SISAL Global Speleothem Isotope Database v1b Atsawawaranunt, K.; Harrison, S.P.; Comas-Bru, L. Atsawawaranunt, K. Harrison, S.P. Comas-Bru, L. earth science/paleoclimate/speleothems earth science/paleoclimate/speleothems (Global>LATITUDE >LONGITUDE ) Stable isotope records from speleothems provide information on past climate changes, most particularly information that can be used to reconstruct past changes in precipitation and atmospheric circulation. These records are increasingly being used to provide "out-of-sample" evaluations of isotope-enabled climate models. SISAL (Speleothem Isotope Synthesis and Analysis) is an international working group of the Past Global Changes (PAGES) project. The working group aims to provide a comprehensive compilation of speleothem isotope records for climate reconstruction and model evaluation. The SISAL database contains data for individual speleothems, grouped by cave system. Stable isotopes of oxygen and carbon (d18O, d13C) measurements are referenced by distance from the top or bottom of the speleothem. Additional tables provide information on dating, including information on the dates used to construct the original age model and sufficient information to assess the quality of each data set and to erect a standardized chronology across different speleothems. The metadata table provides location information, information on the full range of measurements carried out on each speleothem and information on the cave system that is relevant to the interpretation of the records, as well as citations for both publications and archived data. The compiled data are available at https://doi.org/10.17864/1947.189. STUDY NOTES: Speleothem Isotopes Synthesis and AnaLysis (SISAL) Database Version 1b (March 2019). The compiled data (in csv and mysql format) as well as a set of scripts to access the database is available at https://doi.org/10.17864/1947.189 In order to assure traceability, any presentation, report, or publication that uses the SISALv1b database should cite Atsawawaranunt et al. (2018) (The SISAL database: a global resource to document oxygen and carbon isotope records from speleothems; https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1687-2018) and Comas-Bru et al. (2019) (Using speleothem records of climate changes since the last glacial for model evaluation; Climate of the Past Discussions; https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-2019-25). If using individual sites or speleothems, the literature citations for published work provided in the database should also be cited. Contact information of data contributors of unpublished data is also provided and these should be contacted when unpublished records are used on an individual basis. NCDC-Paleoclimatology https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data - Bauer Bruce Investigator : Atsawawaranunt, K. Investigator : Harrison, S.P. Investigator : Comas-Bru, L. 2018-07-31 ONLINE Files online, ASCII https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/24070 https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/speleothem/SISAL/ https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/speleothem/SISAL/ English https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/24070 https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/speleothem/SISAL/ Kamolphat Atsawawaranunt, Laia Comas-Bru, Sahar Amirnezhad Mozhdehi, Michael Deininger, Sandy P. Harrison, Andy Baker, Meighan Boyd, Nikita Kaushal, Syed Masood Ahmad, Yassine Ait Brahim, Monica Arienzo, Petra Bajo, Kerstin Braun, Yuval Burstyn, Sakonvan Chawchai, Wuhui Duan, István Gábor Hatvani, Jun Hu, Zoltán Kern, Inga Labuhn, Matthew Lachniet, Franziska A. Lechleitner, Andrew Lorrey, Carlos Pérez-Mejías, Robyn Pickering, Nick Scroxton, and SISAL Working Group Members2018The SISAL database: a global resource to document oxygen and carbon isotope records from speleothemsEarth System Science Data1031687-171310.5194/essd-10-1687-2018https://www.earth-syst-sci-data.net/10/1687/2018/ Comas-Bru, L., Harrison, S. P., Werner, M., Rehfeld, K., Scroxton, N., Veiga-Pires, C., and SISAL working group members2019Evaluating model outputs using integrated global speleothem records of climate change since the last glacialClimate of the Past Discussions10.5194/cp-2019-25https://www.clim-past-discuss.net/cp-2019-25/ START YEAR: 1989850 cal yr BP * END YEAR: -64 cal yr BP -180 -90 180 90