BYRD CO2 DATA ************* University of Bern, Sidlerstr. 5, 3012 Bern 24.2.2000/ai for further questions: indermuehle@climate.unibe.ch ************* References for the data: Neftel, A., H. Oeschger, T. Staffelbach and B. Stauffer, CO2 record in the Byrd ice core 50,000-5,000 years BP, Nature 331, 609-611, 1988 Staffelbach, T., B. Stauffer, A. Sigg and H. Oeschger, CO2 measurements from polar ice cores: more data from different sites, Tellus 43B, 91-96, 1991 O. Marchal, T.F. Stocker, F. Joos, A. Indermühle, T. Blunier, J. Tschumi, Modelling the concentration of atmospheric CO2 during the Younger Dryas climate event, Climate Dynamics, 15, 341-354, 1999. Reference for the dating: Blunier, T., J. Chappellaz, J. Schwander, A. Dällenbach, B. Stauffer, T. Stocker, D. Raynaud, J. Jouzel, H.B. Clausen, C.U. Hammer, and S.J. Johnsen, Asynchrony of Antarctic and Greenland climate change during the last glacial period, Nature, 394, 739-743, 1998. This dating is a slightly modified version of the dating in Stauffer, B, T. Blunier, A. Dällenbach, A. Indermühle, J. Schwander, T. Stocker, J. Tschumi, J. Chappelaz, D. Raynaud, C. Hammer, H.B. Clausen, Atmospheric CO2 concentration and millennial-scale climate change during the last glacial period, Nature, 392, 59-62, 1998. depth is top of interval BP is before 1950 Mean values are mean values over 50 cm sections Sigma mean is sigma for the mean value depth Gasage CO2 mean sigma mean [m] [yr BP] [ppmv] [ppmv] 1050.970 11302 271.6 2.2 1051.000 11303 262.4 4.2 1059.555 11437 265.1 2.3 1063.465 11499 269.9 2.8 1069.400 11592 265.0 4.2 1069.465 11593 265.3 2.0 1075.920 11693 261.9 7.2 1079.680 11751 262.5 0.8 1079.700 11752 259.7 4.2 1090.600 11923 258.7 4.2 1097.900 12031 255.0 17.3 1097.960 12032 255.6 4.9 1111.080 12287 250.3 2.9 1111.100 12287 245.0 4.2 1117.970 12470 246.2 2.7 1120.500 12533 246.3 10.6 1130.730 12790 243.3 2.5 1130.800 12792 251.1 10.2 1136.440 12938 236.0 3.2 1140.585 13049 239.4 1.1 1150.000 13312 231.5 5.5 1150.130 13316 242.7 2.7 1151.180 13344 242.7 3.1 1160.400 13592 246.9 3.2 1162.305 13644 242.0 5.5 1166.925 13769 236.1 1.0 1171.325 13889 238.9 2.5 1175.450 14001 240.6 2.4 1181.340 14158 242.8 0.8 1184.265 14236 243.7 1.0 1187.645 14327 246.2 0.8 1192.070 14448 243.9 1.3 1195.810 14546 240.4 3.0 1199.300 14636 233.2 1.3 1200.245 14660 234.2 2.0 1200.500 14667 229.1 2.4 1203.470 14742 235.2 2.3 1205.640 14797 231.1 1.1 1216.325 15073 233.1 1.6 1221.470 15211 225.4 2.0 1226.110 15335 225.3 1.6 1231.875 15489 231.4 0.9 1239.685 15693 233.5 3.0 1247.850 15896 218.8 3.2 1251.000 15977 214.8 6.0 1251.160 15982 219.1 0.8 1252.040 16004 223.5 3.6 1254.125 16060 214.8 1.6 1254.940 16083 211.8 1.5 1260.900 16250 211.7 1.0 1261.000 16254 209.2 1.5 1265.000 16398 209.3 2.1 1270.670 16609 205.9 2.1 1276.200 16816 192.4 1.5 1286.370 17193 199.9 2.5 1287.880 17246 201.1 0.5 1291.695 17391 201.9 2.1 1304.230 17907 195.6 2.1 1309.680 18124 188.1 1.9 1314.180 18302 194.4 0.8 1316.000 18374 193.7 2.1 1319.640 18518 195.3 2.1 1329.300 18884 196.4 1.5 1335.030 19090 192.1 2.1 1341.450 19334 197.1 2.1 1344.330 19451 194.6 2.1 1347.000 19559 196.5 4.2 1348.400 19615 198.8 2.1 1351.840 19753 200.5 2.1 1354.070 19840 195.7 2.1 1359.990 20071 199.4 2.1 1365.480 20289 195.3 2.1 1368.560 20413 194.9 2.1 1374.355 20650 186.7 2.1 1382.950 21007 205.6 2.4 1387.800 21211 204.7 1.5 1392.800 21421 195.8 2.1 1395.370 21529 198.3 1.5 1408.220 22060 194.1 2.1 1414.000 22298 199.2 1.5 1425.860 22780 186.7 2.1 1440.000 23327 203.2 2.1 1440.930 23366 203.5 2.1 1451.200 23773 190.2 1.5 1456.400 23978 