Ice Core Data Archived at NOAA-NCEI:

These data sets are available from NOAA's NCEI data page through the Ice Core Search Engine (use the Advanced Search -> Investigators -> Thompson, L.G.)

• Byrd Station (Antarctica): Microparticle data
• Camp Century (Greenland): Microparticle data
• Dasuopu glacier, Himalaya: 1000 year δ¹⁸O, dust, anion and accumulation data (decadal avgs)
• Dunde ice cap, Guliya Ice Cap, Dasuopu Glacier: Decadally averaged δ¹⁸O data
• Dunde ice cap: 1500 year δ¹⁸O, dust, anion, and accumulation data
• Guliya ice cap: Ice thickness data
• Guliya ice cap: 1992, depth averages of δ¹⁸O, dust, and anion data; 132 kyr δ¹⁸O, dust, and anion data (400 yr avgs); and 2 kyr δ¹⁸O, dust, anion and accumulation data (decadal avgs)
• Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: δ¹⁸O, major ions, and dust data and descriptions
• Lewis Glacier, Kenya: microparticle data
• Nevado Huascarán, Peru: δ¹⁸O, NO₃^-, layer thickness, and particle data (100 yr avgs)
• Prince of Wales, Ellesmere Island: 1850 year ice core δ¹⁸O data
• Puruogangri ice cap, Tibet: 7000 year isotope and geochemical data
• Puruogangri ice cap, Tibet: 500 year trace element data
• Quelccaya ice cap, Peru: 1983, ice cap microparticle, δ¹⁸O, and accumulation data
• Quelccaya ice cap, Peru: snow pit microparticle data (1976-1978)
• Quelccaya ice cap, Peru: 1200 year trace element data
• Quelccaya ice cap, Peru: 2003, 1800 year δ¹⁸O, dust, and major ions
• Quelccaya ice cap, Peru: Accumulation, PAGES “Long-Term climate Reconstruction and Dynamics of South America Version”
• Quelccaya ice cap, Peru: δ¹⁸O, PAGES “Long-Term climate Reconstruction and Dynamics of South America Version”
• Quelccaya and Huascarán, Peru: snow pit and shallow core δ¹⁸O data from 1974 to 2015 (listed incorrectly as “Tropical Peruvian ice core 50 year oxygen isotope data”)
• Sajama ice cap, Bolivia: δ¹⁸O, major anions, and microparticle data
• Siple Station, Antarctica: 550 year oxygen isotope data
• Windy Dome, Franz Josef Land: 850 year ice core δ¹⁸O and melt data

These data sets are available from NOAA's NCEI data page through the Ice Core Search Engine (use the Advanced Search -> Investigators -> Thompson, E.M.)

• Bruce Plateau, Antarctic Peninsula: 100 year ice core δ¹⁸O and accumulation
• Plateau Remote, Antarctica: 2000 year ice core δ¹⁸O data

Greenland Ice Core Data:

Data from shallow cores collected in Greenland during 1997 and 1998 as part of the NSF – NASA sponsored PARCA Program

1997 PARCA cores: (density, accumulation, stratigraphy only)

• Data File
• Readme file

1997 PARCA cores: (all data)

• Readme file
• Core 7147
• Core 7247
• Core 7551
• Core 7653-1
• Core 7653-2
• Core NASA East Core 1
• Core NASA East Core 2
• Core North Dye 3 Core A
• Core North Dye 3 Core B
• Core South Dome Core 1
• Core South Dome Core 2
• Core South Tunu Core 1
• Core South Tunu Core 2
• Core South Tunu Core 3

1998 PARCA cores: (density, accumulation, stratigraphy only)

• Data file
• Readme file

1998 PARCA cores: (all data)

• Readme file
• Core 6345
• Core 6348
• Core 6642-2
• Core 6745
• Core 6839
• Core 6841
• Core 6938
• Core 6939
• Core 6941
• Core 6943
• Core 6945-1
• Core 7145
• Core 7245
• Core 7249
• Core 7345
• Core 7347

1998 Dye 2 (Raven): (density and stratigraphy data)

In 1998 the Ohio State University team drilled two cores at the original Dye 2, Greenland site that was renamed Raven. The team consisted on Ellen Mosley-Thompson (team leader), Victor Zagorodnov and Eric Kline. 

