Global Change Master Directorygsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov502013-05-19T07:28:48Zwater Search: Parameters|PALEOCLIMATEhttp://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 626 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00526Antarctic Peninsula Long Term Environmental Monitoring and Surveying2013-04-05T04:00:00ZLTMS will build on and extend BAS's past collection of long-term time-series of key environmental variables. Examples include the ongoing collection of the temperature record which shows that the ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00510CACHE-PEP: Natural climate variability - extending the Americas Pole-Equator-Pole paleoclimate transect through the Antarctic Peninsula to the Pole2013-04-05T04:00:00ZTo determine how the climate of the Antarctic Peninsula during the Holocene (last 10,000 years) is related to global scale patterns and trends, in order to understand the significance of current environmental ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00524SEC-HOLISTIC: HOlistic Links between the Ionosphere, Stratosphere and Troposphere and their Influence on Climate2013-04-05T04:00:00ZSEC will describe and quantify the key mechanisms by which variations in the solar wind and solar high-energy radiation affect the Earth's atmosphere, to determine whether or not these have a significant ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00500ACES-ACCENT: Antarctic Climate Change and Nonlinear Teleconnections2013-03-29T04:00:00ZACES will investigate the atmospheric and oceanic links that connect the climate of the Antarctic to that of lower latitudes, and their controlling mechanisms. Specific research topics will include ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00518GEACEP-ISODYN: Icehouse Earth: Stability Or DYNamism?2013-03-29T04:00:00ZGEACEP will investigate the relationship between the evolution of Antarctic ice and the changing global environment over the last ~30 million years (My). We will do so through collecting and combining ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GB-NERC-BAS-AEDC-00521GRADES-QWAD: Quaternary West Antarctic Deglaciations2013-03-29T04:00:00ZCurrent predictions of sea level rise do not correctly quantify contributions from Antarctica. Some sectors of the Antarctic ice sheet are showing considerable rates of change; are these changes a ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GB-NERC-BAS-AEDC-00525SEC-WARP: Whole Atmosphere consequences of Radiation-belt Processes2013-03-22T04:00:00ZSEC will describe and quantify the key mechanisms by which variations in the solar wind and solar high-energy radiation affect the Earth's atmosphere, to determine whether or not these have a significant ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_1164_AM03Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2005-06 - AM0370.332,-70.561,70.333,-70.562005-12-13T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2013-02-05T05:00:00ZAmery Ice Shelf AM03 borehole drilled mid-December 2005. Sub-shelf water profiling measurements conducted over a period of a few days. Partial video recording of borehole walls and sea floor benthos. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_1164_AM03_videoAmery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2005-06 - AM03 - video footage70.332,-70.561,70.333,-70.562005-12-13T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2013-02-05T05:00:00ZAmery Ice Shelf AM03 borehole drilled mid-December 2005. Sub-shelf water profiling measurements conducted over a period of a few days. Partial video recording of borehole walls and sea floor benthos. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_1164_AM04Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2005-06 - AM0470.29,-69.9,70.3,-69.892006-01-10T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2013-02-05T05:00:00ZAmery Ice Shelf AM04 borehole drilled mid-January 2006. Sub-shelf water profiling measurements conducted over a period of a few days. Partial video recording of borehole walls and sea floor benthos. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_1164_AM04_videoAmery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2005-06 - AM04 - video footage70.29,-69.9,70.3,-69.892006-01-10T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2013-02-05T05:00:00ZAmery Ice Shelf AM04 borehole drilled mid-January 2006. Sub-shelf water profiling measurements conducted over a period of a few days. Partial video recording of borehole walls and sea floor benthos. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_1164_AM05Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2009-11 - AM0569.6805,-70.2292,69.6805,-70.22922009-12-19T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2013-02-05T05:00:00ZAmery Ice Shelf AM05 borehole drilled mid-December 2009. Sub-shelf water profiling measurements conducted over a period of a few days. Partial video recording of borehole walls and sea floor benthos. