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Title of Listing: | | Paleoclimate Data |
Category: | | Maps/Geographic Data |
Subcategory: | | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-NOAA, All Listings |
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Web Site: | | http://www.fgdc.gov/FGDP/Paleoclimate_Data.html |
Email: | | info@ngdc.noaa.gov |
Abstract: | |
The Paleoclimate Data Base consists of various proxy indicators of climate, which are used to make interpretations of climate variability for time intervals when no instrumental weather records are available. Data include tree-ring growth and ice core records for annual resolution climate reconstructions; and fossil plankton, fossil pollen and geochemical measurements used to interpret lower frequency climate variability.
Tree-ring widths and site chronologies, sediment carbonate percent and faunal counts; also derived climate interpretations. These data provide a growing basis for understanding the patterns and causes of natural environmental variability (atmosphere, oceans, cryosphere, biosphere) over time periods greater than a few decades. They also provide a basis for testing the realism of predictive climate, ocean, glacier, and biosphere models.
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Topics
Climate Data, Mapping/GIS
Additional Topics/Tags/Keywords
Climate, Ecology, Cryosphere, Paleoclimatology
Organization: | | US Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) |
Address: | | National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
325 Broadway, E/GC | Phone: | Description | Number |
City: | | Boulder | | NGDC | (303) 497-6280 |
State/Province/Territory: | | CO | 2. | NOAA Public Affairs | (202) 482-6090 |
Zip/Postal Code: | | 80303 | 3. | DOC General Information | (202) 482-2000 |
Country: | | United States | 4. | Fax: | (303) 497-6513 |
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