Thickness, Salinity and Stable Isotope Composition of Sea Ice Samples from the Laptev Sea, 1999 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.ARCSS041 Summary This data set consists of sea ice measurements including thickness, salinity, and stable isotope composition from the Laptev Sea. The data were obtained during the Transdrift VI expedition to the Laptev Sea in April and May of 1999 as part of a project supported through the National Science Foundation (NSF) Arctic System Science (ARCSS) Program. Sea ice cores were obtained with a 10 cm diameter corer. Ice thickness was measured in centimeters at the site with a tape measure. On-site, 2 cm thick horizontal sections were cut approximately every 10 cm down the core. Salinity of each sample was determined in practical salinity units (psu) using a salinity, conductivity, and temperature meter with an error of less than 0.02 or 1 percent of bulk salinity. Oxygen stable isotope (delta oxygen-18, or delta 18-O) measurements were then performed at the Stable Isotope Laboratory (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada) on a mass spectrometer at a precision of better than 0.4 parts per thousand (ppt, 10 3). Data are compiled into one comma-separated variable (CSV) ASCII file, named "icecoredata.csv." The single ASCII file is approximately 6 KB. The file contains data in 96 rows by 10 columns. The top row is a header that indicates the content of the various columns. Data are compiled for each coring location, though stable isotope measurements were not obtained for all samples. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 106.ARCSS041 * doi:10.5065/D6F47M9G https://doi.org/10.5065/D6F47M9G Versions 1.0 Citation Eicken, H., Proshutinsky, A., Eicken, H. 2010. Thickness, Salinity and Stable Isotope Composition of Sea Ice Samples from the Laptev Sea, 1999. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6F47M9G Accessed 29 Mar 2024. Additional citation styles can be generated by entering the DOI at CrossCite (https://citation.crosscite.org/). Acknowledgement In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements, please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as: Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/ Related projects * ARCSS: NSF Arctic System Science https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/ARCSS Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: other * Language: English ISO Topic Categories * climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere Categories * Arctic * Oceanography * Sea Ice * Ship Based Platforms * Field Surveys Instruments * Coring Devices GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > SALINITY * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > ISOTOPES Documentation * ARCSS041.html [13 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41CABE90C09/ARCSS041.html Related links * homepage: ARCSS EOL Webpage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/arcss * download: NSF Arctic Data Center https://doi.org/10.5065/D6F47M9G * info: ARCSS Data Policy https://data.eol.ucar.edu/arctic_projects/arcss/Data_Policy.html Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 1999-04-01 00:00:00 * End datetime: 1999-05-31 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 75.0745 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 72.5893 * Minimum (West) Longitude: 124.9043 * Maximum (East) Longitude: 131.6967 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: Hajo Eicken https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/646 Additional contact information * author: Hajo Eicken https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/646 * author: Andrey Proshutinsky https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/849 * originator: Hajo Eicken https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/646 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.ARCSS041?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.ARCSS041?format=isotc211