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_1164_AM06Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2010-11 - AM0671.3679,-70.2428,71.3679,-70.24282010-01-07T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2013-02-05T05:00:00ZAmery Ice Shelf AM06 borehole drilled early January 2010. Sub-shelf water profiling measurements conducted over a period of a few days. Partial video recording of borehole walls and sea floor benthos. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]US_ITASE-99-1US ITASE-99-1 ice core (Research Funded by NSF OPP)-122.63,-80.62,-122.63,-80.621713-01-01T00:00:00Z2000-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-01-24T05:00:00ZSub-annually resolved ice core chemistry data from various sites on the Antarctic Ice Sheet were obtained from 1999 to 2008 during the US International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition (US ITASE) ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]steffen_0732946IPY: Stability of Larsen C Ice Shelf in a Warming Climate2009-01-01T00:00:00Z2011-10-01T00:00:00Z2013-01-07T05:00:00ZOur ground penetrating radar surveys focused on key structural features of the ice shelf, including basal crevasses, marine ice and rifts. Here we present our published work on basal crevasses. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NRMSC_sulfurnitrogenstableisotopesUse of Sulfur and Nitrogen Stable Isotopes to Determine the Importance of Whitebark Pine Nuts to Yellowstone Grizzly Bears-118.0,42.0,-105.0,49.01994-01-01T00:00:00Z2001-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-12-12T05:00:00ZWhitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) is a masting species that produces relatively
large, fat- and protein-rich nuts that are consumed by grizzly bears (Ursus
arctos horribilis). Trees produce abundant ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]IPCCIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Scientific Assessments-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.00001-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2012-11-02T04:00:00ZThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was organized in 1988 by
the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment
Program (UNEP). Four series of reports ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]hatcher_0739684Collaborative Research: Molecular Level Characterization of Organic Matter in Ice Cores using High-resolution FTICR mass spectrometry2012-10-25T04:00:00ZThis award supports a project to fully develop the analytical protocols needed to exploit a relatively new technique for the analysis of soluble organic matter in ice core samples. The technique couples ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO-2004-006Cariaco Basin 50KYr Radiocarbon Calibration and Reconstruction-10.18,42.73,-10.18,42.732012-10-18T04:00:00ZCariaco Basin 50KYr Radiocarbon Calibration and Reconstruction.
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) 14C data from planktonic
foraminifera from Ocean Drilling Program Site 1002, cores 1002D ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2002-049Increase in the Asian SW Monsoon During the Past Four Centuries, NOAA/NCDC/WDC Paleoclimatology45.0,-60.0,105.0,25.01000-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2012-10-18T04:00:00ZThis data set consists of faunal abundance data from Arabian Sea Box
Cores.
[ABSTRACT]
Climate reconstructions reveal unprecedented warming in the last
century, however little is known about trends ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Inforain_USGS_GBEGlacier Bay Ecosystem GIS-170.0,52.0,-140.0,71.02012-10-15T04:00:00ZThe United States Geological Survey (USGS) and Interrain Pacific are please to
help make available to the public this integrated Geographic Information System
for the Glacier Bay / northern Southeast ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]baker_0738975Advanced Microstructural Characterization of Polar Ice Cores2009-09-01T00:00:00Z2011-03-01T00:00:00Z2009-01-01T00:00:00Z2009-06-01T00:00:00Z2006-06-01T00:00:00Z2009-01-01T00:00:00Z2010-02-01T00:00:00Z2010-03-01T00:00:00Z2008-01-01T00:00:00Z2009-06-01T00:00:00Z2009-07-01T00:00:00Z2011-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-09-21T04:00:00ZThis award supports a project to use advanced microscopic and spectroscopic techniques to explore critical questions about microstructure in ice cores, in particular the microstructural locations ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]pettit_0940650Collaborative Research: Anisotropy, Abrupt Climate Change, and the Deep Ice in West Antarctica-165.0,-85.0,-105.0,-75.02012-09-12T04:00:00ZThis award supports a project to constrain the accumulation rate, thickness, and temperature history for Siple Dome using a vertical velocity profile that includes the effects of an evolving fabric ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]waddington_0636997Self-consistent Ice Dynamics, Accumulation, Delta-age, and Interpolation of Sparse Age Data using an Inverse Approach2012-09-06T04:00:00ZWe provide a the synthetic, sparse depth-age data generated using a 1-d ice-flow model. The age data include red noise to simulate real depth-age data.
