Climatic and insolation control on the high-resolution total air content in the NGRIP ice core

• Published in: Climate of the Past
• Main Authors: O. Eicher, M. Baumgartner, A. Schilt, J. Schmitt, J. Schwander, T. F. Stocker, H. Fischer
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2016
• Subjects: geo; envir; Antarctic; Greenland; Tac; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Dansgaard-Oeschger events; Greenland ice core; Greenland Ice core Project; ice core; Ice Sheet; NGRIP; North Greenland; North Greenland Ice Core Project
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1979-2016; http://www.clim-past.net/12/1979/2016/cp-12-1979-2016.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/74462a21cef0492db1472b37e4e917fb

Because the total air content (TAC) of polar ice is directly affected by the atmospheric pressure and temperature, its record in polar ice cores was initially considered as a proxy for past ice sheet elevation changes. However, the Antarctic ice core TAC record is known to also contain an insolation...