192.3 2.1 1466.880 24389 185.8 1.5 1476.990 24794 186.3 2.1 1481.500 24975 194.7 1.5 1484.500 25107 186.7 4.2 1486.000 25172 197.9 2.1 1492.220 25424 199.6 2.7 1496.400 25589 202.6 2.6 1498.000 25654 194.1 4.2 1499.600 25718 187.0 4.5 1501.000 25773 194.4 4.2 1502.800 25846 193.5 4.2 1504.000 25894 183.0 4.5 1507.000 26008 195.3 4.0 1508.600 26067 202.0 4.5 1510.000 26117 193.5 4.2 1511.000 26153 195.7 3.5 1511.500 26171 187.4 4.2 1512.500 26209 195.4 3.5 1514.600 26290 180.3 5.0 1515.800 26339 186.2 3.5 1520.700 26568 197.8 4.2 1523.700 26725 194.3 4.2 1525.200 26800 196.0 4.2 1528.200 26946 193.5 4.2 1529.600 27011 193.8 4.2 1530.800 27067 189.8 5.0 1532.300 27137 189.0 4.2 1533.900 27210 181.3 4.0 1540.000 27498 192.2 2.4 1544.000 27691 202.0 15.3 1546.000 27788 186.5 2.1 1549.000 27928 186.8 2.1 1552.000 28069 187.6 10.6 1556.000 28257 194.4 3.0 1558.000 28351 188.1 2.1 1562.000 28541 189.4 2.1 1564.000 28636 188.4 2.5 1568.000 28813 190.0 3.0 1570.000 28902 189.2 3.3 1573.000 29038 187.0 3.5 1579.000 29321 188.0 3.0 1582.900 29516 198.9 4.0 1585.000 29621 195.5 4.0 1588.900 29811 197.5 2.8 1591.400 29930 201.9 2.8 1594.400 30073 192.0 4.0 1597.200 30206 196.8 3.1 1600.000 30333 189.9 4.2 1604.000 30514 197.7 1.5 1606.000 30610 188.6 7.0 1610.000 30800 194.5 2.1 1611.300 30864 200.6 4.0 1614.300 31010 202.1 4.0 1617.300 31150 199.7 4.0 1620.000 31277 189.5 2.1 1624.000 31457 195.7 2.1 1627.000 31592 198.4 3.3 1629.000 31682 199.8 2.1 1632.000 31816 199.0 2.8 1636.000 32005 192.1 8.5 1639.000 32147 203.1 2.1 1641.000 32246 199.0 5.9 1645.000 32443 202.4 2.1 1648.000 32591 207.4 2.1 1651.500 32772 191.5 4.0 1653.000 32849 209.4 2.1 1657.000 33042 199.2 7.9 1666.000 33447 206.4 2.4 1676.000 33906 199.3 9.8 1679.000 34049 202.6 2.1 1682.000 34192 201.8 2.9 1684.000 34290 202.7 4.9 1686.000 34389 203.9 2.1 1691.000 34636 209.4 3.5 1694.000 34786 207.8 2.1 1696.000 34887 209.5 2.1 1699.000 35037 205.8 1.9 1714.500 35780 208.6 4.2 1715.900 35843 203.1 1.3 1717.200 35903 203.6 4.2 1718.800 35978 197.0 4.4 1720.000 36034 196.8 3.5 1723.400 36192 199.8 3.5 1724.900 36261 199.9 3.5 1725.600 36294 192.6 3.5 1726.600 36341 187.8 4.2 1727.440 36380 198.6 2.8 1728.300 36419 195.5 5.2 1729.000 36451 195.9 7.1 1729.500 36474 200.0 3.5 1730.800 36534 191.4 2.7 1732.500 36614 201.1 3.5 1734.500 36703 196.8 3.5 1735.500 36747 199.4 4.2 1736.200 36777 202.3 4.2 1738.400 36875 198.6 4.2 1739.700 36931 207.4 4.2 1741.400 37004 204.0 4.2 1742.900 37070 210.9 3.6 1743.500 37097 207.0 5.0 1744.165 37127 201.5 3.2 1744.665 37149 201.9 3.5 1745.275 37176 202.5 2.5 1746.000 37209 195.0 4.2 1747.400 37271 193.1 4.2 1748.700 37332 195.6 4.2 1750.200 37403 194.8 4.2 1751.700 37472 194.4 4.2 1754.200 37591 196.2 2.0 1756.200 37688 195.4 1.8 1759.000 37823 191.4 2.7 1763.000 38014 193.3 2.1 1765.000 38108 197.6 3.9 1772.900 38491 193.7 4.0 1774.600 38577 193.6 4.0 1777.800 38800 197.5 4.0 1780.700 39034 196.9 4.0 1788.000 39613 194.9 4.0 1789.500 39734 194.9 4.0 1801.000 40691 194.3 9.1 1813.600 41675 197.8 4.0 1820.000 42200 197.5 2.8 1822.500 42417 201.5 2.8 1826.800 42701 202.8 4.0 1828.600 42796 200.2 4.0 1831.700 42970 201.2 4.0 1835.900 43222 207.1 4.0 1837.700 43330 210.0 4.0 1841.900 43580 208.1 4.0 1843.700 43691 209.9 4.0 1847.900 43953 212.3 3.9 1850.000 44079 204.6 6.3 1850.800 44127 202.9 4.0 1855.700 44420 211.4 5.4 1858.200 44565 206.5 2.8 1861.700 44758 204.5 4.0 1864.600 44914 210.5 4.0 1867.700 45081 206.5 4.0 1871.000 45264 202.4 4.0 1873.900 45423 204.6 4.0 1881.000 45808 199.9 4.0 1884.000 45971 200.7 4.0 1891.900 46417 202.8 4.0