The inferred depth-age data profile are included. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_ARCTICArctic Environmental Change of the Last Four Centuries-180.0,50.0,180.0,90.01600-01-01T00:00:00Z2000-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-08-31T04:00:00ZAbstract (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 ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_96-029Eastern Oregon NOAA Climate Divisions 7 and 8 PDSI and Precipitation Reconstructions, 1705-1979-119.8,43.66,-119.8,43.66-118.0,45.0,-118.0,45.01705-01-01T00:00:00Z1979-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-08-31T04:00:00ZThese data are reconstructed drought index and precipitation for NOAA Oregon
climate divisions 7 and 8, derived from tree-ring data by Gregg M. Garfin and
Dr. Malcolm K. Hughes of the Laboratory of ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_96-002El Malpais Precipitation Reconstruction-109.35,31.04,-102.7,37.32012-08-31T04:00:00ZWater Year Annual Precipitation Reconstruction at El Malpais National Monument
near Grants, New Mexico. The tree-ring chronology associated with this
reconstruction can be found in the holdings ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EARTH_OCEAN_NGDC_PALEO_CORAL1Equatorial Pacific Coral Paleoclimate Data-91.0,-8.0,-79.0,-0.0171.0,0.0,173.0,2.01936-01-01T00:00:00Z1982-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-08-31T04:00:00ZA set of Coral Data from the Pacific relevant to paleoclimate studies is
available via FTP from the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology at NCDC in
Boulder, Colorado USA. See below for access instructions. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NGDC_PALEO_6CENTURYGlobal Six Century Temperature Patterns, WDC Paleoclimatology-180.0,-88.0,180.0,88.01400-01-01T00:00:00Z1995-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-08-31T04:00:00ZThis data set consists of reconstructed global annual surface
temperatures for each year from 1400 to 1995, including statistical
uncertainties and reconstructed principal component analyses. This ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NGDC_PALEO_CLIMATEFORCINGHypothesized Climate Forcing Time Series for the Last 500 Years-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.01500-01-01T00:00:00Z1999-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-08-31T04:00:00Z[from NOAA/NCDC/WDC Paleoclimatology]
A new compilation of annually resolved time series of atmospheric
trace gas concentrations, solar irradiance, tropospheric aerosol
optical ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]IAIDIS848IAI-ScientificArticles-CRN_003_Darrigo_NPI: Tropical-North Pacific Climate Linkages Over the Past Four Centuries130.0,20.0,-90.0,62.01781-01-01T00:00:00Z1993-12-31T00:00:00Z1600-01-01T00:00:00Z1983-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-08-31T04:00:00ZThis metadata references the scientific article: "Tropical-North Pacific
Climate Linkages Over the Past Four Centuries", which can be download from
here. Authors: Rosanne DArrigo(1), Rob Wilson(2), ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2000-049Multi-Millennial Nevada Precipitation Reconstruction-120.0,37.0,-114.0,41.02012-08-31T04:00:00ZThis data set consists of reconstructed precipitation for Nevada Climate
Division 3, annual July through June. Trees used for the reconstruction are
bristlecone pine from Methuselah Walk, White ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_96-020Precipitation Reconstruction for Huashan, China75.0,30.0,125.0,45.01600-01-01T00:00:00Z1988-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-08-31T04:00:00ZThis data set consists of precipitation reconstructions for Huashan, Shaanxi
Province, in the central People's Republic Of China, based on tree-ring data.http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2001-081Sacramento River Annual Flow Reconstruction-123.0,36.0,-120.0,40.00869-01-01T00:00:00Z1977-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-08-31T04:00:00ZThis data set consists of reconstruction of total annual flow, in millions of
acre/feet, of the Sacramento River, based on tree ring chronologies from
869-1977 AD.http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2002-080Southwestern USA Linear Regression and Neural Network Precipitation Reconstructions, NOAA/NCDC/WDC Paleoclimatology-115.11,31.04,-102.7,37.31000-01-01T00:00:00Z1988-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-08-31T04:00:00ZThis data set consists of a comparison of the linear regression and
neural network models for precipitation reconstruction from a network
of tree ring chronologies. Data include the reconstructed ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDIAC_CO2_VOSTOK_ICECOREHistorical CO2 Record from the Vostok Ice Core in CDIAC107.0,-79.0,107.0,-79.02012-08-29T04:00:00ZAtmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) have been derived
from ice cores in Antarctica. In January 1998, the collaborative
