# Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica, Tree Cellulose d18O Data #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder # and # NOAA Paleoclimatology Program #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # NOTE: Please cite Publication, and Online_Resource and date accessed when using these data. # If there is no publication information, please cite Investigators, Title, and Online_Resource and date accessed. # # # Online_Resource: http://www.hurricane.ncdc.noaa.gov/pls/paleox/f?p=519:1:::::P1_STUDY_ID:16139 # # Original_Source_URL: ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/isotope/northamerica/costarica/anchukaitis2010/monteverde2010mv15.txt # # Description/Documentation lines begin with # # Data lines have no # # # Archive: Tree Ring #-------------------- # Contribution_Date # Date: 2014-03-06 #-------------------- # Title # Study_Name: Monteverde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica, Tree Cellulose d18O Data #-------------------- # Investigators # Investigators: Anchukaitis, K.J.; Evans, M.N. #-------------------- # Description_and_Notes # Description: Stable oxygen isotopes (d18O) measured at constant depth in two montane cloud forest trees (Pouteria, # specimens MV12 and MV15), plus the d18O data on monthly age scale for the 2 trees and for a composite of both samples. #-------------------- # Publication # Authors: Kevin J. Anchukaitis and Michael N. Evans # Published_Date_or_Year: 2010-03-16 # Published_Title: Tropical cloud forest climate variability and the demise of the Monteverde golden toad # Journal_Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America # Volume: 107 # Edition: # Issue: 11 # Pages: 5036-5040 # DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0908572107 # Online_Resource: http://www.pnas.org/content/107/11/5036.abstract # Full_Citation: # Abstract: Widespread amphibian extinctions in the mountains of the American tropics have been blamed on the interaction of anthropogenic climate change and a lethal pathogen. However, limited meteorological records make it difficult to conclude whether current climate conditions at these sites are actually exceptional in the context of natural variability. We use stable oxygen isotope measurements from trees without annual rings to reconstruct a century of hydroclimatology in the Monteverde Cloud Forest of Costa Rica. High-resolution measurements reveal coherent isotope cycles that provide annual chronological control and paleoclimate information. Climate variability is dominated by interannual variance in dry season moisture associated with El Niño Southern Oscillation events. There is no evidence of a trend associated with global warming. Rather, the extinction of the Monteverde golden toad (Bufo periglenes) appears to have coincided with an