cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25921/2tjj-h043
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Brazil Margin Benthic Foraminiferal B/Ca data from 50-150 ka

description: Despite decades of research, the cause of deglaciations is not fully understood, leaving a critical gap in our understanding of Earth's climate system. During the most recent deglaciation (Termination I  (T I)), abrupt declines in the stable carbon isotope ratio (δ13C) of benthic foraminifera occurred throughout the mid-depth (1,500–2,500 m) Atlantic. The spatial pattern in δ13C anomalies was likely due to Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) weakening and the accumulation of respired carbon, which also yields negative excursions in carbonate ion concentration ([CO3 2−]). To investigate whether a similar pattern occurred during prior deglaciations, we developed δ13C and [CO3 2−] records from 1,800 and 2,300 m water depth in the Southwest Atlantic spanning the last 150 ka. The new records reveal negative δ13C and [CO3 2−] anomalies during Termination II (TII) and the smaller deglaciations of Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 4/3, 5b/a, and 5d/c, suggesting AMOC weakening is a common feature of deglaciation. The anomalies are more pronounced in the shallower core following MIS 2, 4, and 6 and in the deeper core following MIS 5b and 5d. The depth-dependent pattern is most likely due to shoaling of Northern Source Water during glacial maxima and deepening during interglacial intervals. Comparison of [CO3 2−] records from TI and TII suggests similar levels of carbon accumulation in the mid-depth Atlantic. The Brazil Margin δ13C and [CO3 2−] results indicate the AMOC plays a key role in the series of events causing deglaciation, regardless of differences in orbital configuration, ice volume, and mean global temperature.
DOI: 10.25921/29qg-kh21
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Heyerdahl fire data from Happy Camp, central Oregon - IMPD USHAP001

description: Records of past fire occurrence from tree rings, charcoal found in lake sediments, and other proxies. Parameter keywords describe what was measured in this data set.  Additional summary information can be found in the abstracts of papers listed in the data set citations.  Additional information on the International Multiproxy Database (IMPD) data set procedures are also available.
DOI: 10.25921/2c70-3275
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Zhenzhu Cave, North China Stable Isotope Data during the Past Millennium

description: An 11-cm long stalagmite (ZZ12) collected from Zhenzhu cave, Tiangui Mountain, northwest of the North China Plain (NCP) has been measured by 230Th/U, AMS 14C and 210Pb dating methods. Only AMS 14C dating yielded the chronology successfully, while 230Th/U did not due to low uranium content and the young age of the stalagmite. The top layers in the stalagmite contain “nuclear bomb carbon” signal, and the AMS 14C dates of charcoal and carbonate samples at the bottom are similar. Based on a series of AMS 14C dates which contain minimal dead carbon influence (DCI) in the stalagmite, the age model of the stalagmite has been constructed, indicating that the stalagmite was 1970 years old. A total of 470 subsamples from the upper 51 mm (since 1180 CE) of the stalagmite have been analyzed for δ18O and δ13C. The δ18O record of stalagmite ZZ12 reflects changes in the summer monsoonal rainfall in the NCP, being comparable with the local and north-central China dry-wet index. The driest periods were found in 14th-15th centuries in the Little Ice Age (LIA) and since 1970s, perhaps due to weakening of East Asian summer monsoon. The δ13C of ZZ12 mainly recorded vegetation changes in Tiangui Mountain and revealed deforestation in two major periods: 1500–1600 CE and 1830–1940 CE caused by local human activities. Spectral analysis of the δ18O record suggests that the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) and Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) may both play important roles in changes of multi-decadal monsoonal rainfall in the NCP, with more rainfall responding to the negative PDO, La Niño-like, and positive AMO phases.
DOI: 10.25921/2xcx-0k40
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Arnold - Windsor Castle - QUSP - ITRDB BRIT095

description: Tree ring data from the International Tree Ring Data Bank and World Data Center for Paleoclimatology archives.  Most data sets include raw treering measurements (most are annual ring width, with some collections of earlywood or latewood width or wood density), plus chronologies (standardized growth indices for a site compiled from multiple treering samples). Reconstructions of climate variables are included with some of these data sets.  Each data type is stored in a separate data file; the data type is coded into the file name. For details please see: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/treeinfo.htmll
description: A site sequence (Windsor late) contains 21 ring sequences and spans the period AD 1423-1573. NOAA Template Raw Measurements file added 2020-03-09. July 2024: Elevation added by WDS-Paleo using get_elev_point() from the elevatr R package with the AWS Terrain Tiles (aws) and WGS 84 reference frame.
DOI: 10.25921/2jvh-sj13
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Touchan - Dahdoh Issaguen - CDAT - ITRDB MAR032

