Global Change Master Directorygsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov502013-06-19T03:57:53Zwdc Search: Parameters|PALEOCLIMATEhttp://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 643 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EARTH_LAND_NGDC_PALEOCL_SPECMAPSPECMAP Project; Paleoclimate Data, NOAA/NCDC/WDC Paleoclimatology-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.02013-05-23T04:00:00ZThe SPECMAP paleoclimate archives at NOAA/NCDC World Data Center for
Paleoclimatology consist of four (4) archives:
ARCHIVE 1 contains 101 SPECMAP files, including planktonic counts and
isotope values, ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2001-014Lake Chichancanab Isotope and Mineralogy Data: Central American Drought and the Classic Maya Civilization-105.0,5.0,-75.0,23.00800-01-01T00:00:00Z1000-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-01-24T05:00:00ZOxygen isotope and sediment composition data from Lake Chichancanab, Mexico.
The data are interpreted as a moisture balance proxy, and indicate drought
conditions in the years 800-1000 AD, corresponding ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO2003-041Arabian Sea Holocene G. bulloides Data57.6,18.05,57.6,18.052012-10-18T04:00:00ZTime series of G. bulloides percent in the Arabian Sea during the past
10,000 years, influenced by upwelling driven by the SW summer monsoon
winds.
Abstract (from the online documentation):
During ...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]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_2003-075Baffin Island 1250 Year Summer Temperature Reconstruction-90.0,60.0,-60.0,75.00752-01-01T00:00:00Z1992-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-08-31T04:00:00ZData consists of summer temperature reconstruction based on laminae thickness
in sediments from Donard Lake, Baffin Island, Canada.
ABSTRACT (from the online documentation):
Clastic varved sediments ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2000-069Cariaco Basin 2000 Deglacial 14C and Grey Scale Data-65.17,10.7,-65.17,10.72012-08-31T04:00:00ZThis data set contains Cariaco Basin 2000 Deglacial 14C and Grey Scale Data.
Cariaco2000_pc56_greyscale.txt is updated from earlier published data, with a
new age model.
...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2000-005Cariaco Basin G. bulloides Abundance Data-64.49,10.76,-64.49,10.761165-01-01T00:00:00Z1990-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-08-31T04:00:00ZCariaco 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]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2001-075Cariaco Basin Stable Isotope Data-64.94,10.7,-64.94,10.7-65.19,10.75,-65.19,10.752012-08-31T04:00:00ZThis data set consists of Planktonic foraminiferal oxygen isotope data from
Cariaco Basin piston cores PL07-39PC and PL07-43PC. Records from these two
cores are spliced together to produce a data ...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_NCDC_PALEO_2000-075Global Temperature Patterns in Past Centuries-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.01650-01-01T00:00:00Z1980-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-08-31T04:00:00ZData consists of cold-season Nino 3 region (an estimate of El Nino-related
temperature variability) reconstructed data.
See:
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/ei/ei_reconsb.htmlhttp://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]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_94-007Mapping Eastern North America Vegetation Change Over the Past 18,000 Years-90.0,20.0,-50.0,65.02012-08-31T04:00:00ZThese maps are based on 11,700 fossil pollen samples and 1744 modern pollen
samples. Twenty-one pollen taxa were included in analyses: Alnus, Fraxinum,
Populus, Tilia, Fagus, Betula, Ulmus, Abies, ...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_2005-057Northern Hemisphere Surface Temperature Reconstruction Sensitivity Comparisons-180.0,0.0,180.0,90.01400-01-01T00:00:00Z1971-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-08-31T04:00:00ZResults are presented from a set of experiments designed to investigate factors
that may influence proxy-based reconstructions of large-scale temperature patterns
in past centuries. The factors ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_1999-014Northern Hemisphere Temperature Reconstruction for the Past Millennium-180.0,0.0,180.0,90.01000-01-01T00:00:00Z1998-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-08-31T04:00:00ZAbstract (from the online documentation):
Building on recent studies, we attempt hemispheric temperature reconstructions
with proxy data networks for the past millennium. We focus not just on the ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NGDC_PALEO_MANN2003Optimal Surface Temperature Reconstructions Using Terrestrial Borehole Data, WDC Paleoclimatology-180.0,0.0,180.0,90.01000-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2012-08-31T04:00:00ZThis data is an optimal Northern Hemisphere mean surface temperature