exceptionally dry interval caused by the 1986-1987 El Niño event. #------------------ # Funding_Agency # Funding_Agency_Name: US National Science Foundation # Grant: IGERT Program DGE-0221594, ATM-0349356, ATM-0321348 #------------------ # Funding_Agency # Funding_Agency_Name: U.S. Department of Energy # Grant: Graduate Research Environmental Fellowship #------------------ # Site_Information # Site_Name: Monteverde Cloud Forest # Location: North America>Central America>Costa Rica # Country: Costa Rica # Northernmost_Latitude: 10.2 # Southernmost_Latitude: 10.2 # Easternmost_Longitude: -85.35 # Westernmost_Longitude: -85.35 # Elevation: 1800 m #------------------ # Data_Collection # Collection_Name: Monteverde2010mv15 # Earliest_Year: 1900 # Most_Recent_Year: 1969 # Time_Unit: Year AD # Core_Length: 202.2 mm # Notes: MV15 d18O, depth scale #------------------ # Chronology: # see Anchukaitis and Evans 2010, Table S1 for details # sample lab_number depth(mm) Fraction modern carbon(F14C) Precision calibrated_date AD # MV12 AA74375 167 1.5111 0.0078 1969-1972 # MV12 AA74376 230 1.0842 0.0088 1955-1957 # MV12 AA74377 242 0.992 0.004 1951-1956 # MV15 AA76775 19.5 1.126 0.0048 1957-1961 # MV15 AA74381 57 0.9859 0.0069 1938-1939 # MV15 AA74379 69 0.9882 0.006 1931-1932 # MV15 AA74378 121 0.9833 0.004 1908-1909 # #---------------- # Variables # # Data variables follow (have no #) # Data line variables format: Variables list, one per line, shortname-tab-longname-tab-longname components (9 components: what, material, error, units, seasonality, archive, detail, method, C or N for Character or Numeric data) depth_mm depth, , , mm, , , , ,N d18Ocellulose delta18O, alpha cellulose, , per mil VSMOW, , , , ,N #---------------- # Data: # Data lines follow (have no #) # Data line format - tab-delimited text, variable short name as header # Missing Values: NaN depth_mm d18Ocellulose 1 NaN 1.25 26.57 1.5 25.89 1.75 NaN 2 NaN 2.25 26.7 2.5 NaN 2.75 26.81 3 26.94 3.25 NaN 3.5 27.19 3.75 26.66 4 27.14 4.25 26.85 4.5 25.69 4.75 NaN 5 NaN 5.2 NaN 5.4 NaN 5.6 NaN 5.8 NaN 6 27.53 6.2 27.31 6.4 27.37 6.6 27.32 6.8 27.23 7 26.59 7.2 26.72 7.4 26.76 7.6 26.89 7.8 26.91 8 26.27 8.2 25.88 8.4 25.81 8.6 26.27 8.8 26.45 9 26.97 9.2 28.18 9.4 27.47 9.6 27.63 9.8 27.14 10 27.07 10.2 27.25 10.4 27.95 10.6 28.76 10.8 28.12 11 28.66 11.2 28.12 11.4 27.47 11.6 26.62 11.8 27.86 12 27.5 12.2 26.8 12.4 26.64 12.6 26.63 12.8 26.84 13 26.96 13.2 26.97 13.4 27.34 13.6 26.68 13.8 27.24 14 26.65 14.2 25.94 14.4 25.72 14.6 25.63 14.8 25.41 15 25.28 15.2 25.19 15.4 25.76 15.6 26.07 15.8 26.44 16 27.13 16.2 NaN 16.4 28.45 16.6 28.69 16.8 28.84 17 28.65 17.2 28.1 17.4 27.59 17.6 27.22 17.8 26.75 18 27.07 18.2 26.25 18.4 26.85 18.6 27.1 18.8 27.09 19 26.85 19.2 26.81 19.4 27.34 19.6 27.37 19.8 28.03 20 27.22 20.2 26.89 20.4 NaN 