cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25921/c1hh-xw07
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Touchan - Guzelyurt - PINI - ITRDB TUR074

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/cdr1-et36
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Touchan - Uçak Düştü Tepe - PINI - ITRDB TUR089

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/c4qt-n350
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Andrus - Mt. Richmond - THPL - ITRDB OR131

description: Aim: Forest dieback is increasing in many forest ecosystems from unfavorable climate conditions. Western redcedar (WRC)–a culturally, ecologically, and economically important species–has recently experienced anomalously high mortality rates and partial canopy dieback. We investigated how WRC tree radial growth and dieback responded to climate variability and drought using tree-ring methods. Location: Pacific Northwest, USA. Taxon: western redcedar (Thuja plicata). Methods: We collected tree cores from three tree health status groups (no canopy dieback, partial canopy dieback, and dead trees) at 11 sites in coastal (maritime climate) and interior (continental climate) WRC populations as well as previously published climate and weather data. From growth rates, we computed four growth indices evaluating the resilience to drought. Results: Warmer and drier climate conditions in May and June that extend the annual July-to-September dry season reduced radial growth in 9 of 11 sites (1975-2020). WRC trees recovered radial growth to pre-drought rates within three years when post-drought climate conditions were average or cooler/wetter than average. However, recovery from drought was slower or absent when conditions were warmer/drier during the post-drought recovery period, which appeared to lead to the widespread mortality event across the coastal populations. WRC tree mortality was portended by 4-5 years of declining radial growth. Annually-resolved tree mortality in coastal populations predominately occurred in 2017-2018 (80% of sampled dead trees) and coincided with exceedingly hot temperatures and the longest regionally dry period from May to September (1970-2020). In interior populations, tree mortality was dispersed among years but associated with warmer and drier conditions from August to September. Main conclusions: Our findings forewarn that a warming climate and more frequent and severe summer droughts, especially in consecutive years, will likely increase the vulnerability of WRC to canopy dieback and mortality and possibly other drought-sensitive trees in one of the world’s largest carbon sinks.
DOI: 10.25921/crg1-5057
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Warner - Huron Mountain Club - BEAL - ITRDB MI036

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: first three characters = site code (HMC = Huron Mountain Club), fourth and fifth characters = species code (YB = yellow birch = Betula alleghaniensis), sixth and seventh characters = tree number, eighth character = core code July 2024: Elevation added by WDS-Paleo using get_elev_point() from the elevatr R package with the USGS Elevation Point Query Service (epqs) and WGS 84 reference frame.
DOI: 10.25921/cpv9-zj42
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Cenote Muyil, Mexico Grain Size and Carbon/Nitrogen Data during the last 2000 Years

description: The collapse of the Maya civilization in the late 1st/early 2nd millennium CE has been attributed to multiple internal and external causes including overpopulation, increased warfare, and environmental deterioration. Yet the role hurricanes may have played in the fracturing of Maya socio-political networks, site abandonment, and cultural reconfiguration remains unexplored. Here we present a 2200 yearlong hurricane record developed from sediment recovered from a flooded cenote on the northeastern Yucatan peninsula. The sediment archive contains fine grain autogenic carbonate interspersed with anomalous deposits of coarse carbonate material that we interpret as evidence of local hurricane activity. This interpretation is supported by the correlation between the multi-decadal distribution of recent coarse beds and the temporal distribution of modern regional landfalling storms. In total, this record allows us to reconstruct the variable hurricane conditions impacting the northern lowland Maya during the Late Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic Periods. Strikingly, persistent above-average hurricane frequency between ~ 700 and 1450 CE encompasses the Maya Terminal Classic Phase, the declines of Chichén Itza, Cobá, and subsequent rise and fall of the Mayapán Confederacy. This suggests that hurricanes may have posed an additional environmental stressor necessary of consideration when examining the Postclassic transformation of northern Maya polities.
description: This dataset provides 2,000 years of variable coarse grain deposition inferred as a proxy of hurricane activity over the Northeast Yucatan and indicates increased storminess during the decline of the Classic Mayan Empire.
      Provided Keywords: Hurricanes and Tropical Cyclones, Mayan Terminal Classic Decline, Coastal Sinkhole
DOI: 10.25921/c2db-gj83
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Liu-li Cave, China Speleothem d18O, d13C and Sr/Ca Data Over the Past 6,700 years