reconstruction from terrestrial borehole temperature profiles spanning
the past five centuries. The pattern of borehole ground ...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_1998-038Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) Reconstruction135.0,-60.0,-75.0,15.01706-01-01T00:00:00Z1997-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-08-31T04:00:00ZEXPERIMENTAL DENDROCLIMATIC RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTHERN OSCILLATION
This file documents reconstruction of the winter (DJF) season of Allan's
version of the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI). It ...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]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2007-052Upper Colorado River Flow Reconstruction-114.0,35.0,-105.0,44.00765-01-01T00:00:00Z2000-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-08-31T04:00:00ZNew tree-ring records of ring-width from remnant preserved wood
are analyzed to extend the record of reconstructed annual flows
of the Colorado River at Lee Ferry into the Medieval Climate ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ARCSS008Greenland Summit Ice Cores-38.0,72.0,-37.0,72.01989-01-01T00:00:00Z1994-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-05-11T04:00:00ZFrom 1989 to 1994, the U.S. and European scientific communities supported a bold undertaking to acquire an extensive paleoclimate record for the Northern Hemisphere. These efforts, termed the Greenland ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ggd292Rock glaciers, Prealps, Vaud, Switzerland7.0,46.3,7.217,46.4671990-01-01T00:00:00Z1995-12-31T00:00:00Z2010-12-29T05:00:00ZThe investigated area forms part of the western lobe of the Prealps (Swiss Prealps). The 25 identified fossil rock glaciers are found mainly in the Prealpes medianes rigides Nappe and the Niesen Nappe, ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ggd248Paleo-periglacial phenomena in Northwestern Europe-8.583,48.6,22.083,58.3332010-12-28T05:00:00ZThis data set includes site descriptions of paleoperiglacial features and related paleoclimatic data for Europe, including radiocarbon dating. Data have been extracted from literature published between ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ggd282Rock glaciers, Western Andes, Chile-72.0,-29.0,-67.0,-18.02010-12-28T05:00:00ZThe research area is located along a transect from 18 deg S to 29 deg S in the Chilean Altiplano, the western part of the high intramontane plateau in the Central Andes. This region is located in ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]G01175Circumpolar Active-Layer Permafrost System (CAPS)-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.02010-12-23T05:00:00ZThe 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]WDCGGGreenhouse Gas Concentrations and Trends from the World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases (WDCGG)-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.01972-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2010-06-15T04:00:00ZThe World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases (WDCGG) was established at the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) in the framework of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0361GISP2 (D Core) Helium Isotopes from Interplanetary Dust2010-03-10T05:00:00ZIce Core Interplanetary Dust Helium Isotope Data Helium isotope data from Ice Cores at GISP2 (Greenland) and Vostok (Antarctica) as a proxy for extraterrestrial dust flux.http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0360GISP2 (D Core) Methane Concentration Data2010-03-10T05:00:00ZThis ice core data is archived at the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology and is available through the Ice Core Data Gateway. The data includes methane data from the Greenland Ice Sheet Project ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_PALEO_ENSOLaguna Pallcacocha Sediment Color Intensity Data and ENSO Variability During the Holocene, WDC/Paleoclimatology-79.23,-2.76,-79.23,-2.762009-10-26T04:00:00ZThis data set represents a continuous lacustrine (lake) sedimentary
record of Holocene El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) variability
Laguna Pallcacocha, Southern Ecuadorian Andes, Ecuador. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2001-046BIOME 6000: Reconstructed Biomes from Palaeoecological Data-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.02009-04-20T04:00:00ZThe Global Palaeovegetation Mapping (BIOME 6000) Project is a community-wide
collaboration inaugurated in 1994 under the joint auspices of four of the
elements of the International Geosphere-Biosphere ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EARTH_LAND_NGDC_PALEOCLIM1500ADClimate Since AD 1500 Database, WDC Paleoclimatology-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.00000-01-01T00:00:00Z1990-12-31T00:00:00Z2009-04-20T04:00:00ZThis data set contains the data described in various chapters of the
