Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-05-23T05:17:16Z gisd Search: Parameters|PALEOCLIMATE http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 30 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2000-005 Cariaco Basin G. bulloides Abundance Data -64.49,10.76,-64.49,10.76 1165-01-01T00:00:00Z 1990-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-08-31T04:00:00Z Cariaco Basin G. bulloides Abundance Data Latitude: 10?45.46' N Longitude: 64?41.68' W Bathymetry: 395 m Variable names: Depth in core, Age, G. bulloides abundance ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]s2k_one_deg_biomass SAFARI 2000 1-DEGREE ESTIMATES OF BURNED BIOMASS, AREA, AND EMISSIONS, 2000 -18.0,-36.0,56.0,0.0 2000-08-01T00:00:00Z 2000-09-30T00:00:00Z 2012-04-17T04:00:00Z A new method is used to generate spatial estimates of monthly averaged biomass burned area and spatial and temporal estimates of trace gas and aerosol emissions from open fires in southern Africa.Global ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]G01175 Circumpolar Active-Layer Permafrost System (CAPS) -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2010-12-23T05:00:00Z The Circumpolar Active-Layer Permafrost System (CAPS) CD-ROM contains data sets and information products pertaining to permafrost and frozen ground topics. CAPS was originally compiled by the International ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]mosley-thompson_0820779 Trace Elements in Kilimanjaro Ice ,,, 2000-01-31T00:00:00Z 2000-02-15T00:00:00Z 2010-10-08T04:00:00Z To date there is a lack of knowledge of the composition of the past African atmosphere, especially at high elevations. As aerosols play an important role in the climate system, the assessment of their ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2000-067 Ras Umm Sidd Coral Oxygen Isotope Data, NOAA/NCDC/WDC Paleoclimatology 34.31,27.84,34.31,27.84 1750-11-01T00:00:00Z 1995-11-30T00:00:00Z 2009-01-21T05:00:00Z This data set consists of Ras Umm Sidd bimonthly coral oxygen isotope data (coral core RUS-95). [Abstract] A 245-year coral oxygen isotope record from the northern Red Sea ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]INTERGLACIAL_LAND_MAPS Global Land Environments since the Last Interglacial, Compiled by Jonathan Adams -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2008-05-30T04:00:00Z The paleo-ecosystems maps are based on simple compilations of the available information in the literature, relying heavily on the conclusions given by review papers for each subregion. Dates are given ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2004-027 Eastern Tropical Atlantic Alkenones and Sea Surface Temperatures -18.35,20.45,-18.35,20.45-20.1,19.0,-20.1,19.0 2007-08-10T04:00:00Z The molecular stratigraphy of BOFS core 31K and ODP Hole 658C has been studied for C37 alkenone abundances over the past 80 ka at high resolution (~circa 200-500 years). The derived Uk37 sea surface ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_1999-044 Congo Contextual Data for Phytolith Analysis 27.0,0.0,30.0,3.0 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z 1995-12-31T00:00:00Z 2007-02-16T05:00:00Z This data set consists of Phytolith analysis from the Ituri rain forest, NE Democratic Republic of Congo. Two types of plant materials were studied: archaeological opal silica of Late Pleistocene/Holocene ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_95-016 Isotope Data for Sale Briqueterie Section, Morocco -6.8,34.5,-6.8,34.5 2006-12-12T05:00:00Z This data set consists of isotope (delta 18O, delta 13C) data from the upper Miocene Sale Briqueterie section of Morocco. Tab-delimited ASCII files of Appendix Tables A1 and A2 of the original reference. http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_1999-064 Holocene High-Resolution Labrador Shelf Sediment Data -56.18,54.62,-56.18,54.62-56.06,54.79,-56.06,54.79 2006-10-31T05:00:00Z The data from HU87-33-017 and 018 consist of 6 files which detail the sedimentology stable isotope results, foraminiferal percentages, and rock magnetic properties. http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_1998-014 Labrador Sea Heinrich Event Data -26.45,62.52,-26.45,62.52 2006-10-31T05:00:00Z This data set consists of sediment and stable isotope results from Core HU87-033-009, Northwestern Labrador Sea, 62? 30.99'N, 59? 26.82'W, 1437 mwd. Files: 1) Radiocarbon date file hu87-033-009.c14dates.txt. ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]BIOME6000 BIOME 6000 (v4.2): Vegetation Maps for the Mid-Holocene and Last Glacial Maximum -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2006-09-26T04:00:00Z The Palaeovegetation Mapping Project (generally known as BIOME 6000: Prentice and Webb, 1998) was inaugurated in 1994 with the aim of providing global maps describing the vegetation patterns at 6000?500 ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]MIDHOLO_PRECIP_NAFRICA Diagnostic For Mid-Holocene Precipitation Over Northern Africa -20.0,15.0,45.0,35.0 2006-09-26T04:00:00Z Pollen evidence indicates that grassland and xerophytic woodland/scrubland occurred in ares of northern Africa characterised by desert today during the mid-Holocene (Jolly et al., 1998a, 1998b). Mid-Holocene ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]BIOME6000_MEGABIOME Mega-Biome Maps for the Mid-Holocene and Last Glacial Maximum -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2006-09-26T04:00:00Z Most dynamic vegetation models (DGVMs) simulate far fewer PFTs, and hence discriminate far fewer biomes, than the palaeodata allow. In order to facilitate direct comparison with model output, we have ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NGDC_PALEO_BOREHOLE Global Database of Borehole Temperatures and Climate Reconstructions from University of Michigan and World Data Center for Paleoclimatology -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1500-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2006-08-29T04:00:00Z [From descriptive information at http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/borehole/borehole.html] The