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Hypothesized Climate Forcing Time Series for the Last 500 Years

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Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Robertson, A., Overpeck, J., Rind, D., Mosley-Thompson, E., Zielinski, G., Lean, J., Koch, D., Penner, J., Tegen, I., and Healy, R.

Publication_Date: 2001

Title: Hypothesized Climate Forcing Time Series for the Last 500 Years

Edition:

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:

Series_Information:

Series_Name:
Issue_Identification: IGBP PAGES/WDC Contribution Series Number: 2001-057

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Boulder, CO
Publisher: NOAA/NCDC Paleoclimatology Program

Other_Citation_Details:

Online_Linkage: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/pubs/robertson2001/robertson2001.html

Description:

Abstract:: [from NOAA/NCDC/WDC Paleoclimatology] A new compilation of annually resolved time series of atmospheric trace gas concentrations, solar irradiance, tropospheric aerosol optical depth, and stratospheric (volcanic) aerosol optical depth is presented for use in climate modeling studies of the period 1500 to 1999 A.D. Atmospheric CO2, CH4, and N2O concentrations over this period are well established on the basis of fossil air trapped in ice cores and instrumental measurements over the last few decades. Estimates of solar irradiance, ranging between 1364.2 and 1368.2 W/m2, are presented using calibrated historical observations of the Sun back to 1610, along with cosmogenic isotope variations extending back to 1500. Tropospheric aerosol distributions are calculated by scaling the modern distribution of sulfate and carbonaceous aerosol optical depths back to 1860 using reconstructed regional CO2 emissions; prior to 1860 the anthropogenic tropospheric aerosol optical depths are assumed to be zero. Finally, the first continuous, annually dated record of zonally averaged stratospheric (volcanic) optical depths back to 1500 is constructed using sulfate flux data from multiple ice cores from both Greenland and Antarctica, in conjunction with historical and instrumental (satellite and pyrheliometric) observations. The climate forcings generated here are currently being used as input to a suite of transient (time dependent) paleoclimate model simulations of the past 500 years. These forcings are also available for comparison with instrumental and proxy paleoclimate data of the same period.
Purpose:: Not Available
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: Robertson, A., Overpeck, J., Rind, D., Mosley-Thompson, E., Zielinski, G., Lean, J., Koch, D., Penner, J., Tegen, I., and Healy, R. 2001. Hypothesized climate forcing time series for the last 500 years J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. Vol. 106 , No. D14 , p. 14,783, 27 July 2001

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 15000101
Ending_Date: 19991231

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.0
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180.0
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 90.0
South_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.0

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD PLATFORM
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: PROJECT
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE
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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > CARBONACEOUS AEROSOLS
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > DUST/ASH/SMOKE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > SULFATE PARTICLES
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > TRACE GASES/TRACE SPECIES
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > SOLAR IRRADIANCE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > ICE CORE RECORDS > CARBON DIOXIDE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > ICE CORE RECORDS > METHANE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > ICE CORE RECORDS > NITROUS OXIDE
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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > VOLCANIC ACTIVITY > ERUPTION DYNAMICS > ASH/DUST COMPOSITION
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW/ICE CHEMISTRY > CARBON DIOXIDE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW/ICE CHEMISTRY > METHANE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW/ICE CHEMISTRY > NITROUS OXIDE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW/ICE CHEMISTRY > CARBON DIOXIDE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW/ICE CHEMISTRY > METHANE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW/ICE CHEMISTRY > NITROUS OXIDE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > PALEOCLIMATE > PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS > SOLAR FORCING/INSOLATION RECONSTRUCTION
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS > CARBON DIOXIDE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS > METHANE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > NITROGEN COMPOUNDS > NITROUS OXIDE
Theme_Keyword: GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Theme_Keyword: IGBP > INTERNATIONAL GEOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE PROGRAMME
Theme_Keyword: PAGES > PAST GLOBAL CHANGES, IGBP
Theme_Keyword: Climate Change
Theme_Keyword: Climate Forcing
Theme_Keyword: Solar Irradiance
Theme_Keyword: Stratospheric Optical Depth
Theme_Keyword: Tropospheric Optical Depth
Theme_Keyword: Volcanic Aerosol Optical Depth
Theme_Keyword: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
Theme_Keyword: GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
Theme_Keyword: INLAND WATERS
Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

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Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD
Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > ARCTIC
Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL
Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Access_Constraints: Not Available

Use_Constraints:

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Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: RICHARD J. HEALY

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: DOROTHY M. KOCH

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: JUDITH LESLEY LEAN

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: ELLEN MOSLEY-THOMPSON

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: JONATHAN T. OVERPECK

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: JOYCE E. PENNER

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: DR. DAVID H. RIND

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: ALEX ROBERTSON

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: INA TEGEN

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GREGORY A. ZIELINSKI

Contact_Position: INVESTIGATOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Address: Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry
Address: MS 25
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543
Country: USA

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Address: 2880 Broadway
City: New York
State_or_Province: NY
Postal_Code: 10025
Country: USA

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Code 7673L
Address: Naval Research Laboratory
City: Washington
State_or_Province: DC
Postal_Code: 20375
Country: USA

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Byrd Polar Research Center
Address: Ohio State University
Address: 1090 Carmack Rd.
City: Columbus
State_or_Province: Ohio
Postal_Code: 43210
Country: USA

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Institute of the Environment
Address: Department of Geosciences
Address: University of Arizona
City: Tucson
State_or_Province: AZ
Postal_Code: 85721-0077
Country: USA

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: University of Michigan
Address: Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences
Address: 2455 Hayward
City: Ann Arbor
State_or_Province: MI
Postal_Code: 48109-2143
Country: USA

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Address: 2880 Broadway
City: NEW YORK
State_or_Province: NY
Postal_Code: 10025
Country: USA

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: University of Colorado
Address: Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
City: Boulder
State_or_Province: CO
Country: USA

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Climate Change Institute
Address: 318 Bryand Global Sciences Center
Address: University of Maine
City: Orono
State_or_Province: ME
Postal_Code: 04469-5790
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (212) 678-5561

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202-767-5116

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (614) 292-6652

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 313-936-0519

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 207-581-3441

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 202-404-7997

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (614) 292-4697

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 313-764-5137

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 207-581-1203

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dkoch@giss.nasa.gov

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jlean@ssd5.nrl.navy.mil

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: thompson.4@osu.edu

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jto@email.arizona.edu

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: penner@umich.edu

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: David.H.Rind@nasa.gov

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: itegen@bgc-jena.mpg.de

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gzielinski@maine.edu

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:: Not Available

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Process_Step:

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Process_Date: Unknown

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Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 7.83 degrees
Longitude_Resolution: 10 degrees
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

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_NGDC_PALEO_CLIMATEFORCING

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ASCII, Excel files

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:: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/pubs/robertson2001/...

Access_Instructions:

Access to documentation and data

Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20010828

Metadata_Review_Date: 20120831

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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