If you're interested in incorporating ice core analysis into ongoing or future research projects, then join our upcoming APECS ice core webinar series (details and webinar registration links below). The webinars will include the following topics: working the the US ice drilling program, using ice cores archived at NICL, and ice core processing techniques. Each webinar presentation will be ~30 minutes in length followed by a live question and answer period with the webinar presenter.
The webinars will be archived online on the APECS website later this summer under the Glaciology Research Area and in the past APECS Webinar list. Please email the webinar series organizer, Ellyn Enderlin (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), with any questions.
Thursday June 18th @ 12:00 EDT
Ice Core Webinar #1: Working with the US Ice Drilling Program
Presented by Dr. Mary Albert (Executive Director for IDPO)
Webinar ID: 114-406-971
Webinar Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/608954986533373954
The Ice Drilling Program Office (IDPO) and Ice Drilling Design and Operations (IDDO) coordinate planning and provide ice drilling and ice coring support for NSF-funded ice core research. The webinar will include a quick overview of the IDPO-IDDO, including how IDPO-IDDO works with the science community for short and long-range (decadal) planning of science involving ice coring or drilling, and how IDPO-IDDO retrieves cores or create access holes in ice for U.S. scientists. Webinar participants will learn how they can tap into these resources if conducting ice core analyses on the Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets, glaciers, and/or seasonal ice in temperate regions. Information on IDPO-IDDO and their services can be found at: http://icedrill.org/.
Tuesday June 23rd @ 12:00 EDT
Ice Core Webinar #2: Using Ice Cores Archived at the US National Ice Core Laboratory (NICL)
Presented by Mark Twickler (Science Director for NICL)
Webinar ID: 145-067-619
Webinar Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1507385728798496258
The U.S. National Ice Core Laboratory (NICL) is a National Science Foundation (NSF) facility for storing, curating, and studying meteoric ice cores recovered from the glaciated regions of the world. NICL is managed by the U.S. Geological Survey through an Inter-Agency Agreement. NICL provides scientists with the capability to conduct examinations and measurements on ice cores, and it preserves the integrity of these ice cores in a long-term repository for future investigations. This webinar will discuss the policies for accessing archived ice cores and use of the facility. To familiarize yourself with the facility, please visit: http://icecores.org.
Thursday June 25th @ 12:00 EDT
Ice Core Webinar #3: Overview of Laser Ablation and Traditional Ice Core Processing Techniques
Presented by Dr. Nicole Spaulding (University of Maine)
Webinar ID: 151-706-531
Webinar Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5381167503592883458
This webinar will provide participants with an overview of traditional and emerging methods for the analysis of ice core chemistry. Traditional systems rely upon a heated metal disk or plate to melt the ice prior to analysis by ion chromatography or inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Emerging instrumentation, such as that utilized by the University of Maine Climate Change Institute’s W. M. Keck Laser Ice Facility, combines state of the art laser ablation sample introduction with ICP-MS analysis. The latter method offers greatly enhanced sample resolution thereby allowing the recovery of sub-annual signals from regions with very low accumulation rates, in highly compressed ice at great depths, and in regions of ascending flow (blue-ice exposures). We will also discuss the types of research questions each method is best suited to answer.
