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California Current SST

Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Metadata:

Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Fredrick Prahl

Publication_Date: 12/95

Title: California Current SST

Edition:

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:

Series_Information:

Series_Name: IGBP PAGES/WDCA CONTRIBUTION SERIES NUMBER:
Issue_Identification: 95-028

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Boulder, CO
Publisher: IGBP PAGES/World Data Center for Paleoclimatology

Other_Citation_Details:

NOAA/NCDC Paleoclimatology Program

Online_Linkage: ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleocean/by_contributor/prahl1995/readme_prahl1995.txt

Description:

Abstract:: This data set consists of alkenones data from 2 cores in the California Current region of the northeast Pacific Ocean, used for SST reconstructions over the past 30Kyrs. Core location 42 16'N, 127 01'N.
Purpose:: Not Available
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: Prahl, F., et al, 1995, Assessment of sea-surface temperature at 42N in the California Current over the past 30,000 years, Paleoceanography 10(4), pp 763-773.

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -127.02
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -127.02
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.27
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.27

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: PROJECT
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > ISOTOPES
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > OCEAN/LAKE RECORDS > MICROFOSSILS
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTION
Theme_Keyword: PAGES > PAST GLOBAL CHANGES, IGBP
Theme_Keyword: Alkenones
Theme_Keyword: Sst Reconstruction
Theme_Keyword: California Current
Theme_Keyword: GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD
Place_Keyword: OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTHEAST PACIFIC OCEAN

Access_Constraints: Not Available

Use_Constraints:

Not Available

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: FREDRICK PRAHL

Contact_Position: INVESTIGATOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Oregon State University
State_or_Province: Oregon
Country: USA

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:: Not Available

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Not Available

Completeness_Report:

Not Available

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Not Available
Process_Date: Unknown

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: WDC/PALEOCLIMATOLOGY, BOULDER > World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder
Contact_Person: WDC/PALEOCLIMATOLOGY, BOULDER

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: World Data Center for Paleoclimatology
Address: NOAA/NCDC Code E/GCx3
Address: 325 Broadway
City: Boulder
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80303
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +1 (303) 497-6160

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +1 (303) 497-6513

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: paleo@noaa.gov

Resource_Description: NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_95-028

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: text

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleocean/b...

Access_Instructions:

Access to data files

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleocean/b...

Access_Instructions:

Access to documentation

Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20061219

Metadata_Review_Date: 20070419

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GCMD User Support Office
Contact_Organization: NASA Global Change Master Directory

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Not Available
City: Lanham
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 20706
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: Not Available

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gcmduso@gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

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