Measured particle counts and particle sizes for the Dome Summit South (DSS) Law Dome ice core. Data originates from the Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AU_AADC) and was last updated in March 1993.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in particle concentration over time to infer past atmospheric dust levels.
- Correlate particle size distributions with known volcanic eruption events for dating ice layers.
- Model historical aerosol transport to Antarctica using particle count and size data as validation.
Strengths
- Data is sourced from a specific, well-documented Antarctic ice core site (Dome Summit South, Law Dome).
- Provides quantitative measurements for two key physical properties: particle count and particle size.
Limitations
- Dataset is temporally stale, with a last update date of March 1993.
- The total number of data rows and the temporal range covered are unknown.
- Specific measurement columns and their units are not detailed in the provided information.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AU_AADC) via NASA Earthdata.
- Collection Method
- Physical measurement of particles extracted from the DSS ice core.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- 1993-03-31
- Geography
- Dome Summit South (DSS), Law Dome, Antarctica.