# Paleoenvironmental Standard Terms (PaST) Thesaurus
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# Online_Resource: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/31892
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# Online_Resource: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/PaST-thesaurus/SKOS/PaST-thesaurus-readme.txt
#       Description: PaST Thesaurus Readme File; Readme for PaST Thesaurus in NOAA Template format, including change log
# Online_Resource: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/PaST-thesaurus/ 
#       Description: PaST Thesaurus Documentation; PaST Thesaurus documentation folder including governance and naming guidelines
# Online_Resource: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/PaST-thesaurus/SKOS/ 
#       Description: SKOS Resource Description Framework (RDF) Files; Folder with PaST Thesaurus versions, encoded as SKOS files in RDF syntax
# Online_Resource: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data/past-thesaurus
#       Description: Web page with more information about PaST thesaurus
# Online_Resource: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo-search/cvterms
#       Description: PaST thesaurus navigator
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#	Date:  2020-12-2
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#	Date:  2020-12-2
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# Title
#	Study_Name: Paleoenvironmental Standard Terms (PaST) Thesaurus 
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# Investigators
#	Investigators:  Morrill, Carrie; Thrasher, Bridget; Lockshin, Sam; Gille, Edward P.; McNeill, Shelley; Shepherd, Ethan; Gross, Wendy S.; Bauer, Bruce A.
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# Description_Notes_and_Keywords
#	Description: The World Data Service for Paleoclimatology defines measured variables using the PaST thesaurus of standard terms. These terms describe the quantity measured, the material on which it was measured, reported error, units, analytical or statistical methods, transformations made to raw data, reconstructed seasonality, data type, and data format. Standard terms organize heterogeneous paleoclimate datasets and improve the findability, interoperability, and reusability of data.
#	Versioning of the PaST thesaurus is described in the thesaurus governance document at: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/PaST-thesaurus/PaST-governance.pdf. SKOS representations of  released versions are in https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/PaST-thesaurus/SKOS. SKOS that is downloadable from the PaST Navigator (https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo-search/cvterms) includes incremental changes made since the last version release.
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#   12-2-2020: Version 1.0 available at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/PaST-thesaurus/SKOS/past-thesaurus-v1-0.rdf
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# Publication 
#	Authors: Morrill, C.; Thrasher, B.; Lockshin, S.; Gille, E.P.; McNeill, S.; Shepherd, E.; Gross, W.S.; Bauer, B.A.
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#	Published_Title: The Paleoenvironmental Standard Terms (PaST) Thesaurus: Standardizing heterogeneous measured variables in paleoscience
#	Journal_Name: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
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#	Funding_Agency_Name: National Science Foundation
#	Grant: AGS-1545762
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#	Funding_Agency_Name: NOAA Climate Program Office
#	Grant: NA17OAR4320101
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