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NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Database of Arctic Holocene Temperature Records

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This archived Paleoclimatology Study is available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The associated NCEI study type is Lake. The data include parameters of paleolimnology (reconstruction) with a geographic location of Arctic. The time period coverage is from Unavailable begin date to Unavailable end date in calendar years before present (BP). See metadata information for parameter and study location details. Please cite this study when using the data.
  • Cite as: McKay, N.P.; Kaufman, D.S. (2018-11-09): NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Database of Arctic Holocene Temperature Records. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/s4mc-q887. Accessed [date].
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DistributorNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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Dataset Point of Contact NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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Dataset Point of Contact Data Center Contact
NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology
828-271-4800
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Coverage DescriptionPaleo date information not available.
Time Period1950 to Present
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
N: 90
S: 60
E: 180
W: -180
Spatial Coverage Map
General Documentation
Associated Resources
  • The Onset and Rate of Holocene Neoglacial Cooling in the Arctic
    • Associated Reference published 2018
      McKay, N.P., Kaufman, D.S., Routson, C.C., Erb, M.P., and Zander, P.D., 2018: The Onset and Rate of Holocene Neoglacial Cooling in the Arctic. Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 1-10, 10.1029/2018GL079773
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2018-11-09
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress StatusComplete - production of the data has been completed
Data Update Frequency Data update frequency not available
Supplemental Information
STUDY NOTES: Provided Keywords: air temperature, ice elevation
ABSTRACT SUPPLIED BY ORIGINATOR: The middle to late Holocene (8,200 years ago to present) in the Arctic is characterized by cooling temperatures and the regrowth and advance of glaciers. Whether this Neoglaciation was a threshold response to linear cooling, or was driven by a regional or Arctic-wide acceleration of cooling, is unknown. Here we examine the largest-yet-compiled multiproxy database of Arctic Holocene temperature change, along with model simulations, to investigate regional and Arctic-wide increases in cooling rate, the synchronicity of Neoglacial onset, and the observed and simulated rates of temperature change. We find little support for an Arctic-wide onset of Neoglacial cooling but do find intervals when regions experienced rapid increases in long-term cooling rate, both in the observations and in climate model simulations. In the model experiments, Neoglacial cooling is associated with indirectly forced millennial-scale variability in meridional heat transport superposed on the long-term decline of summer insolation.
PurposeRecords of past climate and environment derived from lake sediment records. Parameter keywords describe what was measured in this dataset. Additional summary information can be found in the abstracts of papers listed in the dataset citations.
Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: McKay, N.P.; Kaufman, D.S. (2018-11-09): NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Database of Arctic Holocene Temperature Records. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/s4mc-q887. Accessed [date].
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Cited Authors
  • McKay, N.P.
  • Kaufman, D.S.
Originators
  • McKay, N.P.
  • Kaufman, D.S.
Publishers
  • NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Theme keywordsGlobal Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
  • Earth Science > Climate Indicators > Paleoclimate Indicators > Ocean/Lake Records
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
  • earth science > paleoclimate > paleolimnology > reconstruction
  • Air Temperature Reconstruction
Data Center keywordsGlobal Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
  • DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Place keywords
  • Geographic Region > Arctic > Arctic > LATITUDE > LONGITUDE
Use Constraints
  • Cite as: McKay, N.P.; Kaufman, D.S. (2018-11-09): NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Database of Arctic Holocene Temperature Records. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/s4mc-q887. Accessed [date].
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Last Modified: 2023-09-01
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