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NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Law Dome Borehole temperature record over the last 9000 years

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This archived Paleoclimatology Study is available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The associated NCEI study type is Borehole. The data include parameters of borehole|climate reconstructions with a geographic location of Antarctica. The time period coverage is from 8692 to -45 in calendar years before present (BP). See metadata information for parameter and study location details. Please cite this study when using the data.
  • Cite as: Dahl-Jensen, D.; van Ommen, T.D.; Morgan, V.I.; Eicheikh, A. (2017-05-19): NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Law Dome Borehole temperature record over the last 9000 years. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/16jn-2y97. Accessed [date].
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Dataset Point of Contact NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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Coverage DescriptionDate Range: -6742 CE to 1995 CE; Date Range: 8692 cal yr BP to -45 cal yr BP;
Time Period-6742 to 1995
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
N: -66.73
S: -66.73
E: 112.83
W: 112.83
Spatial Coverage Map
General Documentation
Associated Resources
  • Monte Carlo inverse modelling of the Law Dome (Antarctica) temperature profile
    • Associated Reference published 1999
      D. Dahl-Jensen, V.I. Morgan and A. Elcheikh, 1999: Monte Carlo inverse modelling of the Law Dome (Antarctica) temperature profile. Annals of Glaciology, 29, 145-150, 10.3189/172756499781821102
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2017-05-19
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress StatusComplete - production of the data has been completed
Data Update Frequency Data update frequency not available
Supplemental Information
ABSTRACT SUPPLIED BY ORIGINATOR: The temperature profile in the 1200 m deep Dome Summit South (DSS) borehole near the summit of Law Dome, Antarctica, was measured in 1996, 3 years after the termination of the deep drilling. The temperature profile contains information on past surface temperature over the last 4ka. This temperature history is determined by the use of a Monte Carlo inverse method in which no constraints are placed on the unknown temperature history and no solution is assumed to be unique. The temperature history is obtained from a selection of equally well-fitting solutions by a statistical treatment. The results show that solutions covering the last 4ka have a well-developed central value, a most likely temperature history. The temperature record has two well-developed minima at AD 1250 and 1850. From 1850 to the present, temperatures have gradually increased by 0.7 K. The reconstructed temperatures are compared with the stable oxygen isotope (δ18O) from the DSS ice core.
PurposeRecords of past temperature derived from boreholes drilled into the Earth crust. Parameter keywords describe what was measured in this dataset. Additional summary information can be found in the abstracts of papers listed in the dataset citations. Information on the University of Michigan Borehole Database datasets are found on the Borehole Data Page (http://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/paleoclimatology/borehole).
Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Dahl-Jensen, D.; van Ommen, T.D.; Morgan, V.I.; Eicheikh, A. (2017-05-19): NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Law Dome Borehole temperature record over the last 9000 years. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/16jn-2y97. Accessed [date].
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Cited Authors
  • Dahl-Jensen, D.
  • van Ommen, T.D.
  • Morgan, V.I.
  • Eicheikh, A.
Originators
  • Dahl-Jensen, D.
  • van Ommen, T.D.
  • Morgan, V.I.
  • Eicheikh, A.
Publishers
  • NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Theme keywordsGlobal Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
  • Earth Science > Climate Indicators > Paleoclimate Indicators > Land Records > Boreholes
  • Earth Science > Climate Indicators > Paleoclimate Indicators > Ocean/Lake Records > Boreholes
  • Earth Science > Paleoclimate > Land Records > Boreholes
  • Earth Science > Paleoclimate > Ocean/Lake Records > Boreholes
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
  • earth science > paleoclimate > borehole|climate reconstructions
  • earth science > paleoclimate > borehole|climate reconstructions
  • earth science > paleoclimate > boreholes > physical properties
  • Air Temperature Reconstruction
Paleoenvironmental Standard Terms (PaST) Thesaurus
  • What: age; Material: null
  • What: surface temperature; Material: null
Data Center keywordsGlobal Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
  • DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Place keywords
  • Continent > Antarctica > Law Dome > LATITUDE -66.73 > LONGITUDE 112.83
Use Constraints
  • Cite as: Dahl-Jensen, D.; van Ommen, T.D.; Morgan, V.I.; Eicheikh, A. (2017-05-19): NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Law Dome Borehole temperature record over the last 9000 years. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/16jn-2y97. Accessed [date].
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