Foraminifera SST Transfer Function Comparison: Readme file
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               World Data Center A- Paleoclimatology
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NOTE: PLEASE CITE CONTRIBUTORS WHEN USING THIS DATA!!!!!


NAME OF DATA SET: Foraminifera SST Transfer Function Comparison.
LAST UPDATE: 3/1999 (Original Receipt by WDCA Paleo)  
CONTRIBUTOR: Joseph Ortiz, LDEO

IGBP PAGES/WDCA CONTRIBUTION SERIES NUMBER: 1999-018
SUGGESTED DATA CITATION: Ortiz, J., and Mix, A.C., 
Foraminifera SST Transfer Function Comparison,
IGBP PAGES/World Data Center-A for Paleoclimatology 
Data Contribution Series # 1999-018.  
NOAA/NGDC Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder CO, USA.

ORIGINAL REFERENCE: Ortiz, J.D. and A.C. Mix, 1997, 
Comparison of Imbrie-Kipp Transfer Function and Modern Analog 
Temperature Estimates Using Sediment Trap and Coretop Foraminiferal Faunas,
Paleoceanography, 12, 175-190, 1997.

GEOGRAPHIC REGION: Global
PERIOD OF RECORD: Modern

LIST OF FILES: Readme.ortiz1997.txt(this file), 
Microsoft Word format data tables:  
table1.locations.doc, table2.all.sedtrap.percents.doc, 
table3.world.factors.doc, table4.transfer.function.doc, 
table5.temp.results.doc, table6.stat.comparison.doc.
Tab-delimited ASCII versions of data tables: 
table1.locations.txt, table2.all.sedtrap.percents.txt,
table3.world.factors.txt, table4.transfer.functions.txt,
table5.temp.results.txt, table6.stats.comparison.txt.

DESCRIPTION: 
Modern foraminiferal fauna and SST data used to compare the 
Imbrie-Kipp Transfer Function with Modern Analog Temperature Estimates.