ice-drilling project between Russia, the United States, ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]alley_0539578Physical Properties of the WAIS Divide Deep Core112.1166,-79.4666,112.1166,-79.46662012-08-22T04:00:00ZThis award supports a five-year collaborative project to study the physical-properties of the planned deep ice core and the temperature of the ice in the divide region of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]dunbar_0636767Collaborative Research: Microparticle/tephra analysis of the WAIS Divide ice core112.11666,-79.46666,112.11666,-79.466662007-07-01T00:00:00Z2012-06-30T00:00:00Z2012-08-01T04:00:00ZVisible tephra layers were found in the Byrd Station ice core, the first deep core drilled in Antarctica. Since then, tephra have been found in many other Antarctic ice cores. Tephra layers in ice ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]vg_gfe21GLOBAL FIRE EMISSIONS DATABASE, VERSION 2.1-179.5,-89.5,179.5,89.51997-01-01T00:00:00Z2005-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-07-25T04:00:00ZThis data set consists of 1 degree x 1 degree gridded monthly burned area, fuel loads, combustion completeness, and fire emissions of carbon (C), carbon dioxide (CO2), carbon monoxide (CO), methane ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]taylor_0440819Investigation of the Stratigraphy and Time Scale of the WAIS Divide Ice Core Using Electrical Methods112.1,-79.46667,112.1,-79.466672012-07-12T04:00:00ZThis award supports a project that is part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide (WAIS Divide) program; which is a multi-disciplinary multi-institutional program to investigate the causes of natural ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]bay_0739743Dust Logging at Dome C for Abrupt Climate Changes, Large Volcanic Eruptions and Bolide Impacts123.35,-75.1,123.35,-75.12012-06-29T04:00:00ZThis award supports a project to make high-resolution logs of dust and ash in the Dome C borehole using an optical dust logger. The dust logger employs a temperature-regulated diode laser at 404 nm ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]das_0632031IPY: Collaborative Proposal: Constraining the Mass-Balance Deficit of the Amundsen Coast's Glaciers2012-06-22T04:00:00ZThis award supports a project to gather data to better understand the mass balance of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet focusing on the Pine Island and Thwaites Glaciers along the Amundsen Sea coast. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]AAD_PublicationsAAD publications database-180.0,-90.0,180.0,-30.01947-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2012-06-19T04:00:00ZThis database is a catalogue for the list of publications held by the Australian Antarctic Division. The database is available online at the URL given below. In some cases, pdf downloads are available, ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K049_2007_2012_NZ_1Evans Piedmont Glacier clean snow pit sampling for recent decade trace element record and AWS (2004-2008) data collection162.5833,-76.7166,162.5833,-76.71662004-11-15T00:00:00Z2007-12-04T00:00:00Z2012-06-19T04:00:00ZA 4m snow pit from the Evans Piedmont glacier, Victoria Dry Valleys was sampled using ultra-clean methodology at 1cm resolution and was used to provide a comparison of trace element seasonal fluctuations ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K049_1999_2012_NZ_10Holocene climate history from investigations of the glacial system, ice cores and local climate patterns from Skinner Saddle, Victoria Land Coast Antarctica159.2771,-80.9319,159.2771,-80.93192003-11-11T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2012-06-19T04:00:00ZTo understand the drivers and consequences of climate change on timescales important to humans, the paleoclimate of ice cores, the glacial system and local climate patterns were analysed from Skinner ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]scambos_0732921Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the Larsen Ice Shelf System, a Multidisciplinary Approach - Cryosphere and Oceans63.0,-65.0,59.0,-60.02008-05-01T00:00:00Z2013-04-30T00:00:00Z2012-06-18T04:00:00ZThis award supports the cryospheric and oceano-graphic components of an integrated multi-disciplinary program to address these rapid and fundamental changes now taking place in Antarctic Peninsula ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]2011_SCOTT_GLACIER_UW_COSMOGENIC_NUCLIDE_DATAExposure ages of glacial deposits and bedrock, Scott Glacier, Antarctica-157.0,-88.0,-147.0,-85.02012-06-04T04:00:00ZThis data set consists of exposure ages for glacial deposits on nunataks and ice-free areas adjacent to Scott Glacier, Transantarctic Mountains. Most samples are glacially transported clasts deposited ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]brook_0739766Atmospheric CO2 over the last 1000 years: A record from the WAIS Divide ice core-112.08,-79.47,-112.08,-79.472007-03-01T00:00:00Z2010-02-25T00:00:00Z2012-05-31T04:00:00ZThese data are a decadally resolved record of atmospheric CO2 concentration for the last 1000 years, obtained from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide shallow ice core.
http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K053_2009_2012_NZ_1Land and sea ice sructure west and south of Ross Island measured by ground penetrating radar, UAV, and helicopter EM bird163.1832,-78.0665,167.2763,-76.9648164.8,-77.8742,166.8,-77.5667163.6446,-78.0411,167.4819,-77.03165.3333,-77.8742,166.5,-77.66672009-10-31T00:00:00Z2009-11-26T00:00:00Z2011-11-20T00:00:00Z2011-12-05T00:00:00Z2012-05-31T04:00:00ZThis data set decribes surface and volume properties of snow and ice to validate radar satellite measurements. Ground penetrating radar (GPR) at 500 and 1000GHz provides information on snow layers ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0502Methane Isotopes in South Pole Firn Air, 2008-180.0,-90.0,180.0,-90.02008-12-01T00:00:00Z2009-01-31T00:00:00Z2012-05-15T04:00:00ZThis data set contains depth profiles for delta carbon-13 (δ13C) and delta deuterium (δD) of methane (CH/4) in South Pole firn air. The investigators obtained air samples from two boreholes ...