IPICS Documents
Thursday, 19 May 2011 15:10
Below are a range of documents (in Acrobat .pdf format) describing the role of IPICS, along with the outputs of various meetings and the plans for its priority science projects.
Name |
Length |
Description |
Mission Statement and Constitution |
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| 1 page |
This document describes the purpose of IPICS, as agreed on in March 2006. | |
| IPICS Constitution | 1 page | This is the constitution, as agreed on by the IPICS SC in July 2008. |
Documents from Virginia Workshop (13-16 March 2004) |
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| 44 pages |
This is the final workshop report from the NSF-funded IPICS Workshop. Information in the report was presented and discussed at the workshop and the document was written primarily by the IPICS Steering Committee. |
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| Addendum to Pre-Meeting Report |
12 pages |
This is the Addendum to the document above. Download this only if you downloaded the Pre-Meeting Report prior to April 2005. |
| Complete Pre-Meeting Report |
89 pages |
The international ice core community provided pre-workshop information about current and proposed projects along with drilling capabilities. Note: If you downloaded this report prior to April, 2005 you only need to download the Addendum, not the whole report. |
White Papers (March-May 2006) |
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| 4 pages |
This is the White Paper discussing the IPICS 40,000 year network: A bipolar record of climate forcing and response. |
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| IPICS 2k Array |
4 pages |
This is the White Paper discussing the IPICS 2k Array: A network of ice core climate and climate forcing records for the last two millennia. |
| IPICS Northwest Greenland Eemian |
4 pages |
This is the White Paper discussing the last interglacial and beyond: A northwest Greenland deep ice core drilling project. |
| IPICS Oldest Ice Core |
4 pages |
This is the White Paper discussing the oldest ice core: A 1.5 million year record of climate and greenhouse gases from Antarctica. |
| Ice Core Drilling Technical Challenges | 4 pages |
This is the White Paper addressing the fifth, and critical, element of IPICS, the development of advanced ice core drilling technology. |
Science Plans |
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| 13 pages |
This is the Science Plan for "IPICS 40k: Bipolar sequence of climate forcing and response during the last 40 000 years", approved by the Steering Committee. (1 September 2008) |
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| IPICS 2k Array | 13 pages |
This is the Science Plan for "The IPICS 2000 Year Array: ice core contributions to quantitative assessment of recent climate forcing and climate variability", approved by the Steering Committee. (16 March 2009) |
| IPICS Oldest Ice Core | 30 pages |
This is the Science Plan for "The oldest ice core: A 1.5 million year record of climate and greenhouse gases from Antarctica", approved by the Steering Committee. (1 June 2008) |
National summaries of activities and plans |
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| 27 pages |
This document contains short updates on national activities and plans, as of early 2006. It updates the 2004 pre-meeting document. |
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| 2008 update | 33 pages | This document contains short updates on national activities and plans, as of April 2008, updating the 2004 and 2006 reports. |
International Polar Year |
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| 12 pages |
This is the IPICS International Polar Year (IPY) Expression of Intent Submission. |
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July 2009 IPICS Workshop |
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| 12 pages |
2009 IPICS Workshop on Science and Technology for the Next Generation of International Ice Coring, Corvallis, OR July 6-7, 2009 |
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