edcT {DAAGxtras}R Documentation

EPICA Dome C Ice Core 800KYr Temperature Estimates

Description

~~ A concise (1-5 lines) description of the dataset. ~~

Usage

data(edcT)

Format

A data frame with 5788 observations on the following 5 variables.

Bag
Bag number
ztop
Top depth (m)
Age
Years before 1950
Deuterium
Deuterium dD data
dT
Temperature difference from the average of the last 1000 years ~ -54.5degC

Details

Temperature was estimated from the deuterium data, after making various corrections.

Source

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/icecore/antarctica/domec/domec_epica_data.html

References

Jouzel, J., et al. 2007. EPICA Dome C Ice Core 800KYr Deuterium Data and Temperature Estimates. IGBP PAGES/World Data Center for Paleoclimatology Data Contribution Series # 2007-091. NOAA/NCDC Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder CO, USA.

Jouzel, J., et al. 2007. Orbital and Millennial Antarctic Climate Variability over the Past 800,000 Years. Science, Vol. 317, No. 5839, pp.793-797, 10 August 2007.

Examples

 data(edcT) 

[Package DAAGxtras version 0.7-5 Index]