Ferrigno, West Antarctica 300 Year Ice Core Deuterium Data Thomas, E.R.; Bracegirdle, T.J.; Turner, J.; Wolff, E.W. Thomas, E.R. Bracegirdle, T.J. Turner, J. Wolff, E.W. earth science/paleoclimate/ice cores (delta 2H,bulk ice,null,per mil SMOW,null,ice cores,averaged,isotope ratio mass spectrometry,N,Los Gatos (LWIA-24d) Liquid Water Isotope Analyzer at 5 cm resolution; corresponding to ~14 samples per year) earth science/paleoclimate/ice cores (age,null,null,year Common Era,null,ice cores,null,null,N,null) earth science/paleoclimate/ice core (Ferrigno>LATITUDE -74.57>LONGITUDE -86.9) We present a new stable isotope record from Ellsworth Land which provides a valuable 308 year record (1702-2009) of climate variability from coastal West Antarctica. Climate variability at this site is strongly forced by sea surface temperatures and atmospheric pressure in the tropical Pacific and related to local sea ice conditions. The record shows that this region has warmed since the late 1950s, at a similar magnitude to that observed in the Antarctic Peninsula and central West Antarctica; however, this warming trend is not unique. More dramatic isotopic warming (and cooling) trends occurred in the mid-nineteenth and eighteenth centuries, suggesting that at present, the effect of anthropogenic climate drivers at this location has not exceeded the natural range of climate variability in the context of the past ~300 years. STUDY NOTES: Ice Core deuterium (dD) data from the Ferrigno F10 ice core, West Antarctica. NCDC-Paleoclimatology https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data - Bauer Bruce Investigator : Thomas, E.R. Investigator : Bracegirdle, T.J. Investigator : Turner, J. Investigator : Wolff, E.W. 2017-05-19 ONLINE Files online, ASCII https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/22477 https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/icecore/antarctica/ferrigno/ferrigno2013dd.txt https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/icecore/antarctica/ferrigno/ferrigno2013dd.txt English https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/22477 https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/icecore/antarctica/ferrigno/ferrigno2013dd.txt Elizabeth R. Thomas, Thomas J. Bracegirdle, John Turner, Eric W. Wolff2013A 308 year record of climate variability in West AntarcticaGeophysical Research Letters40205492-549610.1002/2013GL057782http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2013GL057782/full START YEAR: 1703 AD * END YEAR: 2010 AD -86.9 -74.57 -86.9 -74.57