# Readme File, NCEI/WDS Paleoclimatology Archive #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # World Data Service for Paleoclimatology, Boulder # and # NOAA Paleoclimatology Program # National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # # Original_Source_URL: https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/readme-ncei-wds-paleoclimatology.txt # #-------------------- # Date: 2020-05-01 #-------------------- # Description: The /paleo/ directory on the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) # web site contains the entire holdings of paleoclimate data archived and distributed by NCEI and the # World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. Users may access and download these data free of charge; # please cite the original references provided in the data documentation for each data set. # The data files are organized by proxy data type (tree-rings, corals, speleothems, etc.). # Sediment records are divided into lake (paleolimnology) or ocean (paleoceanography and # contributions_by_author) types. The data archive is also compressed via the tar utility and gzip, # and the resulting .tar.gz files can be downloaded from: # https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/archive/ # The tar.gz files are also stored on archive media for long-term preservation. # Metadata (descriptive information) for each data set (study) are stored in the WDS Paleoclimatology # database, and have been exported in several formats (DIF, Dublin Core, json, and ISO) to: # https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/published/paleo/ # # For further information, please contact paleo@noaa.gov # #--------------------