The Eurasian Modern Pollen Database (EMPD), Version 2
Authors: Davis Basil A. S. , Chevalier Manuel , Sommer Philipp , Carter Vachel A. , Finsinger Walter , Mauri Achille , Phelps Leanne N. , Zanon Marco , Abegglen Roman , Åkesson Christine M. , Alba-Sánchez Francisca , Anderson R. Scott , Antipina Tatiana G. , Atanassova Juliana R. , Beer Ruth , Belyanina Nina I. , Blyakharchuk Tatiana A. , Borisova Olga K. , Bozilova Elissaveta , Bukreeva Galina , Bunting M. Jane , Clò Eleonora , Colombaroli Daniele , Combourieu-Nebout Nathalie , Desprat Stéphanie , Di Rita Federico , Djamali Morteza , Edwards Kevin J. , Fall Patricia L. , Feurdean Angelica , Fletcher William , Florenzano Assunta , Furlanetto Giulia , Gaceur Emna , Galimov Arsenii T. , Gałka Mariusz , García-Moreiras Iria , Giesecke Thomas , Grindean Roxana , Guido Maria A. , Gvozdeva Irina G. , Herzschuh Ulrike , Hjelle Kari L. , Ivanov Sergey , Jahns Susanne , Jankovska Vlasta , Jiménez-Moreno Gonzalo , Karpińska-Kołaczek Monika , Kitaba Ikuko , Kołaczek Piotr , Lapteva Elena G. , Latałowa Małgorzata , Lebreton Vincent , Leroy Suzanne , Leydet Michelle , Lopatina Darya A. , López-Sáez José Antonio , Lotter André F. , Magri Donatella , Marinova Elena , Matthias Isabelle , Mavridou Anastasia , Mercuri Anna Maria , Mesa-Fernández Jose Manuel , Mikishin Yuri A. , Milecka Krystyna , Montanari Carlo , Morales-Molino César , Mrotzek Almut , Muñoz Sobrino Castor , Naidina Olga D. , Nakagawa Takeshi , Nielsen Anne Birgitte , Novenko Elena Y. , Panajiotidis Sampson , Panova Nata K. , Papadopoulou Maria , Pardoe Heather S. , Pędziszewska Anna , Petrenko Tatiana I. , Ramos-Román María  J. , Ravazzi Cesare , Rösch Manfred , Ryabogina Natalia , Sabariego Ruiz Silvia , Salonen J. Sakari , Sapelko Tatyana V. , Schofield James E. , Seppä Heikki , Shumilovskikh Lyudmila , Stivrins Normunds , Stojakowits Philipp , Svobodova Svitavska Helena , Święta-Musznicka Joanna , Tantau Ioan , Tinner Willy , Tobolski Kazimierz , Tonkov Spassimir , Tsakiridou Margarita , Valsecchi Verushka , Zanina Oksana G. , Zimny Marcelina 
Published: February 2020

Abstract. The Eurasian (née European) Modern Pollen Database (EMPD) was established in 2013 to provide a public database of high-quality modern pollen surface samples to help support studies of past climate, land-cover and land-use using fossil pollen. The EMPD is part of, and complementary to, the European Pollen Database (EPD) which contains data on fossil pollen found in Late Quaternary sedimentary archives throughout the Eurasian region. The EPD is in turn part of the rapidly growing Neotoma database, which is now the primary home for global palaeoecological data. This paper describes version 2 of the EMPD in which the number of samples held in the database has been increased by 60 % from 4826 to 8134. Much of the improvement in data coverage has come from Northern Asia, and the database has consequently been renamed the Eurasian Modern Pollen Database to reflect this geographical enlargement. The EMPD can be viewed online using a dedicated mapbased viewer at https://empd2.github.io, and downloaded in a variety of file formats at https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.909130 (Chevalier et al., 2019).