description: The first large-scale network of tree-ring chronologies from the western Mediterranean (WM; 32°N–43°N, 10°W–17°E) is described and analyzed to identify the seasonal climatic signal in indices of annual ring width. Correlation and rotated empirical orthogonal function analyses are applied to 85 tree-ring series and corresponding gridded climate data to assess the climate signal embedded in the network. Chronologies range in length from 80 to 1129 years. Monthly correlations and partial correlations show overall positive associations for Pinus halepensis (PIHA) and Cedrus atlantica (CDAT) with winter (December–February) and spring (March–May) precipitation across this network. In both seasons, the precipitation correlation with PIHA is stronger, while CDAT chronologies tend to be longer. A combination of positive correlations between growth and winter–summer precipitation and negative partial correlations with growing season temperatures suggests that chronologies in at least part of the network reflect soil moisture and the integrated effects of precipitation and evapotranspiration signal. The range of climate response observed across this network reflects a combination of both species and geographic influences. Western Moroccan chronologies have the strongest association with the North Atlantic Oscillation.
DOI: 10.25921/2rrz-4r55
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Touchan - Machraa Hamadi - PIHA - ITRDB MAR038

description: The first large-scale network of tree-ring chronologies from the western Mediterranean (WM; 32°N–43°N, 10°W–17°E) is described and analyzed to identify the seasonal climatic signal in indices of annual ring width. Correlation and rotated empirical orthogonal function analyses are applied to 85 tree-ring series and corresponding gridded climate data to assess the climate signal embedded in the network. Chronologies range in length from 80 to 1129 years. Monthly correlations and partial correlations show overall positive associations for Pinus halepensis (PIHA) and Cedrus atlantica (CDAT) with winter (December–February) and spring (March–May) precipitation across this network. In both seasons, the precipitation correlation with PIHA is stronger, while CDAT chronologies tend to be longer. A combination of positive correlations between growth and winter–summer precipitation and negative partial correlations with growing season temperatures suggests that chronologies in at least part of the network reflect soil moisture and the integrated effects of precipitation and evapotranspiration signal. The range of climate response observed across this network reflects a combination of both species and geographic influences. Western Moroccan chronologies have the strongest association with the North Atlantic Oscillation.
DOI: 10.25921/2788-kg61
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Touchan - Tozlu Tepe - PISY - ITRDB TUR087

description: The first large-scale network of 79 tree-ring chronologies in the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East (EMNE; 33°N–42°N, 21°E–43°E) is described and analyzed to identify the seasonal climatic signal in indices of annual ring width. Correlation analysis and cluster analysis are applied to tree-ring data and gridded climate data to assess the climate signal embedded in the network in preparation for climate field reconstructions and formal proxy/model intercomparison experiments. The lengths of the 79 combined chronologies range from 89 to 990 years. The monthly correlations and partial correlations reveal a pervasive positive association with May, June, and sometimes July precipitation, positive correlations with winter and spring (December through April) temperatures, and negative relationships with May through July temperature, although as expected, there are site-to-site exceptions to these general patterns. Cluster analysis suggests three groups of sites based on their association with climate. The chronologies for the EMNE have coherent seasonal precipitation and temperature signals across a fairly broad geographical domain. The predominant signal is a positive growth response to May–June precipitation. Collectively, the findings suggest that the network can be exploited to develop season-specific field reconstructions of precipitation and drought history in the EMNE.
DOI: 10.25921/2fxz-9v95
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Requena-Rojas - Agua de Nieves - CENE - ITRDB PER001

description: Up to now, the development of dendrochronological records from tropical regions in South America has been limited to the lowlands with emphasis in the Amazon basin. In this contribution, we present the first chronology of Cedrela nebulosa, a species that develops in the tropical mountainous regions of South America. We collected samples from trees in Monobamba district in Peru, analysed the anatomical features that determine the growth rings, and processed following the methods commonly used in dendrochronology. The 133-years chronology covering the 1883–2015 period, showed large correlation between series. In order to determine the climatic variables that control tree growth, we performed correlation analyses between tree-growth and local and regional precipitation and temperature records. We found that precipitation triggers tree growth at the beginning of the spring season but temperature seems to be the main control in annual growth. Also, C. nebulosa chronology present coherent variations with Multivariate Enso Index (MEI) and Pacific Ocean sea surface temperatures during summer months. This climate-sensitive tree-ring record indicates good potential for dendroclimatic studies and provides an opportunity to reconstruct climatic variations in montane forests of the tropical Andes.
description:  Rings were dated according to the Southern Hemisphere convention of assigning the year based on when ring formation began (Schulman, 1956). NOAA Template Raw Measurements file added 2022-04-04.
DOI: 10.25921/2tzr-8637
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Klesse - 2L Coeuve - FASY - ITRDB CHE427

