Data and Documentation
Open Data Policy
FAQ
EN
DE
FR
Suchbegriff
Advanced search
Project
Back to overview
Schweizerische Beteiligung an der Eis-Tiefbohrung in Nordwest Grönland (NEEM)
English title
Swiss Contribution to Deep Ice Coring in Northwest Greenland (NEEM)
Applicant
Stocker Thomas
Number
119612
Funding scheme
Research Infrastructure
Research institution
Klima- und Umweltphysik Physikalisches Institut Universität Bern
Institution of higher education
University of Berne - BE
Main discipline
Climatology. Atmospherical Chemistry, Aeronomy
Start/End
01.04.2008 - 31.03.2011
Approved amount
591'484.00
Show all
Keywords (10)
paleoclimate research; global change; ice core research; Greenland research; ice age cycles; International Polar Year; Eemian Ice drilling; Greenland; firn gas measurements; CFA
Lay Summary (English)
Lead
Lay summary
The goals of the international project North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling (NEEM) are to obtain a reliable high-resolution northern hemisphere ice core record of the onset of the Eemian period (about 135,000 years ago) and, if possible, to provide first ice samples from the preceding glacial epoch from Greenland. This project has been declared top priority by IPICS, the International Partnership in Ice Core Science, and is the first of four internation polar ice drilling projects to be realised. Here we seek basic financial support to become a full partner of NEEM, to support the logistic cost at a very moderate but important level, and to be able to contribute to the NEEM project our unique scientific expertise in high-resolution ice core measurement.
The focus of our research will be to perform firn gas measurements in the field and provide crucial information for ice core dating and the determination of the gas age-ice age relationshiop. We will deploy to NEEM Station our newly developed Continuous Flow Analyses (CFA) device with which we will produce high-resolution measurements of a series of chemical components on a meltwater stream from a section of the entire ice core. In addition, air will be extracted continuously from the meltwater in order to det4ermine air content as well as the CH4 concentration using a gas chromatograph coupled to the CFA device. These data will be measured in the framework of the science program during the three field seasons of ice core drilling at NEEM Station.
Direct link to Lay Summary
Last update: 21.02.2013
Responsible applicant and co-applicants
Name
Institute
Stocker Thomas
Klima- und Umweltphysik Physikalisches Institut Universität Bern
Schwander Jakob
Klima- und Umweltphysik Physikalisches Institut Universität Bern
Employees
Name
Institute
Walther Remo
Associated projects
Number
Title
Start
Funding scheme
125116
Klima- und Umweltphysik
01.04.2009
Project funding (Div. I-III)
109189
Schweizerische Beteiligung am Eisbohrprojekt Talos Dome (East Antarctica)
01.10.2005
Research Infrastructure
135152
Klima- und Umweltphysik
01.04.2011
Project funding (Div. I-III)
137635
Schweizerische Beteiligung an der Eis-Tiefbohrung in Nordwest Grönland NEEM (Teil 2)
01.01.2012
Research Infrastructure
137635
Schweizerische Beteiligung an der Eis-Tiefbohrung in Nordwest Grönland NEEM (Teil 2)
01.01.2012
Research Infrastructure
-