DATASET TITLE: GLOBAL PALEOCLIMATIC DATA FOR 6000 YR B.P.                       
                                                                                
CONTRIBUTOR: THOMPSON WEBB III                                                  
             DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES                                  
             BROWN UNIVERSITY                                                   
             PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.                                          

DOI: 10.3334/CDIAC/cli.ndp011

                                                                                
SCOPE OF THE DATA:  POLLEN, LAKE LEVEL AND MARINE PLANKTON                      
DATA ON A REGIONAL AND GLOBAL SCALE ARE INCLUDED IN THIS                        
DATASET. WHERE POSSIBLE, QUANTITATIVE PALEOCLIMATIC VALUES                      
HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED FROM THESE DATA. THE DATA CAN BE USED TO                    
TEST CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS FOR PAST CLIMATES AND THE MODEL                  
SIMULATIONS OF THE EFFECTS OF INCREASING ATMOSPHERIC CARBON                     
DIOXIDE ON THE CLIMATE.                                                         
                                                                                
DATA FORMAT:  FIFTY-FOUR ASCII TEXT FILES ARE PROVIDED IN THIS                  
SUBDIRECTORY ON THE CD-ROM INCLUDING THIS DOCUMENTATION FILE                      
(NDP011.TXT); 2 MASTER FILES THAT OUTLINE THE FORMAT OF THE 6K                  
GLOBAL PALEOCLIMATIC DATA BASE (MASTER.FOR) AND EACH SITE IN EACH               
SUBDIVISION (MASTER.IND); 4 FILES CONTAINING COUNTRY CODES (COUNTRY.COD),       
STATE CODES (STATE.COD), SITETYPE CODES (SITETYPE.COD), AND DATATYPE            
CODES (DATATYPE.COD); 2 FILES THAT LIST THE DATING METHODS (DATING.MET)         
AND CODES THAT RANK THE DEGREE OF DATING CONTROL FOR THE DATA AT A              
SELECTED DATE (DATING.CON); AND 45 DATA FILES. THE DATA APPEAR IN               
FILES SUBDIVIDED BY REGION AND DATA TYPE.  POLLEN DATA ARE IN                   
THE FOLLOWING SUBDIVISIONS:                                                     
                                                                                
EASTERN NORTH AMERICA        (ENA.*)                                            
NORTHWEST CANADA AND ALASKA  (ALASKA.*)                                         
EUROPE                       (EUROPE.*)                                         
USSR                         (USSR.*)                                           
SOUTH AMERICA                (SA.*)                                             
NEW ZEALAND                  (NEWZEAL.*)                                        
LAKE LEVELS                  (LAKELEVL.*)                                       
                                                                                
THERE ARE 5 FILES FOR EACH OF THESE 5 SUBDIVISIONS INCLUDING A                  
FILE THAT DESCRIBES THE INFORMATION AND FORMAT OF THE OTHER                     
4 DATA FILES FOR EACH REGION (*.FOR), A FILE THAT DESCRIBES THE                 
DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION ABOUT EACH SITE WITHIN THE REGION (*.IND),              
A FILE THAT CONTAINS THE POLLEN DATA FOR EACH SITE IN THE REGION                
(*.DAT), A FILE THAT LISTS THE INDEX NUMBER FOR EACH PUBLICATION                
ALONG WITH THE AUTHOR AND DATE (*.PUB), AND A FILE THAT LISTS                   
THE REFERENCE NUMBER ALONG WITH THE FULL BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION                 
(*.REF).  THE SUBDIVISION LAKELEVL CONTAINS A GLOBAL DATA SET ON                
LAKE LEVELS (I.E., THE SCALED HEIGHT OF WATER LEVELS IN LAKES).                 
THE SUBDIVISIONS ATLANTIC (ATLANTIC OCEAN) AND INDIAN (INDIAN                   
OCEAN) CONTAIN PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA DATA FOR THESE OCEANS.                   
DATA FROM ISOLATED CORES IN THE PACIFIC AND SOUTHERN OCEANS ARE                 
INCLUDED IN THE SUBDIVISION ATLANTIC.                                           
                                                                                
GREATER DETAILS ABOUT THE FILE CONTENTS AND FORMAT ARE GIVEN ON PAGES           
9-14 OF THE ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION (NDP011) OR IN THE REFERENCE             
LISTED BELOW.                                                                   
                                                                                
                            REFERENCE(S)                                        
                                                                                
WEBB, T. III. 1985. A GLOBAL PALEOCLIMATIC DATA BASE FOR 6000                   
YR B. P. TR018, DOE/EV/10097-6. CARBON DIOXIDE RESEARCH DIVISION,               
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, WASHINGTON, DC.