Radiolarian SST Transfer Functions:  readme file
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			World Data Center-A for Paleoclimatology
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NOTE: PLEASE CITE CONTRIBUTORS WHEN USING THIS DATA!!!!!

NAME OF DATA SET:  Radiolarian SST Transfer Functions

CONTRIBUTORS:  Nicklas G. Pisias, Adrienne Roelofs, Mysti Weber, 
Oregon State University.

LAST UPDATE:  2/98 (original receipt by WDC-A Paleo)

IGBP PAGES/WDCA CONTRIBUTION SERIES NUMBER: 98-004

SUGGESTED DATA CITATION:
Pisias et al., Radiolarian SST Transfer Functions, 
IGBP PAGES/World Data Center-A for Paleoclimatology, 
Data Contribution Series #98-004, 
NOAA/NGDC Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder, CO.

GEOGRAPHIC REGION: Pacific Ocean
ORIGINAL REFERENCE:  Pisias, N.G., A. Roelofs and M. Weber, 1997, 
Radiolarian-based transfer functions for estimating mean surface
ocean temperatures and seasonal range, Paleoceanography v.12,No.3, pp. 365-379.

PERIOD OF RECORD: N/A
LIST OF FILES:  Pisias1997.readme (this file), fmatrix.40.7.log.non35,  
fmatrix.41.7.log.txt, rad_surface.factors, rad_surface.percentages,
rad_surface.season, rad_surface.sst.


DESCRIPTION:  New radialarian-based transfer functions for estimating SST
and annual SST ranges.  170 sediment samples were used with 41 species of 
radiolarians using a standardized taxonomy.  Seven assemblages were identified 
corresponding to the tropical, transitional, Antarctic, Bering Sea, 
western Pacific, central gyre, and eastern boundary current oceanographic regions.  
SST cooling at the Last Glacial Maximum is estimated to be greater than the 
CLIMAP estimates.