20.6 26.9 20.8 27 21 28.24 21.2 28.44 21.4 28.87 21.6 28.16 21.8 28.26 22 27.89 22.2 27.18 22.4 27.11 22.6 27.29 22.8 NaN 23 26.87 23.2 27.03 23.4 27.45 23.6 NaN 23.8 28.47 24 28.75 24.2 28.55 24.4 27.5 24.6 27.9 24.8 27.59 25 28.26 25.2 NaN 25.4 28.08 25.6 28.31 25.8 28.1 26 27.47 26.2 27.43 26.4 26.88 26.6 26.98 26.8 26.63 27 26.61 27.2 26.59 27.4 26.97 27.6 28.57 27.8 29.48 28 27.91 28.2 26.92 28.4 26.17 28.6 25.99 28.8 26.04 29 26.13 29.2 26.2 29.4 26.28 29.6 26.07 29.8 26.01 30 26.38 30.2 26.58 30.4 26.17 30.6 26.53 30.8 26.29 31 27.02 31.2 27.25 31.4 27.57 31.6 27.23 31.8 26.25 32 26.3 32.2 26.07 32.4 26.56 32.6 26.49 32.8 27.03 33 27.27 33.2 29.02 33.4 28.3 33.6 28.11 33.8 27.45 34 26.68 34.2 26.71 34.4 26.97 34.6 27.11 34.8 27.04 35 26.73 35.2 26.32 35.4 26.49 35.6 27 35.8 NaN 36 28.08 36.2 28.19 36.4 NaN 36.6 27.92 36.8 27.25 37 NaN 37.2 26.95 37.4 27.38 37.6 27.65 37.8 27.58 38 28.6 38.2 28.26 38.4 28.46 38.6 29.29 38.8 28.24 39 27.96 39.2 27.25 39.4 27.32 39.6 27.92 39.8 28.39 40 29.16 40.2 29.08 40.4 28.58 40.6 28.33 40.8 27.94 41 27.47 41.2 27.48 41.4 27.52 41.6 28.21 41.8 27.89 42 27.9 42.2 28.26 42.4 28.18 42.6 28.42 42.8 27.72 43 27.46 43.2 27.18 43.4 26.98 43.6 27.53 43.8 28.88 44 28.97 44.2 29.63 44.4 29.8 44.6 29.28 44.8 29.06 45 28.15 45.2 27.31 45.4 27.04 45.6 27.44 45.8 28.45 46 28.7 46.2 27.78 46.4 27.28 46.6 27.45 46.8 27.29 47 27.71 47.2 28.07 47.4 27.81 47.6 27.36 47.8 26.77 48 26.87 48.2 27.19 48.4 26.88 48.6 28.13 48.8 27.88 49 27.37 49.2 27.76 49.4 27.41 49.6 27.79 49.8 28.04 50 27.64 50.2 27.06 50.4 26.94 50.6 26.85 50.8 26.19 51 26.3 51.2 26.82 51.4 28.15 51.6 28.23 51.8 27.91 52 27.62 52.2 27.17 52.4 27.15 52.6 27.13 52.8 27.18 53 28.21 53.2 29.21 53.4 NaN 53.6 29.67 53.8 28.56 54 28.35 54.2 27.49 54.4 26.9 54.6 26.55 54.8 26.6 55 27.66 55.2 27.3 55.4 27.39 55.6 27.85 55.8 27.3 56 27.99 56.2 28.25 56.4 28.21 56.6 28.05 56.8 27.29 57 26.82 57.2 28.16 57.4 29.8 57.6 28.81 57.8 28.61 58 27.88 58.2 27.09 58.4 26.24 58.6 26.59 58.8 26.18 59 26.72 59.2 27.82 59.4 29.08 59.6 27.3 59.8 27.69 60 NaN 60.2 28.12 60.4 28.36 60.6 27.7 60.8 26.57 61 26.48 61.2 27.51 61.4 28.07 61.6 27.33 61.8 26.82 62 27.24 62.2 28.15 62.4 28.24 62.6 28.05 62.8 27.48 63 27.64 63.2 27.7 63.4 27.92 63.6 28.02 63.8 27.91 64 26.97 64.2 26.86 64.4 27.58 64.6 28.1 64.8 28.51 65 28.96 65.2 27.54 65.4 26.77 65.6 25.39 65.8 25.23 66 24.9 66.2 24.91 66.4 25.2 66.6 25.84 66.8 26.46 67 27.12 67.2 27.05 67.4 27.5 67.6 26.95 67.8 27.53 68 26.65 68.2 26.41 68.4 26.16 68.6 26.17 68.8 26.58 69 27.17 69.2 28.28 69.4 29.12 69.6 29.54 69.8 29.56 70 29.08 70.2 28.41 70.4 28.09 70.6 27.91 70.8 27.58 71 27.4 71.2 26.79 71.4 26.63 71.6 26.91 71.8 27.66 72 27.5 72.2 27.16 72.4 26.7 72.6 26.74 72.8 26.76 73 26.12 73.2 26.23 73.4 25.64 73.6 25.92 73.8 25.71 74 26.78 74.2 26.86 74.4 27.48 74.6 26.64 74.8 