description: Speleothem records from NE Asia are essential to understand the spatial patterns of the Asian Summer Monsoon (ASM) variability. In this paper, we present a new high-resolution and chronologically well-resolved speleothem record from Liu-li (LL) cave, NE China, through d18O, d13C and Sr/Ca ratio characterizing a dynamic ASM history over the past 6680 years. The LL d18O record shows a long-term trend to higher values, following the North Hemisphere summer insolation (NHSI), with the exception of the last 2 kyr characterized by a negative d18O excursion. The ‘2-kyr shift’ is evident in NE Asia over the past 2 kyr, originally inferred from the speleothem d18O negative excursion in South China, as well as in many other proxy records from East China, but it merely manifests a flat trend in most of the western East Asian Summer Monsoon (EASM) and Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM) regions, rather than a negative excursion. On multi-centennial to millennial timescales, the intensification of the Tsushima Warm Current (TWC) can amplify rainfall on both sides of the Japan Sea. A close comparison between the monsoon reconstruction and the cultural changes in NE Asia suggests contemporary climatic and cultural regime-shifts, implying an important role of the ASM weakening in the collapse of Neolithic and Early Bronze cultures in this region.
description: Provided Keywords: Speleothem, Stable isotopes, 2-kyr shift, Asian summer monsoon
DOI: 10.25921/cgfm-c859
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Frasassi Cave system - Grotta Grande del Vento Geochemical Data from 113000 to 96700 Cal Yr BP

description: A stalagmite (FR16) from Frasassi Cave, located near the Adriatic coast of the Italian peninsula, offers a 16 kyr petrographic and stable isotope record spanning from 112.8 ± 1.5 ka to 96.6 ± 1.0 ka, corresponding to the interval from marine isotope stage (MIS) 5c to MIS 5d. The physical characteristics of FR16 calcite, allowed for a thorough understanding of the processes controlling isotopic changes, because fabrics as well are controlled by the environmental parameters within the cave that reflect external climate forcing. The FR16 δ13C profile matches fabric changes where columnar fabric usually corresponds to more negative values and micrite/microsparite layers to less negative δ13C values, and with the North Greenland Ice-core Project (NGRIP) δ18O record with more negative δ13C values during interstadials GI24 and GI23. This suggests a hydrological sensitivity for the two proxies, and their variability can be linked to recharge changes. On the other hand, the response to Greenland events appears subdued in the δ18O record and the trend mimics instead the Northern Hemisphere (NH) summer insolation with more negative δ18O values corresponding to the maximum insolation centred at ca. 105 ka. This behaviour can be explained by the higher sensitivity of δ18O to rainfall seasonality, moisture source and trajectories, whose combined effect attenuated the stadials/intersadials signal in the stalagmite.
description: Data contributed as part of SISAL v3 Global Speleothem Isotope and Trace Element Database (https://doi.org/10.25921/jajq-qg60).
DOI: 10.25921/cpcy-jg91
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Ferrari - Motta Ciürela, Val Bregaglia - PCAB - ITRDB CHE474

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: Elevation range: 1316 - 1348 m a.s.l.
DOI: 10.25921/c6qw-xb62
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Kim - Seoraksan Mountain - PIKO - ITRDB KOR006

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
DOI: 10.25921/c50c-tn39
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Pannonian Basin, Hungary, Amino Acid Racemisation Data for the last 2.6 Ma

description: Long-term terrestrial archives of Quaternary climate change illustrate how global changes affect regional climates, but correlation of terrestrial deposits to global records can be challenging due to a lack of material for radiometric dating. The Pannonian Basin (Hungary) contains large river basins, with near-continuous Quaternary deposits ~600 m in depth. This study tested the IcPD (intra-crystalline  protein degradation) approach to amino acid geochronology using bithyniid snail opercula to date deep-core material in geothermally warm regions. Material from seven fully-cored boreholes was collected from four sub-regions: the Körös and Jászság basins, Makó Trough and Békés Basin. IcPDincreased with age until approximately 2.3 million years ago, generally supporting stratigraphic correlations previously made between the boreholes. IcPD was consistent between different boreholes within the same sub-region. However due to the steep geothermal gradient in this region, IcPD was systematically different between sub-regions that had different sedimentation rates. Equivalently aged samples buried more deeply had higher IcPD levels, indicating a greater geothermic effect. This provides an insight into how variations in burial temperature can affect protein decomposition within a deeply-buried (>80 m) fossil over geological time, and demonstrates the importance of understanding the geothermal setting for amino acid geochronology. This study shows the utility of IcPD to correlate terrestrial deep-core sediments over the Pleistocene.
description: Provided Keywords: Aminostratigraphy, Geochronology, Pannonian Basin, Intra-crystalline protein decomposition (IcPD), Pleistocene, Racemisation
DOI: 10.25921/cfph-df48
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Rohner - Pfynwald - QUSP - ITRDB CHE456

