements in air extracted from Greenland and Antarctic ice cores

This dataset contains the results of ethane (C2H6) analysis in air extracted from 27 ice core samples from Summit, Greenland (GISP2B ice core) and 33 samples from West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide, Antarctica (WDC-05A ice core). The data is in Excel (.xlsx) format with data from the two sites provided in separate worksheets named after the ice cores. In addition to ethane, dichlorodifluoromethane (CFC-12) measurements are also reported for all samples. The presence of CFC-12 can indicate presence of modern air in an ice core sample.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2013-01-01T00:00:00Z
    End:  2015-06-30T23:59:59Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2015-06-30T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 72.60000
Bounding Box South Lat -79.50000
Bounding Box West Long -112.10000
Bounding Box East Long -38.50000
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Related Links

Documentation #1 : UC_Irvine_ice_core_ethane_measurements_readme.pdf
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format XLS: Excel (application/vnd.ms-excel)
Standardized Resource Format Excel
Asset Size 1 MB
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Author Melinda Nicewonger
Kristal Verhulst
Murat Aydin
Eric S. Saltzman
Publisher N/A
Publication Date 2015-11-11T22:31:48
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Not Assigned
Alternate Identifier 106.462
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-08-01T18:02:03Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::106.462
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Melinda Nicewonger, Kristal Verhulst, Murat Aydin, Eric S. Saltzman. (2015). Ethane measurements in air extracted from Greenland and Antarctic ice cores. 1.0. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.462. Accessed 25 October 2025.

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