27.44 75 27.25 75.2 27.22 75.4 26.72 75.6 26.8 75.8 26.96 76 27.69 76.2 28.5 76.4 29.42 76.6 29.62 76.8 29.11 77 27.85 77.2 27.24 77.4 26.55 77.6 26.71 77.8 26.74 78 27.44 78.2 27.43 78.4 28 78.6 28 78.8 27.11 79 26.72 79.2 26.66 79.4 26.81 79.6 NaN 79.8 26.96 80 27.16 80.2 28.63 80.4 29.1 80.6 29.69 80.8 28.85 81 27.68 81.2 27.18 81.4 26.64 81.6 26.29 81.8 25.59 82 25.38 82.2 24.95 82.4 25.55 82.6 26.22 82.8 27.72 83 28.25 83.2 28.79 83.4 28.73 83.6 28.05 83.8 27.65 84 27.8 84.2 27.69 84.4 NaN 84.6 27.18 84.8 27.55 85 27.23 85.2 27.61 85.4 28.28 85.6 28.89 85.8 28.51 86 27.49 86.2 26.79 86.4 26.52 86.6 26.92 86.8 26.45 87 26.27 87.2 25.55 87.4 24.76 87.6 25.12 87.8 24.98 88 25.42 88.2 26.7 88.4 27.67 88.6 28.8 88.8 29.32 89 27.79 89.2 27.36 89.4 27.09 89.6 26.04 89.8 25.69 90 25.51 90.2 25.3 90.4 25.65 90.6 26.49 90.8 27.1 91 27.78 91.2 28.41 91.4 28.02 91.6 27.63 91.8 27.67 92 27.83 92.2 27.44 92.4 27.21 92.6 26.1 92.8 25.83 93 26.06 93.2 26.26 93.4 27.04 93.6 28.02 93.8 27.26 94 27.44 94.2 27.12 94.4 27.35 94.6 28.01 94.8 27.8 95 28.16 95.2 28.75 95.4 29.14 95.6 29.02 95.8 27.49 96 26.72 96.2 26.75 96.4 27.1 96.6 26.96 96.8 NaN 97 27.36 97.2 28.6 97.4 28.79 97.6 27.67 97.8 27.55 98 27.13 98.2 26.73 98.4 27.65 98.6 NaN 98.8 27.74 99 27.13 99.2 26.97 99.4 26.47 99.6 26.73 99.8 27.2 100 27.37 100.2 27.52 100.4 27.47 100.6 27.04 100.8 27.02 101 26.98 101.2 26.37 101.4 NaN 101.6 26.8 101.8 26.72 102 26.77 102.2 27.39 102.4 26.75 102.6 27.7 102.8 27.62 103 27.81 103.2 28.09 103.4 28.02 103.6 28.19 103.8 28.3 104 28.56 104.2 27.69 104.4 27.48 104.6 27.29 104.8 26.4 105 26.55 105.2 27.24 105.4 27.09 105.6 27.72 105.8 27.37 106 27.25 106.2 26.93 106.4 26.33 106.6 25.98 106.8 26.09 107 26.59 107.2 27.01 107.4 27.58 107.6 27.3 107.8 27.75 108 27.14 108.2 26.51 108.4 NaN 108.6 26.85 108.8 27.15 109 27.17 109.2 26.42 109.4 26.65 109.6 26.92 109.8 26.79 110 27.29 110.2 27.37 110.4 27.09 110.6 27.02 110.8 26.8 111 27.21 111.2 27.87 111.4 28.06 111.6 28.36 111.8 29.15 112 NaN 112.2 28.47 112.4 27.26 112.6 26.96 112.8 26.8 113 26.98 113.2 27.19 113.4 27.08 113.6 27.35 113.8 27.51 114 27.87 114.2 26.83 114.4 26.29 114.6 25.16 114.8 24.99 115 24.5 115.2 25.01 115.4 25.7 115.6 26.47 115.8 27.47 116 27.07 116.2 27.15 116.4 26.79 116.6 26.67 116.8 26.03 117 NaN 117.2 26.78 117.4 26.4 117.6 25.9 117.8 26.93 118 26.84 118.2 27.05 118.4 26.84 118.6 27.77 118.8 27.13 119 26.65 119.2 26.69 119.4 26.64 119.6 26.12 119.8 25.56 120 25.64 120.2 25.52 120.4 25.52 120.6 25.62 120.8 26.21 121 26.64 121.2 28.47 121.4 NaN 121.6 29.52 121.8 NaN 122 29.59 122.2 29.98 122.4 30.11 122.6 30.07 122.8 30.39 123 30.38 123.2 30.12 123.4 NaN 123.6 29.54 123.8 29.31 124 28.29 124.2 27.87 124.4 27.76 124.6 27.4 124.8 27.14 125 26.83 125.2 25.81 125.4 25.9 125.6 25.29 125.8 25.17 126 25.64 126.2 NaN 126.4 25.94 126.6 