description: Ongoing climate warming is increasing evapotranspiration, a process that reduces plant-available water and aggravates the impact of extreme droughts during the growing season. Such an exceptional hot drought occurred in Central Europe in 2018 and caused widespread defoliation in mid-summer in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forests. Here, we recorded crown damage in 2021 in nine mature even-aged beech-dominated stands in northwestern Switzerland along a crown damage severity gradient (low, medium, high) and analyzed tree-ring widths of 21 mature trees per stand. We aimed at identifying predisposing factors responsible for differences in crown damage across and within stands such as tree growth characteristics (average growth rates and year-to-year variability) and site-level variables (mean canopy height, soil properties). We found that stand-level crown damage severity was strongly related to soil water availability, inferred from tree canopy height and plant available soil water storage capacity (AWC). Trees were shorter in drier stands, had higher year-to-year variability in radial growth, and showed higher growth sensitivity to moisture conditions of previous late summer than trees growing on soils with sufficient AWC, indicating that radial growth in these forests is principally limited by soil water availability. Within-stand variation of post-drought crown damage corresponded to growth rate and tree size (diameter at breast height, DBH), i.e., smaller and slower-growing trees that face more competition, were associated with increased crown damage after the 2018 drought. These findings point to tree vigor before the extreme 2018 drought (long-term relative growth rate) as an important driver of damage severity within and across stands. Our results suggest that European beech is less likely to be able to cope with future climate change-induced extreme droughts on shallow soils with limited water retention capacity.
DOI: 10.25921/26xz-kw70
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Finland Plant Phenological Data from 1750 to 1965 CE

description: ong records of phenological observations constitute data for ecological, climate, and global change studies. Here we provide a unique dataset of plant phenological observations made in boreal Europe between 1750 and 1965 from locations situated across historical and modern Finland, mostly between 70° and 60° N and 30° and 20° E. This dataset was generated initially by the efforts of several generations of volunteers representing naturalists whose field observations and notes had initially made the continuous collection of the data possible. In addition, the data were collated by the Finnish Economic Society and the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters and published irregularly in the form of several monographs and periodicals by contemporary academic enthusiasts. Each phenological observation contains 11 features including: site name, site latitude, site longitude, scientific species name, phenological stage, and (if any) its substage, year, date (month and day) and the day since the summer solstice, the original literature source, and outlier estimate. Species names given originally either in Latin, Finnish, German, and/or Swedish were transformed into scientific species names. Moreover, outdated taxonomic names were updated as appropriate. Phenological stages that had been given originally either in German, Finnish, and/or Swedish were transformed into English and standardized by excluding synonyms. Site names were adopted at the county level, with corresponding latitude and longitude generated herein. The digitized dataset represents 265,478 observations of 985 taxa (assigned to variety/subspecies/species/hybrid/genus) for their 16 different phenological stages made in 371 locations across the region. We provide this dataset to support comparative studies and modeling projects, seeking to improve the understanding of terrestrial ecosystem dynamics and its responses to a changing environment from a local to a global scale. Use of this dataset for academic or educational purposes is encouraged as long as the data source is correctly cited with attribution given to this presentation of the data. Users are free to use and analyze the data; additionally, we would like to hear from other researchers who use this dataset in teaching or for their own research.
DOI: 10.25921/24a6-az08
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Wadi Sannur Cave Geochemical Data

description: Although there is a consensus that there were wet periods (greening events) in the Sahara in the past, the spatial extent and the timing of these greening events are still in dispute, yet critical to our understanding of the early human dispersal out of Africa. Our U-series dates of speleothems from the Northeastern Sahara (Wadi Sannur cave, Egypt) reveal that the periods of speleothem growth were brief and restricted to the interglacial Marine Isotope Stages MIS 5.5, MIS 7.3, and the early MIS 9 with a remarkable absence of the Holocene deposition of speleothems. These growth periods of Wadi Sannur cave speleothems correspond to periods of high rainfall and spread of vegetation (green Sahara). Distinct low δ18O values of speleothems indicate a distal moisture source that we interpret to be the Atlantic Ocean. These two lines of evidence from the Wadi Sannur speleothems thus suggest that maximal northward shifts in the West African monsoon system occurred during the growth periods of the speleothems, leading to greening of the Sahara, facilitating human migration into Eurasia. The periods of speleothem growth at Wadi Sannur cave are contemporaneous with important archeological events: (1) the earliest occurrence of the Middle Stone Age assemblages and Homo sapiens in North Africa (Jebel Irhoud), suggesting wide spread of greening conditions over the East–West transect of the Sahara, (2) the sharp technological break between the Acheulo-Yabrudian and the Mousterian industries, and (3) the arrival of Homo sapiens in Levant, indicating a key role of the Sahara route in early human dispersal out of Africa.
description: Data contributed as part of SISAL v3 Global Speleothem Isotope and Trace Element Database (https://doi.org/10.25921/jajq-qg60). Notes from the SISAL database: Entity WS-5d (SISAL entity_id = 691) does not have age model in original publication. The sisal_chronologies for entity_id = 691 were run manually.
DOI: 10.25921/2z2n-e152
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Tasmaloum - 4200 Yr BP SST Reconstruction

