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North American Pollen Atlas

Entry ID: NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2007-001

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Summary

Abstract: This atlas displays the distribution of modern pollen abundances in
North America, both geographically and relative to various climatic,
bioclimatic, and vegetational variables. It is intended to aid analyses
of modern pollen-environment relationships as well as the climatic and
ecological interpretations of fossil pollen diagrams. The atlas is based
upon a recent compilation of pollen ...

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Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: 20.0

E: -15.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Williams, J.W., B. Shuman, P.J. Bartlein, J. Whitmore, K. Gajewski, M. Sawada, T. Minckley, S. Shafer, A.E. Viau, T. Webb, III, P.M. Anderson, L.B. Brubaker, C. Whitlock, and O.K. Davis

Dataset Title: North American Pollen Atlas

Dataset Series Name: IGBP PAGES/WDCA CONTRIBUTION SERIES NUMBER: 2007-001

Dataset Release Date: December 2006

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO

Dataset Publisher: IGBP PAGES/World Data Center for Paleoclimatology

Issue Identification: 2007-001

Other Citation Details: NOAA/NCDC Paleoclimatology Program

Online Resource: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/pubs/williams2006/williams2006.html

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > GREENLAND

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > POLLEN

PALEOCLIMATE > LAND RECORDS > POLLEN

PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > POLLEN

ISO Topic Category

HEALTH

SOCIETY

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

PMP > Poverty Mapping Project

Quality See http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/povmap/methods_global.jsp.

Access Constraints None

Use Constraints The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York hold the copyright of this dataset. Users are prohibited from any commercial, non-free resale, or redistribution without explicit written permission from CIESIN. Users should acknowledge CIESIN as the source used in the creation of any reports, publications, new data sets, derived products, or services resulting from the use of this data set. CIESIN also requests reprints of any publications and notification of any redistributing efforts.

Ancillary Keywords

CIESIN > Human and Environmental Health > Nutrition and Hunger > Famines

CIESIN > Human Attitudes, Preferences, and Behavior > Consumer Behavior > Poverty

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

SEDAC

Data Center

Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center

Data Center URL: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/
Dataset ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_PMP_GSPCM

Data Center Personnel
Name: SEDAC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 845-365-8920 Fax: +1 845-365-8922 Email: ciesin.info at ciesin.columbia.edu Contact Address: 61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000 City: Palisades Province or State: NY Postal Code: 10964 Country: USA

World Data Center for Human Interactions in the Environment

Data Center URL: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/wdc/
Dataset ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_PMP_GSPCM

Data Center Personnel
Name: ROBERT CHEN Phone: 1-845-365-8952 Fax: 1-845-365-8922 Email: bchen at ciesin.columbia.edu Contact Address: WDC for Human Interactions in the Environment CIESIN/Columbia University P. O. Box 1000 61 Route 9W City: Palisades Province or State: NY Postal Code: 10964 Country: USA

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