25.25 126.8 24.97 127 24.95 127.2 25.08 127.4 NaN 127.6 NaN 127.8 25.35 128 25.66 128.2 25.67 128.4 25.76 128.6 26.29 128.8 27.77 129 27.71 129.2 28.28 129.4 28.22 129.6 28.34 129.8 27.93 130 28.75 130.2 28.17 130.4 27.7 130.6 27.39 130.8 27.28 131 27.24 131.2 26.43 131.4 26.74 131.6 25.81 131.8 25.48 132 25.75 132.2 25.77 132.4 25.3 132.6 25.46 132.8 25.18 133 25.44 133.2 25.08 133.4 25.63 133.6 25.31 133.8 25.63 134 26.32 134.2 26.47 134.4 26.44 134.6 27.11 134.8 27.23 135 26.96 135.2 27.88 135.4 28.32 135.6 28.78 135.8 29.05 136 29.03 136.2 28.89 136.4 28.76 136.6 29.45 136.8 30.19 137 30.3 137.2 29.7 137.4 29.78 137.6 29.19 137.8 28.93 138 28.31 138.2 28 138.4 28.25 138.6 27.15 138.8 26.54 139 27.3 139.2 26.88 139.4 26.41 139.6 25.96 139.8 25.63 140 25.76 140.2 25.76 140.4 25.2 140.6 25.27 140.8 25 141 25.01 141.2 24.89 141.4 NaN 141.6 25.76 141.8 25.91 142 25.8 142.2 26.63 142.4 NaN 142.6 25.98 142.8 26.33 143 26.36 143.2 26.72 143.4 26.53 143.6 27.44 143.8 27.21 144 27.42 144.2 27.62 144.4 27.51 144.6 27.66 144.8 28.57 145 28.24 145.2 27.85 145.4 28.23 145.6 27.47 145.8 27.12 146 27.38 146.2 NaN 146.4 26.77 146.6 26.57 146.8 26.88 147 26.38 147.2 26.3 147.4 27.28 147.6 26.71 147.8 26.32 148 26.53 148.2 26.83 148.4 26.24 148.6 26.06 148.8 26.19 149 26.21 149.2 26.13 149.4 26.19 149.6 26.38 149.8 27.3 150 27.09 150.2 27.62 150.4 27.43 150.6 27.87 150.8 28.31 151 29.31 151.2 28.86 151.4 28.95 151.6 29.59 151.8 29.37 152 29.57 152.2 29.49 152.4 29.7 152.6 29.53 152.8 29.79 153.4 30.13 154 30.05 154.6 29.21 155.2 28.41 155.8 27.7 156.4 26.75 157 26.26 157.6 26 158.2 25.53 158.8 25.78 159.4 26.55 160 27.14 160.6 28.13 161.2 NaN 161.8 27.97 162.4 27.53 163 27.59 163.6 27.21 164.2 26.7 164.8 26.5 165.4 26.51 166 26.56 166.6 26.36 167.2 26.87 167.8 27.07 168.4 27.32 169 28.03 169.6 28.77 170.2 29.02 170.8 30.01 171.4 30.12 172 30.03 172.6 30.8 173.2 31.17 173.8 31 174.4 29.15 175 29.38 175.6 28.27 176.2 27.08 178.8 26.67 179.2 26.57 179.6 26.03 180 25.8 180.4 25.69 180.8 25.35 181.2 25.9 181.6 26.24 182 26.26 182.4 25.78 182.8 25.81 183.2 25.88 183.6 26.16 184 26.42 184.4 26.51 184.8 26.92 185.2 27.07 185.6 27.65 186 NaN 186.4 NaN 186.8 27.96 187.2 28.45 187.6 28.61 188 28.73 188.4 29.2 188.8 29.32 189.2 28.84 189.6 29.43 190 29.3 190.4 28.66 190.8 NaN 191.2 27.91 191.6 27.35 192 26.92 192.4 26.57 192.8 26.16 193.2 25.97 193.6 25.37 194 24.94 194.4 25.32 194.6 26.63 194.8 25.78 195 25.95 195.2 NaN 195.4 NaN 195.6 NaN 195.8 26.9 196 26.92 196.2 27.43 196.4 27.58 196.6 27.94 196.8 27.97 197 28.04 197.2 NaN 197.4 28.43 197.6 28.14 197.8 27.22 198 27.35 198.2 26.84 198.4 26.66 198.6 26.36 198.8 26.26 199 26.32 199.2 26.68 199.4 26.9 199.6 27.33 199.8 26.72 200 27.76 200.2 27.47 200.4 27.41 200.6 27.52 200.8 NaN 201 28.29 201.2 27.59 201.4 NaN 201.6 26.96 201.8 NaN 202 26.94 202.2 27.39