| Name |
Length |
Description |
| Mission Statement and Constitution |
IPICS Mission Statement
|
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) |
IPICS Workshop Report
|
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.
|
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 2006) |
IPICS 40k Array
|
4 pages
|
This is the White Paper discussing the IPICS 40,000 year network: A bipolar record of climate forcing and response.
|
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 |
| IPICS 40k Array |
13 pages
|
This is the draft Science Plan on "The IPICS 40,000 year network: a bipolar
record of climate forcing and response", for review by the Steering
Committee. (January 2008) |
| IPICS 2k Array |
11 pages |
This is the draft Science Plan on "The IPICS 2000 Year Array: ice core contributions to quantitative assessment of recent climate forcing and climate variability", for review by the Steering Committee. (April 2008) |
| IPICS Oldest Ice Core |
30 pages
|
This is the Science Plan on "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 |
| 2006 update |
27 pages |
This document contains short updates on national activities and plans, as of early 2006. It updates the 2004 pre-meeting document. |
| 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 |
IPICS-IPY
|
12 pages
|
This is the IPICS International Polar Year (IPY) Expression of Intent Submission.
|