N2O, CH4 and CO2 Data Covering the Holocene: Readme file --------------------------------------------------------------------- World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder and NOAA Paleoclimatology Program --------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: PLEASE CITE ORIGINAL REFERENCE WHEN USING THIS DATA!!!!! NAME OF DATA SET: N2O, CH4 and CO2 Data Covering the Holocene CONTRIBUTORS: Jacqueline Flückiger, Eric Monnin, Bernhard Stauffer, Climate and Environmental Physics, University of Bern, Switzerland IGBP PAGES/WDCA CONTRIBUTION SERIES NUMBER: 2002-018 SUGGESTED DATA CITATION: Flückiger, J. et al., 2002, N2O, CH4 and CO2 Data Covering the Holocene, IGBP Pages/World Data Center-A for Paleoclimatology Data Contribution Series #2002-018 NOAA/NGDC Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder CO, USA. ORIGINAL REFERENCE: Flückiger, J., E. Monnin, B. Stauffer, J. Schwander, T.F. Stocker, J. Chappellaz, D. Raynaud, and J.-M. Barnola, 2002, High resolution Holocene N2O ice core record and its relationship with CH4 and CO2, Glob. Biogeochem. Cycles, Volume 16, Number 1, March 2002, 10.1029/2001GB001417. LAST UPDATE: 26.3.02 GEOGRAPHIC REGION: Global PERIOD OF DOME C N2O, CH4 AND CO2 RECORDS: 0 - 11 kyr BP LIST OF FILES: readme_flueckiger2002.txt (this file), dc_n2o_hol_fl02.txt, dc_ch4_hol_fl02.txt, dc_co2_hol_fl02.txt DESCRIPTION: dc_n2o_hol_fl02.txt: N2O record from the EPICA Dome C ice core (Antarctica) covering the Holocene dc_ch4_hol_fl02.txt: CH4 record from the EPICA Dome C ice core (Antarctica) covering the Holocene dc_co2_hol_fl02.txt: CO2 record from the EPICA Dome C ice core (Antarctica) covering the Holocene File name: dc_n2o_hol_fl02.txt The file contains four columns: Column 1: depth [m] Column 2: age [yr BP] Column 3: N2O concentration [ppbv] Column 4: one standard deviation [ppbv] File name: dc_ch4_hol_fl02.txt The file contains five columns: Column 1: depth [m] Column 2: age [yr BP] Column 3: CH4 concentration [ppbv] Column 4: one standard deviation [ppbv] File name: dc_co2_hol_fl02.txt The file contains four columns: Column 1: depth [m] Column 2: age [yr BP] Column 3: CO2 concentration [ppmv] Column 4: one standard deviation [ppmv] REMARKS: yr BP is years before 1950 AD. For further information see original reference. CONTACT: flueckiger@climate.unibe.ch depth age CH4 uncertainty (1 sigma) [m] [yr BP] [ppbv] [ppbv] 104.965 245 682.7 10 106.815 309 675 10 110.02 419 684.3 10 113.215 528 644.3 10 115.415 602 685 10 118.665 711 666.7 10 121.34 800 667.4 10 124.765 915 647 10 126.965 989 623.7 10 129.365 1070 634.7 10 132.02 1159 643.7 10 134.665 1248 628.7 10 137.965 1360 620 10 140.915 1463 631.3 10 143.57 1557 631.7 10 146.215 1651 623.3 10 148.965 1749 608 10 150.815 1816 613 10 154.02 1931 613.3 10 157.765 2067 603.7 10 159.965 2147 608.7 10 162.235 2231 601.7 10 165.465 2350 597 10 168.28 2453 591.7 10 170.66 2538 596.5 10 173.235 2628 591.7 10 176.465 2741 580 10 178.665 2818 578.3 10 180.97 2901 577 10 185.465 3064 572.7 10 187.465 3136 576 10 189.665 3217 567.7 10 192.52 3320 581.3 10 195.915 3440 572.7 10 201.215 3626 577.7 10 203.655 3711 579.3 10 205.815 3788 569 10 209.465 3919 569.3 10 212.215 4017 567.7 10 214.66 4105 569.3 10 216.17 4159 570.3 10 220.71 4323 572.5 10 222.665 4393 569.7 10 225.415 4493 561.7 10 227.815 4582 561.7 10 231.61 4721 563 10 233.665 4795 563.3 10 236.415 4893 567.7 10 240.335 5036 561 10 242.06 5098 563 10 244.665 5194 558.3 10 247.965 5316 553.7 10 250.785 5421 565 10 253.06 5505 566 10 256.215 5619 568.3 10 258.965 5719 569.7 10 260.17 5763 584.3 10 264.02 5904 575 10 268.315 6062 564 10 269.415 6102 581 10 271.815 6191 576 10 276.015 6347 577 10 278.215 6429 580 10 279.97 6493 587.7 10 283.785 6633 607 10 285.915 6711 595.3 10 288.185 6792 603.3 10 291.52 6913 605.3 10 294.365 7017 607 10 297.465 7131 609.7 10 299.665 7210 607.3 10 302.52 7311 618.3 10 305.27 7408 601.7 10 308.465 7519 611.7 10 311.215 7616 609.7 10 313.52 7697 622.7 10 316.27 7796 623 10 319.465 7913 610.7 10 321.805 8000 597.7 10 324.56 8101 624.3 10 326.17 8160 605.7 10 330.43 8312 641.4 10 333.215 8410 649.3 10 335.965 8506 659.7 10 338.27 8586 653.7 10 341.02 8681 657.3 10 343.665 8770 659 10 346.965 8882 657.5 10 349.27 8959 657.3 10 352.06 9050 670 10 355.765 9169 664.7 10 357.415 9222 665 10 359.72 9295 663.3 10 362.915 9397 673.7 10 369.07 9589 682.3 10 371.165 9655 683.3 10 374.57 9761 676.3 10 377.215 9844 682.3 10 379.52 9916 685 10 381.715 9985 678 10 385.53 10106 698 10 388.28 10194 678 10 389.97 10248 688 10 393.715 10368 661.3 10 396.43 10456 652 10 399.215 10548 666 10 401.52 10624 680.7 10 404.715 10730 673.3 10 407.43 10820 703 10 411.315 10950 633.3 10