description: We present a 47-year-long record of sea surface temperature (SST) derived from Sr/Ca and U/Ca analysis of a massive Porites coral which grew at ∼ 4150 calendar years before present (B.P.) in Vanuatu (southwest tropical Pacific Ocean). Mean SST is similar in both the modern instrumental record and paleorecord, and both exhibit El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) frequency SST oscillations. However, several strong decadal-frequency cooling events and a marked modulation of the seasonal SST cycle, with power at both ENSO and decadal frequencies, are observed in the paleorecord, which are unprecedented in the modern record.
description: A fossil coral from Tasmaloum (Vanuatu) was found between 0.80 and 1.20 m depth in drill core 9A, collected at an altitude of +4.66 m above sea level. A date of 4166 ±15 calendar yr BP was obtained by the U/Th series technique for the coral. This date corresponds to the cold episode centered around sample 464. Owing to the calculated uplift rate the paleodepth of the Porites can be estimated ~10-15 m. at 4150 years B.P. The surrounding coral assemblages indicate an open shallow marine environment. The data consist of reconstructed Sea Surface Temperatures extrapolated from analyses of trace element ratios in a fossil coral head. SST reconstruction is based on the analysis of Sr/Ca and U/Ca ratios in corals. Sr/Ca and U/Ca analyses were converted to SST, using the following equations: Sr/Ca (10-3 M) = 10.73 - 0.0657SST (R = 0.79); U/Ca  (10-6 M) = 2.106 - 0.0367SST (R = 0.89). For the present study, precision on the Sr/Ca paleothermometer was ±1.3 deg C, and ±0.9 deg C for the U/Ca paleothermometer. In > 98% of the samples analyzed, Sr and U reconstructed SST agree well within error. A 47-year-long composite SST curve was then constructed, and monthly SST values were extrapolated.
DOI: 10.25921/2795-h065
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Jersey Cave Geochemical Data from 98900 to 35000 Cal Yr BP

description: Milankovitch-scale Quaternary climatic oscillations within south-east Australia are known to be characterized by relatively arid glacial and wet interglacial stages. However, terrestrial proxy records of environmental change are scarce, based largely on river terraces, dune sediments and pollen sequences. Here we present a speleothem-based palaeoclimate record from Yarrangobilly caves, south-east Australia. The oxygen isotopic composition of calcite (δ18Ocalcite) is taken to represent rainfall amount and used as an aridity index. High-resolution trace element profiles and UV fluorescence support interpretations based on δ18Ocalcite, allowing further designation of key phases of speleothem growth into periods of relative aridity and moisture excess. A hiatus of approximately 37 ka duration divides the record into two key phases of growth which can be mapped onto marine isotope stages 5c–a and 3, respectively. Increasing aridity in the latter half of MIS 5 led to cessation of speleothem growth for the duration of MIS 4. Growth recommences during MIS 3, associated with greater moisture availability, enhanced vegetation and augmented biogeochemical cycling. This speleothem record provides a unique context of terrestrial environmental change and depicts hydrological conditions which fluctuate markedly over the 70-ka period covering the time of megafauna extinction and human arrival on the continent.
description: Data contributed as part of SISAL v3 Global Speleothem Isotope and Trace Element Database (https://doi.org/10.25921/jajq-qg60). Notes from the SISAL database: Vegetation: Open dry eucalyptus forests. \\ Author downsampled using running mean/average. This has been further downsampled by SISAL to give binned averages at stable isotope equivalent depths.
DOI: 10.15468/dl.cde9fw
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 0 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
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DOI: 10.25921/2a30-nw29
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Brienen - Purissima Update - AMCE - ITRDB BOL022

description: Tree ring data from the International Tree Ring Data Bank and World Data Center for Paleoclimatology archives.  Most data sets include raw treering measurements (most are annual ring width, with some collections of earlywood or latewood width or wood density), plus chronologies (standardized growth indices for a site compiled from multiple treering samples). Reconstructions of climate variables are included with some of these data sets.  Each data type is stored in a separate data file; the data type is coded into the file name. For details please see: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/treeinfo.htmll
description: Tropical Tree Ring Network SiteID = AMCEA_BOL_01