book:
CLIMATE SINCE A.D. 1500
Edited by Raymond S. Bradley and Philip D. Jones
published ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EARTH_ATM_UW_IES_PALEOCLIM_GCMGlobal Climate Model Every 3,000 Years Before Present Back to 18,000 Years; UWI/Madison-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.02009-04-20T04:00:00ZThe CCM0 data set begins 18,000 years ago and contains paleoclimate
models for January and July every 3,000 years up to the present. CCM1
model provides monthly climate data for the same ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NGDC_PALEO_WOODHOUSEEastern Colorado Palmer Drought Severity Index Reconstruction, NOAA/NGDC/WDC Paleoclimatology-106.0,36.0,-102.0,42.01552-01-01T00:00:00Z1990-12-31T00:00:00Z2009-01-21T05:00:00ZThis data set consists of Eastern Colorado May/June/July Palmer
Drought Severity Index (PDSI) Reconstruction based on tree ring
chronologies in the western Great Plains and Front Range. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_WDCPALEO_CLIM1500_CH25Ice core climate signals from Mount Logan, Yukon, A.D. 1700-1987, Climate Since A.D. 1500 Database, WDC Paleoclimatology-140.58,60.58,-140.58,60.581700-01-01T00:00:00Z1987-12-31T00:00:00Z2009-01-21T05:00:00ZData from Holdsworth et al. Mount Logan oxygen isotope (delta O-18)
and net accumulation data (meters of water equivalent, per year)
(Figures 25.3 and 25.4 in Bradley and Jone (1992)).http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]G2051Maiana Atoll Isotope (delta 18O, delta 13C) Data for 1840 to 1995173.0,1.0,173.0,1.01840-01-01T00:00:00Z1995-12-31T00:00:00Z2009-01-21T05:00:00ZMaiana bimonthly oxygen isotopic composition, 1840-1995. Notes on the data:
File includes columns for Year AD (bimonthly resolution = dec/jan,
feb/mar) and coral d18O (a). The coral used ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2002-79Mount Logan Ice Core Isotope and Accumulation Data, NOAA/NCDC/WDC Paleoclimatology-140.515,60.615,-140.515,60.6151736-01-01T00:00:00Z2000-12-31T00:00:00Z2009-01-21T05:00:00ZThis data set consists of a 301-year snow accumulation record from
from Mount Logan, Yukon Territory, Canada.
Snow accumulation is in meters, water equivalent, Estimated error +/- ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_95-027NADW Suborbital Timescale Variability -23.0,50.0,-23.0,50.02009-01-21T05:00:00ZThis data set consists of tables of stable isotope and 14C dates on benthic and
planktonic foraminifer assemblages from core V29-202 (subpolar North Atlantic,
~50N, ~23W), used as proxy ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EARTH_LAND_NGDC_PALEO_NICL_GISPNICL Ice Cores Inventory (including GISP2) for Paleoclimate Data-62.0,65.0,-36.0,78.090.0,-83.0,-118.0,-70.01958-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2009-01-21T05:00:00ZThe NICL Inventory describes the ice core holdings of the National
Ice Core Laboratory (NICL), a facility for storing, curating, and
studying ice cores recovered from the world's polar ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2005-005Pacific Alkenone Sea Surface Temperature Reconstruction-74.44,-41.0,-74.44,-41.02009-01-21T05:00:00ZMarine sediments from the Chilean continental margin are used to infer
millennial-scale changes in southeast Pacific surface ocean water properties
and Patagonian ice sheet extent since ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2006-083Pakitsoq Greenland Ice Methane Carbon Isotope Data-70.0,60.0,-25.0,80.02009-01-21T05:00:00ZWe report atmospheric methane carbon isotope ratios (d13CH4) from the Western
Greenland ice margin spanning the Younger Dryas-to-Preboreal (YD-PB)
transition. Over the recorded ~800 ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_1999-056Penny Ice Cap Microparticle Data -145.27,37.3,-48.11,87.612009-01-21T05:00:00ZPenny Ice Cap ice core and snowpit microparticle data.
This dataset contains a summary of microparticle measurements from snowpits
and a 334-m long ice core (P95) from the Penny ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2000-067Ras Umm Sidd Coral Oxygen Isotope Data, NOAA/NCDC/WDC Paleoclimatology34.31,27.84,34.31,27.841750-11-01T00:00:00Z1995-11-30T00:00:00Z2009-01-21T05:00:00ZThis 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]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2006-053Southeast Atlantic Alkenone Sea Surface Temperature Reconstruction 7.5,-41.014,7.5,-41.0142009-01-21T05:00:00ZA detailed record of sea surface temperature from sediments of the Cape Basin
in the subtropical South Atlantic indicates a previously undocumented
progression of marine climate change ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2006-052Subtropical North Atlantic Alkenone Sea Surface Temperature Reconstruction -57.57,33.69,-57.57,33.692009-01-21T05:00:00ZA reconstruction of sea surface temperature based on alkenone unsaturation
ratios in sediments of the Bermuda Rise provides a detailed record of
subtropical climate from 60,000 to 30,000 ...