Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-05-19T07:28:48Z water Search: Parameters|PALEOCLIMATE http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 626 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00526 Antarctic Peninsula Long Term Environmental Monitoring and Surveying 2013-04-05T04:00:00Z LTMS 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-00510 CACHE-PEP: Natural climate variability - extending the Americas Pole-Equator-Pole paleoclimate transect through the Antarctic Peninsula to the Pole 2013-04-05T04:00:00Z To 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-00524 SEC-HOLISTIC: HOlistic Links between the Ionosphere, Stratosphere and Troposphere and their Influence on Climate 2013-04-05T04:00:00Z SEC 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-00500 ACES-ACCENT: Antarctic Climate Change and Nonlinear Teleconnections 2013-03-29T04:00:00Z ACES 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-00518 GEACEP-ISODYN: Icehouse Earth: Stability Or DYNamism? 2013-03-29T04:00:00Z GEACEP 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-00521 GRADES-QWAD: Quaternary West Antarctic Deglaciations 2013-03-29T04:00:00Z Current 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-00525 SEC-WARP: Whole Atmosphere consequences of Radiation-belt Processes 2013-03-22T04:00:00Z SEC 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_AM03 Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2005-06 - AM03 70.332,-70.561,70.333,-70.56 2005-12-13T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-02-05T05:00:00Z Amery 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_video Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2005-06 - AM03 - video footage 70.332,-70.561,70.333,-70.56 2005-12-13T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-02-05T05:00:00Z Amery 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_AM04 Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2005-06 - AM04 70.29,-69.9,70.3,-69.89 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-02-05T05:00:00Z Amery 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_video Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2005-06 - AM04 - video footage 70.29,-69.9,70.3,-69.89 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-02-05T05:00:00Z Amery 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_AM05 Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2009-11 - AM05 69.6805,-70.2292,69.6805,-70.2292 2009-12-19T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-02-05T05:00:00Z Amery 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_AM06 Amery Ice Shelf - hot water drill borehole, 2010-11 - AM06 71.3679,-70.2428,71.3679,-70.2428 2010-01-07T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-02-05T05:00:00Z Amery 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-99-1 US ITASE-99-1 ice core (Research Funded by NSF OPP) -122.63,-80.62,-122.63,-80.62 1713-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-01-24T05:00:00Z Sub-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_0732946 IPY: Stability of Larsen C Ice Shelf in a Warming Climate 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z 2013-01-07T05:00:00Z Our 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_sulfurnitrogenstableisotopes Use of Sulfur and Nitrogen Stable Isotopes to Determine the Importance of Whitebark Pine Nuts to Yellowstone Grizzly Bears -118.0,42.0,-105.0,49.0 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-12-12T05:00:00Z Whitebark 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]IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Scientific Assessments -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-11-02T04:00:00Z The 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_0739684 Collaborative Research: Molecular Level Characterization of Organic Matter in Ice Cores using High-resolution FTICR mass spectrometry 2012-10-25T04:00:00Z This 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-2004-006 Cariaco Basin 50KYr Radiocarbon Calibration and Reconstruction -10.18,42.73,-10.18,42.73 2012-10-18T04:00:00Z Cariaco 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_2002-049 Increase in the Asian SW Monsoon During the Past Four Centuries, NOAA/NCDC/WDC Paleoclimatology 45.0,-60.0,105.0,25.0 1000-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-10-18T04:00:00Z This 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_GBE Glacier Bay Ecosystem GIS -170.0,52.0,-140.0,71.0 2012-10-15T04:00:00Z The 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_0738975 Advanced Microstructural Characterization of Polar Ice Cores 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-06-01T00:00:00Z 2006-06-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-02-01T00:00:00Z 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-06-01T00:00:00Z 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z 2011-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-09-21T04:00:00Z This 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_0940650 Collaborative Research: Anisotropy, Abrupt Climate Change, and the Deep Ice in West Antarctica -165.0,-85.0,-105.0,-75.0 2012-09-12T04:00:00Z This 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_0636997 Self-consistent Ice Dynamics, Accumulation, Delta-age, and Interpolation of Sparse Age Data using an Inverse Approach 2012-09-06T04:00:00Z We 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_ARCTIC Arctic Environmental Change of the Last Four Centuries -180.0,50.0,180.0,90.0 1600-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-08-31T04:00:00Z 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 ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_96-029 Eastern 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,-118.0,45.0 1705-01-01T00:00:00Z 1979-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-08-31T04:00:00Z