borehole data at the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology is from the University of Michigan's Global ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NGDC_GLOBAL_POLLEN Global Pollen Database, Paleoclimate Data -180.0,-90.0,180.0,85.0 2006-08-28T04:00:00Z The Global Pollen Database currently includes data from Africa, the Americas, and northern Asia. This database continues to grow as new data are organized and made available by various regional data ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2005-034 Cold Air Cave Stalagmite 25KYr Stable Isotope Data 29.18,-24.07,29.18,-24.07 2006-05-22T04:00:00Z Data from stalagmites in the Makapansgat Valley, South Africa, document regional climatic change in southern Africa in the Late Pleistocene and Holocene. A new TIMS U-series dated stalagmite indicates ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2003-017 South African Speleothem Stable Isotope Data from Cold Air Cave 29.18,-24.02,29.18,-24.02 2006-05-22T04:00:00Z This data set consists of stable isotope and grey colour intensity data from an aragonite stalagmite from Cold Air Cave in the Makapansgat Valley in northeastern South Africa. The record indicates ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NGDC_EUROPE_POLLEN European Pollen Database, Paleoclimate Data -18.0,15.0,60.0,75.0 2006-05-09T04:00:00Z The European Pollen Database (EPD) currently includes pollen data from Europe, Northern Africa, Middle East, and Western Asia. All of the EPD data are available in Paradox 4.5 format. See: "http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/epd.html" ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EARTH_LAND_NGDC_PALEO_TREERINGS Tree Ring Data from the International Tree-Ring Data Bank (ITRDB), NOAA/NCDC Paleoclimatology Program -180.0,-60.0,180.0,75.0 2006-05-09T04:00:00Z The International Tree-Ring Data Bank is maintained by the NOAA Paleoclimatology Program and World Data Center for Paleoclimatology. The Data Bank includes raw ring width or wood density measurements, ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_APD African Pollen Database -30.0,-30.0,60.0,40.0 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-04-10T00:00:00Z 2006-04-26T04:00:00Z The African Pollen Database is a network of all scientists involved in African palynology, with the objective to provide a tool, independent of particular research programmes, for the study of biodiversity ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NGDC_EQAFRICA_PRECIP Equatorial Africa 40 KYr Precipitation Reconstructions from WDC/Paleoclimatology 28.0,-4.0,30.0,-2.0 2005-06-17T04:00:00Z "Paleoclimatic estimates of mean annual rainfall in the equatorial highlands of Central East Africa have been established for the last 40 kyr. The values are inferred from nine fossil pollen sequences, ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NGDC_PALEO_AFRICA6K African 6000 Years B.P. Land Surface Conditions, WDC Paleoclimatology -17.0,10.0,60.0,30.0 2005-04-19T04:00:00Z This dataset describes land surface conditions at 6000 years B.P. on a 1 degree x 1 degree grid across northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. It includes information on the percentage in each ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NGDC_PAGES_AFRICA_DROUGHT Rainfall and drought in equatorial east Africa during the past 1,100 years, NOAA/NGDC/PAGES 36.4,-0.75,36.4,-0.75 0880-01-01T00:00:00Z 1993-12-31T00:00:00Z 2005-04-19T04:00:00Z This data set is a decade-scale reconstruction of rainfall and drought in equatorial east Africa over the past 1,100 years, based on lake-level and salinity fluctuations of Lake Naivasha (Kenya) inferred ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PALEOBIOLOGY_DB The Paleobiology Database -180.0,-60.0,180.0,80.0 2004-12-13T05:00:00Z The Paleobiology Database is a public resource for the scientific community. It has been organized and operated by a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional, international group of paleobiological ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]G2091 Ras Umm Sidd Oxygen Isotope (delta 18O) Data for 1750 to 1995 34.31,27.85,34.31,27.85 1750-01-01T00:00:00Z 1995-12-31T00:00:00Z 2004-09-16T04:00:00Z Ras Umm Sidd bimonthly coral oxygen isotope data (coral core RUS-95). Notes on the data: File (Ras Umm Sidd d18O.txt.) includes columns for Year AD (bimonthly resolution: Jan-Feb, Mar-Apr, May-Jun, ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]G2085 Malindi, Kenya Stable Isotope Data (delta 18O, delta 13C) for 1801-1994 40.0,-3.0,40.0,-3.0 1801-01-01T00:00:00Z 1994-12-31T00:00:00Z 2004-09-08T04:00:00Z Malindi annual oxygen isotopic composition, 1801-1994. Notes on the data: File includes columns for Year AD, Coral d18O (?), and SST (?C). The SST data are sparse as they were screened using the ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_94-028 Oxford Lake Levels Database -180.0,-70.0,180.0,80.0 2004-08-05T04:00:00Z The Oxford Lake-Level Data Bank comprises records of lake status, a measure of relative water depth, for lake basins which have been closed for part, or all, of their Late Quaternary history. Lake ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_PALEO_KILIMANJARO Kilimanjaro Ice Core Stable Isotope, Ion, and Nitrate Data from NOAA/WDC Paleoclimatology 35.0,-6.0,35.0,-6.0 2002-10-21T04:00:00Z Abstract from "ftp://ftp.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/icecore/trop/kilimanjaro/kilimanjaro.txt" Six ice cores from Kilimanjaro provide an ~11.7-thousand-year record of Holocene climate and environmental variability ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GFZ_RED_BEDS_MOROCCO Definition of the Jurassic red-bed-sediments in the High and the Middle Atlas mountains of Morocco. -6.0,33.0,-6.0,33.0-6.0,34.0,-6.0,34.0 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z 2000-02-28T00:00:00Z 2001-07-09T04:00:00Z Pollen analyses allowed researcher to get a good definition of the limits between the Dogger and the Lower Creataceous layers in the red bed sediments of the High Atlas mountains in Morocco.