A global database of Holocene paleo-temperature records

  • Darrell S. Kaufman (Creator)
  • Nicholas P. McKay (Creator)
  • Cody C. Routson (Creator)
  • Michael Erb (Creator)
  • Basil Davis (Creator)
  • Oliver Heiri (Creator)
  • Samuel Jaccard (Creator)
  • Jessica E Tierney (Creator)
  • Christoph Dätwyler (Creator)
  • Y. Axford (Contributor)
  • Thomas Brussel (Creator)
  • Olivier Cartapanis (Creator)
  • Brian M. Chase (Creator)
  • Andria Dawson (Creator)
  • Anne DeVernal (Contributor)
  • Stefan Engels (Creator)
  • Lukas Jonkers (Creator)
  • Jeremiah P. Marsicek (Creator)
  • Paola Moffa-Sánchez (Creator)
  • Carrie Morrill (Creator)
  • Anais J. Orsi (Contributor)
  • Kira Rehfeld (Creator)
  • Krystyna M. Saunders (Creator)
  • Philipp S. Sommer (Creator)
  • Elizabeth Thomas (Creator)
  • Marcela Tonello (Creator)
  • Mónika Tóth (Creator)
  • Richard Vachula (Creator)
  • Andrei Andreev (Creator)
  • Sebastien Bertrand (Creator)
  • Boris Biskaborn (Creator)
  • Manuel Bringué (Creator)
  • Stephen Brooks (Creator)
  • Magaly Caniupán (Creator)
  • Manuel Chevalier (Creator)
  • Les Cwynar (Creator)
  • J. Emile-Geay (Creator)
  • John Fegyveresi (Creator)
  • Angelica Feurdean (Creator)
  • Walter Finsinger (Creator)
  • Marie Claude Fortin (Contributor)
  • Louise Foster (Creator)
  • Mathew Fox (Creator)
  • K. Gajewski (Creator)
  • Martin Grosjean (Creator)
  • Sonja Hausmann (Creator)
  • Markus Heinrichs (Creator)
  • Naomi Holmes (Creator)
  • Boris Ilyashuk (Creator)
  • Elena Ilyashuk (Creator)
  • Steve Juggins (Creator)
  • Deborah Khider (Creator)
  • Karin Koinig (Creator)
  • Peter Langdon (Creator)
  • Isabelle Larocque-Tobler (Creator)
  • Jianyong Li (Contributor)
  • André Lotter (Creator)
  • Tomi Luoto (Creator)
  • Anson Mackay (Creator)
  • Eniko Magyari (Contributor)
  • Steven B. Malevich (Creator)
  • Bryan Mark (Creator)
  • Julieta Massaferro (Creator)
  • Vincent Montade (Creator)
  • Larisa Nazarova (Creator)
  • Elena Novenko (Creator)
  • P. Pařil (Creator)
  • Emma J. Pearson (Creator)
  • M. Peros (Creator)
  • Reinhard Pienitz (Creator)
  • Mateusz Płóciennik (Creator)
  • D. Porinchu (Creator)
  • Aaron Potito (Creator)
  • Andrew Rees (Creator)
  • Scott Reinemann (Creator)
  • Stephen Roberts (Creator)
  • Nicolas Rolland (Creator)
  • Sakari Salonen (Creator)
  • Angela Self (Creator)
  • Heikki Seppä (Creator)
  • Shyhrete Shala (Creator)
  • Jeannine Marie St-Jacques (Contributor)
  • Barbara Stenni (Creator)
  • L. S. Syrykh (Creator)
  • Pol Tarrats (Creator)
  • Karen Taylor (Creator)
  • Valerie van den Bos (Contributor)
  • Gaute Velle (Creator)
  • Eugene R. Wahl (Creator)
  • Ian R. Walker (Creator)
  • Janet Wilmshurst (Creator)
  • Enlou Zhang (Contributor)
  • S. V. Zhilich (Creator)

Dataset

Description

Temperature 12k database, as described in Scientific Data. Additional data and all updates at: www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/27330 Temperature 12k database is a global compilation of quality-controlled, published, temperature-sensitive proxy records extending back 12,000 years through the Holocene. Data compiled from 679 sites where time series cover at least 4000 years, are resolved at sub-millennial scale (median spacing of 400 years or finer) and have at least one age control point every 3000 years, with cut-off values slackened in data-sparse regions. The data derive from lake sediment (51%), marine sediment (31%), peat (11%), glacier ice (3%), and other natural archives. The database contains 1319 records, including 157 from the Southern Hemisphere. The multi-proxy database comprises paleo-temperature time series based on ecological assemblages, as well as biophysical and geochemical indicators that reflect mean annual or seasonal temperatures, as encoded in the database. This database can be used to reconstruct the spatio-temporal evolution of Holocene temperature at global to regional scales, and is publicly available in Linked Paleo Data (LiPD) format. A new version of this dataset was created while the Data Descriptor was in press.v1.0 of the dataset is available in this collection or at NOAA: https://doi.org/10.25921/4RY2-G808. All future versions will only appear at NOAA.
Date made available2020
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  • A global database of Holocene paleotemperature records

    Kaufman, D., McKay, N., Routson, C., Erb, M., Davis, B., Heiri, O., Jaccard, S., Tierney, J., Dätwyler, C., Axford, Y., Brussel, T., Cartapanis, O., Chase, B., Dawson, A., de Vernal, A., Engels, S., Jonkers, L., Marsicek, J., Moffa-Sánchez, P., Morrill, C., & 73 othersOrsi, A., Rehfeld, K., Saunders, K., Sommer, P. S., Thomas, E., Tonello, M., Tóth, M., Vachula, R., Andreev, A., Bertrand, S., Biskaborn, B., Bringué, M., Brooks, S., Caniupán, M., Chevalier, M., Cwynar, L., Emile-Geay, J., Fegyveresi, J., Feurdean, A., Finsinger, W., Fortin, M. C., Foster, L., Fox, M., Gajewski, K., Grosjean, M., Hausmann, S., Heinrichs, M., Holmes, N., Ilyashuk, B., Ilyashuk, E., Juggins, S., Khider, D., Koinig, K., Langdon, P., Larocque-Tobler, I., Li, J., Lotter, A., Luoto, T., Mackay, A., Magyari, E., Malevich, S., Mark, B., Massaferro, J., Montade, V., Nazarova, L., Novenko, E., Pařil, P., Pearson, E., Peros, M., Pienitz, R., Płóciennik, M., Porinchu, D., Potito, A., Rees, A., Reinemann, S., Roberts, S., Rolland, N., Salonen, S., Self, A., Seppä, H., Shala, S., St-Jacques, J. M., Stenni, B., Syrykh, L., Tarrats, P., Taylor, K., van den Bos, V., Velle, G., Wahl, E., Walker, I., Wilmshurst, J., Zhang, E. & Zhilich, S., Dec 1 2020, In: Scientific Data. 7, 1, 115.

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