These 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_96-002 El Malpais Precipitation Reconstruction -109.35,31.04,-102.7,37.3 2012-08-31T04:00:00Z Water 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_CORAL1 Equatorial Pacific Coral Paleoclimate Data -91.0,-8.0,-79.0,-0.0171.0,0.0,173.0,2.0 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z 1982-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-08-31T04:00:00Z A 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_6CENTURY Global Six Century Temperature Patterns, WDC Paleoclimatology -180.0,-88.0,180.0,88.0 1400-01-01T00:00:00Z 1995-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-08-31T04:00:00Z This 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_CLIMATEFORCING Hypothesized Climate Forcing Time Series for the Last 500 Years -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1500-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-08-31T04:00:00Z [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]IAIDIS848 IAI-ScientificArticles-CRN_003_Darrigo_NPI: Tropical-North Pacific Climate Linkages Over the Past Four Centuries 130.0,20.0,-90.0,62.0 1781-01-01T00:00:00Z 1993-12-31T00:00:00Z 1600-01-01T00:00:00Z 1983-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-08-31T04:00:00Z This 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_2000-049 Multi-Millennial Nevada Precipitation Reconstruction -120.0,37.0,-114.0,41.0 2012-08-31T04:00:00Z This 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_96-020 Precipitation Reconstruction for Huashan, China 75.0,30.0,125.0,45.0 1600-01-01T00:00:00Z 1988-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-08-31T04:00:00Z This 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_2001-081 Sacramento River Annual Flow Reconstruction -123.0,36.0,-120.0,40.0 0869-01-01T00:00:00Z 1977-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-08-31T04:00:00Z This 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_2002-080 Southwestern USA Linear Regression and Neural Network Precipitation Reconstructions, NOAA/NCDC/WDC Paleoclimatology -115.11,31.04,-102.7,37.3 1000-01-01T00:00:00Z 1988-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-08-31T04:00:00Z This 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_ICECORE Historical CO2 Record from the Vostok Ice Core in CDIAC 107.0,-79.0,107.0,-79.0 2012-08-29T04:00:00Z Atmospheric 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_0539578 Physical Properties of the WAIS Divide Deep Core 112.1166,-79.4666,112.1166,-79.4666 2012-08-22T04:00:00Z This 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_0636767 Collaborative Research: Microparticle/tephra analysis of the WAIS Divide ice core 112.11666,-79.46666,112.11666,-79.46666 2007-07-01T00:00:00Z 2012-06-30T00:00:00Z 2012-08-01T04:00:00Z Visible 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_gfe21 GLOBAL FIRE EMISSIONS DATABASE, VERSION 2.1 -179.5,-89.5,179.5,89.5 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-07-25T04:00:00Z This 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_0440819 Investigation of the Stratigraphy and Time Scale of the WAIS Divide Ice Core Using Electrical Methods 112.1,-79.46667,112.1,-79.46667 2012-07-12T04:00:00Z This 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_0739743 Dust Logging at Dome C for Abrupt Climate Changes, Large Volcanic Eruptions and Bolide Impacts 123.35,-75.1,123.35,-75.1 2012-06-29T04:00:00Z This 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_0632031 IPY: Collaborative Proposal: Constraining the Mass-Balance Deficit of the Amundsen Coast's Glaciers 2012-06-22T04:00:00Z This 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_Publications AAD publications database -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-30.0 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-06-19T04:00:00Z This 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_1 Evans Piedmont Glacier clean snow pit sampling for recent decade trace element record and AWS (2004-2008) data collection 162.5833,-76.7166,162.5833,-76.7166 2004-11-15T00:00:00Z 2007-12-04T00:00:00Z 2012-06-19T04:00:00Z A 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_10 Holocene climate history from investigations of the glacial system, ice cores and local climate patterns from Skinner Saddle, Victoria Land Coast Antarctica 159.2771,-80.9319,159.2771,-80.9319 2003-11-11T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-06-19T04:00:00Z To 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_0732921 Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the Larsen Ice Shelf System, a Multidisciplinary Approach - Cryosphere and Oceans 63.0,-65.0,59.0,-60.0 2008-05-01T00:00:00Z 2013-04-30T00:00:00Z 2012-06-18T04:00:00Z This 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_DATA Exposure ages of glacial deposits and bedrock, Scott Glacier, Antarctica -157.0,-88.0,-147.0,-85.0 2012-06-04T04:00:00Z This 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_0739766 Atmospheric CO2 over the last 1000 years: A record from the WAIS Divide ice core -112.08,-79.47,-112.08,-79.47 2007-03-01T00:00:00Z 2010-02-25T00:00:00Z 2012-05-31T04:00:00Z These 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_1 Land and sea ice sructure west and south of Ross Island measured by ground penetrating radar, UAV, and helicopter EM bird 163.1832,-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,-77.6667 2009-10-31T00:00:00Z 2009-11-26T00:00:00Z 2011-11-20T00:00:00Z 2011-12-05T00:00:00Z 2012-05-31T04:00:00Z This 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-0502 Methane Isotopes in South Pole Firn Air, 2008 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-90.0 2008-12-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-31T00:00:00Z 2012-05-15T04:00:00Z This 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 ...