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: Elevation range: 570 - 605 m a.s.l.
DOI: 10.25921/c8n9-9487
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Taylor fire data from DM_Plumas - IMPD USPL_001

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.

description: This dataset was contributed as part of the North American Tree-ring Fire Scar Synthesis (NAFSS) project (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/study/34853). Data were contributed to the project from the original data generators.

Sample Storage Location: 
Dating Method: Dated
Related ITRDB_Chronology: Not Applicable

Fire scar data from this site are available in FHX2 format at:
  https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/firescar/northamerica/uspl_001.fhx
along with associated metadata at:
  https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/firescar/northamerica/uspl_001-noaa.txt
DOI: 10.25921/cxss-1m90
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Roquette - Fazenda Miranda - HYST - ITRDB BRA035

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 = HYSTI_BRA_01
DOI: 10.25921/cr0s-q852
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Aragão - Ubajara - HASE - ITRDB BRA041

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 = HASER_BRA_01
DOI: 10.25921/c9nd-pm65
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Esper - Melkutin Update - PISY - ITRDB FIN113

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: dry, MXD data
DOI: 10.25921/cmyw-0e53
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Esper - Mount Smolikas EHS01 Update - PIHE - ITRDB GRC052

description: We present the longest high-elevation tree-ring width dataset in the Mediterranean reaching back to the 6th century CE. The network includes 101 living and 92 relict Pinus heldreichii Christ trees from four differently exposed sites in the 2100-2200 m a.s.l. elevation range of Mt. Smolikas in the Pindus Mountains in Greece. Though the sites were all sampled within a distance of <1 km, inter-site correlations are surprisingly low (r1550-2014 = 0.65-0.87), indicating site exposure might affect tree-ring formation. We here explore the consequence of exposure differences on the climate signals in an eastern Mediterranean treeline ecotone. Temporally stable growth/climate relationships reveal similar seasonal patterns among the four sites, but differences in signal strength. P. heldreichii growth at Mt. Smolikas is significantly controlled by temperature in April (r1951-2014 = 0.33-0.50) and precipitation in June-July (r1951-2014 = 0.23-0.42), which emphasizes the overall importance of an early growth onset and subsequent moisture conditions. The association between stem growth and April climate is strongest in the South-facing stand, supporting the significance of higher insolation rates at this thermally privileged site. Strongest summer precipitation signals are found in the NE-facing stand, where trees seem to benefit least from an early growth onset and where reduced meltwater supply may enhance the dependency on early summer precipitation. The significance of spring temperature on tree growth in all four sites constrains the emergence of a distinct summer precipitation signal in the Mt. Smolikas high elevation ecotone. Exploration of the site-specific influences on a new millennium-long tree-ring width dataset is an important step towards an improved understanding of long-term climate variability in the Eastern Mediterranean. Site-related differences in climate sensitivity in the high-elevation tree-ring network at Mt. Smolikas indicate that both temperature and precipitation during different seasons could potentially be reconstructed if distinct site exposures (S versus NE) are considered.
description: MXD data
DOI: 10.25921/cj5d-fv78
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Villanueva-Díaz - La Primavera - PIOO - ITRDB MEX124

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 = PIOOC_MEX_01
DOI: 10.25921/cbfx-t184
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Villanueva-Díaz - Lagunas de Colon, Chiapas (LCO) - TAMU - ITRDB MEX135

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 = TAMUC_MEX_04
DOI: 10.25921/c8tg-5v23
title: NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Cerano-Paredes - Benito Juárez, Oaxaca (PAT) - PIPT - ITRDB MEX145

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 = PIPAT_MEX_01