Sea Ice Melt Ponds: Core Temp, Salinity, and Isotope Data

Cores used for salinity and isotope measurements were cut into 5 cm or 10 cm sections (indicated in data profiles) with a handsaw and bagged immediately after extraction to minimize brine drainage. Temperatures were measured out of direct sunlight at the center of a second adjacent core by inserting a temperature probe into holes drilled into the core within a few minutes of extraction. Samples collected for salinity and isotope measurement were melted in double sealed bags at room temperature.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2009-06-09T00:00:00Z
    End:  2010-06-15T23:59:59Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2009-06-09T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2010-06-15T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 71.37114
Bounding Box South Lat 71.37078
Bounding Box West Long -156.54417
Bounding Box East Long -156.50700
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
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Documentation #1 : 2009NCoreMetadata.pdf

Documentation #2 : 2009SCoreMetadata.pdf

Documentation #3 : 2010_Core_Metadata.pdf

106.426 : is a companion to dataset 106.420
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Author Chris Polashenski
Kerry Claffey
Zoe Courville
Chris Petrich ORCID icon
Donald K. Perovich ORCID icon
Publisher NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory
Publication Date 2012-12-23T19:56:22
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Not Assigned
Alternate Identifier 106.420
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-08-01T18:02:02Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::106.420
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Chris Polashenski, Kerry Claffey, Zoe Courville, Chris Petrich, Donald K. Perovich. (2012). Sea Ice Melt Ponds: Core Temp, Salinity, and Isotope Data. 1.0. NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.420. Accessed 22 January 2026.

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