IceCoreData

Access to NOAA Paleoclimatology ice core data.

For more information, check out https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data/datasets/ice-core.

Original datasets are available at:

• https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/icecore/antarctica/antarctica2015co2composite.txt

• https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/icecore/antarctica/antarctica2015co2law.txt

• https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/icecore/antarctica/antarctica2015co2wais.txt

• https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/icecore/antarctica/vostok/co2nat.txt

• https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/icecore/antarctica/vostok/deutnat.txt

• https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/icecore/antarctica/epica_domec/edc3deuttemp2007.txt

• https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/icecore/greenland/summit/grip/isotopes/gripd18o.txt

• https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/icecore/antarctica/vostok/gt4nat.txt

• https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/icecore/antarctica/law/law2012d18o.txt

• https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/icecore/antarctica/wdc05a2013d18o.txt

RPCS

IceCoreData.getCarbonDioxideData(core: String, startyear: Number?, endyear: Number?)

Get CO2 in ppm (parts per million) by year from the ice core.

If startyear or endyear is provided, only measurements within the given range will be returned.

Arguments:

• core: String (String) - Core to get data from

• startyear: Number? (Number) - first year of data to include

• endyear: Number? (Number) - last year of data to include

Returns: List (List) - the requested data

IceCoreData.getDataAvailability()

Get a table showing the amount of available data for each ice core.

Returns: List<Array> (List) - data availability table

IceCoreData.getDelta18OData(core: String, startyear: Number?, endyear: Number?)

Get delta-O-18 in per mil (parts per thousand) by year from the ice core.

If startyear or endyear is provided, only measurements within the given range will be returned.

Arguments:

• core: String (String) - Ice core to get data from

• startyear: Number? (Number) - first year of data to include

• endyear: Number? (Number) - last year of data to include

Returns: List (List) - the requested data

IceCoreData.getDeuteriumData(core: String, startyear: Number?, endyear: Number?)

Get deuterium in per mil (parts per thousand) by year from the ice core.

If startyear or endyear is provided, only measurements within the given range will be returned.

Arguments:

• core: String (String) - Ice core to get data from

• startyear: Number? (Number) - first year of data to include

• endyear: Number? (Number) - last year of data to include

Returns: List (List) - the requested data

IceCoreData.getIceCoreMetadata(core: String)

Get metadata about an ice core including statistics about the available data.

Arguments:

• core: String (String) - Name of core to get metadata of

Returns: Object (Object) - ice core metadata

IceCoreData.getIceCoreNames()

Get names of ice cores with data available.

Returns: List<String> (List | String) - list of ice core names

IceCoreData.getTemperatureData(core: String, startyear: Number?, endyear: Number?)

Get temperature difference in Celsius by year from the ice core.

If startyear or endyear is provided, only measurements within the given range will be returned.

Arguments:

• core: String (String) - Ice core to get data from

• startyear: Number? (Number) - first year of data to include

• endyear: Number? (Number) - last year of data to include

Returns: List (List) - the requested data