A 5000 year-long record of levoglucosan, black carbon and ammonium from the RECAP ice core, East Greenland

• Main Authors: Segato, Delia, Villoslada Hidalgo, Maria Del Carmen, Edwards, Ross, Barbaro, Elena, Vallelonga, Paul T, Kjær, Helle Astrid, Simonsen, Marius, Vinther, Bo Møllesøe, Maffezzoli, Niccolò, Zangrando, Roberta, Battistel, Dario, Barbante, Carlo, Vésteinsson, Orri, Spolaor, Andrea
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2021
• Subjects: ammonium; Arctic Sea Ice and Greenland Ice Sheet Sensitivity; black carbon; EARLYHUMANIMPACT; ERA-PLANET; fire proxies; Greenland; How long have human activities been affecting the climate system?; ice2ice; ice cores; Iceland; iCUPE; Integrative and Comprehensive Understanding on Polar Environments; levoglucosan; RECAP; REnland ice CAP project; The European network for observing our changing planet; Vikings; Arctic; Renland; East Greenland; Ice cap; ice core; Ice Sheet; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.937438; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.937438

This dataset presents the fire proxies levoglucosan, black carbon and ammonium measured in the RECAP ice core, in coastal East Greenland. The datasets cover a period of 5000 years and are averaged in 20 years bins. Raw concentrations of levoglucosan, black carbon and ammonium are also provided. Levoglucosan has been determined using high performance liquid chromatography/negative ion electrospray ionization – tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC/(-)ESI-MS/MS). Black carbon has been measured using a BC analyzer connected to the Continuous Flow Analysis system. Ammonium (NH4+) has been measured by fluorescence within the Continuous Flow Analysis setup.