The Excel file contains 2 sheets, one with the density data and one with the visible stratigraphy data. These are self-explanatory. Two cores were drilled. Core A (Core 1) was drilled first but severe problems with the drill’s ability to capture the core and to maintain stability in the borehole resulted in poor quality core. Thus after drilling Core A to 120.940 a second core (Core B / Core 2) was drilled to 20.49 meters to replace the upper 20 meters of Core A. The cores were drilled roughly 1 meter apart.

• Density and Stratigraphy

1998 Dye 2 (Raven): All data for Core A and Core B

The two files named Dye-2_Raven_Core_A_1998 and Dye-2_Raven_Core_B_1998 contain all the information measured or collected by The Ohio State University (OSU) for the two cores collected in 1998 at Dye 2 (Raven), Greenland. The cores were collected under the auspices of the NSF / NASA funded PARCA (Program for Arctic Climate Assessment). 

Two cores, 120.87 and 20.5 m long were drilled. Core A (Core 1) was drilled first. The upper 20 meters were in very bad shape. The drill was adjusted and drilling continued to 120.87 m. The setup was moved slightly (less than a meter away) and a 20.5 meter core Core B (Core 2) was drilled to replace the upper 20 meters of Core A. 

Note the different data are separated on specific sheets. 

Some of these data (density and stratigraphy) were used in this paper: Machguth, H., M. MacFerrin, D. van As, J. E. Box, C. Charalampidis, W. Colgan, R. S. Fausto, H. A. J. Meijer, E. Mosley-Thompson, and R. S. W. van de Wal. 2016. Greenland meltwater storage in firn limited by near-surface ice formation. Nature Clim. Change, DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2899. 

The accumulation data were used in this paper: 

Box, Jason E. Noel Cressie, David H. Bromwich, Ji-Hoon Jung, Michiel van den Broeke, J. H. van Angelen, Richard R. Forster, Clement Miege, Ellen Mosley-Thompson, Bo Vinther, Joseph R. McConnell. 2012. Greenland Ice Sheet Mass Balance Reconstruction. Part I: Net Snow Accumulation (1600-2009). Journal of Climate, 26(11), 3919-3934. 

If you have questions about data in this file please contact Ellen Mosley-Thompson (thompson.4@osu.edu)

• Core A: All data
• Core B: All data

Data from Papua Indonesia:

Rainfall Isotope Data

This data set contains the daily rainfall isotope (δ18O, δD, D excess) data collected at 5 meteorological stations along an elevational transect in Papua (Irian Jaya), Indonesia, during ENSO-normal (January 2013 - February 2014) and El Nino (December - September 2015) conditions. Additional Details.

• Data File

Data from Bruce Plateau, Antarctic Peninsula:

Annual Accumulation and Annual Average Oxygen Isotopic Ratio: 2009 - 1900 CE

This data set contains the annual average net mass accumulation (meters of water equivalent) and the annual average δ18O data from the Bruce Plateau ice core drilled in 2010 on the Antarctic Peninsula. 

These data were first introduced in this publication: Goodwin, B. P., E. Mosley-Thompson, A. B. Wilson, S. E. Porter, and M. Roxana SierraHernandez. 2016. Accumulation variability in the Antarctic Peninsula: The role of large-scale atmospheric oscillations and their interactions. J. Clim., 29(4), 2579-2596, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D15-0354.1 

When using these data please cite this paper and credit NSF Award ANT-0732655 to Ellen Mosley-Thompson as part of NSF’s International Polar Year LARISSA Project. 

You may also contact Ellen Mosley-Thompson (thompson.4@osu.edu) with questions.

• Data File
• Link to data archived at the NOAA National Climate Data Center

Additional Data from Older Cores:

Dunde 1989: Core 1, δ¹⁸O depth averages

• Data File

Other repositories for the published ice core data:

• Zenodo

• Github