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Arctic Environmental Change of the Last Four Centuries

Entry ID: NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_ARCTIC

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Summary

Abstract: Abstract (from the online documentation):
A compilation of paleoclimate records from lake sediments, trees, glaciers, and
marine sediments provides a view of circum-Arctic environmental variability
over the last 400 years. From 1840 to the mid-20th century, the Arctic warmed
to the highest levels in four centuries. This warming ended the Little Ice Age
in the Arctic and has caused dramatic ...

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: 50.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: J. Overpeck, K. Hughen, D. Hardy, R. Bradley, R. Case, M. Douglas, B. Finney, K. Gajewski, G. Jacoby, A. Jennings, S. Lamoureux, A. Lasca, G. MacDonald, J. Moore, M. Retelle, S. Smith, A. Wolfe, & G. Zielinski

Dataset Title: Arctic Environmental Change of the Last Four Centuries

Dataset Series Name: IGBP PAGES/WDCA CONTRIBUTION SERIES NUMBER: 1997-033

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO

Dataset Publisher: IGBP/PAGES/WDC Paleoclimatology

Issue Identification: 1997-033

Other Citation Details: NOAA/NCDC Paleoclimatology Program

Online Resource: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/sciencepub/front.htm

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1600-01-01

Stop Date: 2000-12-31

Paleo Temporal Coverage

Paleo Start Date: 400 ybp
Paleo Stop Date: 0 ybp
Chrono Unit:

PHANEROZOIC > CENOZOIC > QUATERNARY > HOLOCENE

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > EUROPE > EASTERN EUROPE > RUSSIA

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > GREENLAND

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN COMPOUNDS > OZONE

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

ENVIRONMENT

Platform

EP-TOMS > Earth Probe-TOMS

Instrument

TOMS > Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

SAFARI 2000 > The Southern African Regional Science Initiative Project

CWIC > CEOS WGISS Integrated Catalog

Ancillary Keywords

TOMS

OZONE

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC)

Data Center URL: http://daac.ornl.gov/
Dataset ID: 824

Data Center Personnel
Name: ORNL DAAC USER SERVICES OFFICE Phone: (865) 574-7447 Email: uso at daac.ornl.gov Contact Address: ORNL DAAC User Services Office Oak Ridge National Laboratory City: Oak Ridge Province or State: TN Postal Code: 37831-6407 Country: USA