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  <Entry_Title>Historical Weather Indices from Switzerland</Entry_Title>
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    <Dataset_Creator>Pfister, C.</Dataset_Creator>
    <Dataset_Title>Historical Weather Indices from Switzerland</Dataset_Title>
    <Dataset_Release_Date>1992-07-01</Dataset_Release_Date>
    <Dataset_Publisher>NCDC-Paleoclimatology</Dataset_Publisher>
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  <ISO_Topic_Category>geoscientificInformation</ISO_Topic_Category>
  <Paleo_Temporal_Coverage>
    <Paleo_Start_Date>1525 AD</Paleo_Start_Date>
    <Paleo_Stop_Date>1989 AD</Paleo_Stop_Date>
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    <Paleo_Start_Date>425 cal yr BP</Paleo_Start_Date>
    <Paleo_Stop_Date>-39 cal yr BP</Paleo_Stop_Date>
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  <Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>
  <Spatial_Coverage>
    <Southernmost_Latitude>46</Southernmost_Latitude>
    <Northernmost_Latitude>46</Northernmost_Latitude>
    <Westernmost_Longitude>8</Westernmost_Longitude>
    <Easternmost_Longitude>8</Easternmost_Longitude>
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    <Location_Category>Continent</Location_Category>
    <Location_Type>Europe</Location_Type>
    <Location_Subregion1>Western Europe</Location_Subregion1>
    <Location_Subregion2>Switzerland</Location_Subregion2>
    <Detailed_Location>Switzerland&gt;LATITUDE 46&gt;LONGITUDE 8</Detailed_Location>
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  <Access_Constraints>None</Access_Constraints>
  <Use_Constraints>Please cite original publication, online resource, dataset and publication DOIs (where available), and date accessed when using downloaded data. If there is no publication information, please cite investigator, title, online resource, and date accessed. The appearance of external links associated with a dataset does not constitute endorsement by the Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of external Web sites or the information, products or services contained therein. For other than authorized activities, the Department of Commerce/NOAA does not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at these locations. These links are provided consistent with the stated purpose of this Department of Commerce/NOAA Web site.</Use_Constraints>
  <Data_Set_Language>English</Data_Set_Language>
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      <Short_Name>DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI</Short_Name>
      <Long_Name>National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce </Long_Name>
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    <Data_Center_URL>https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data</Data_Center_URL>
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      <Role>DATA Center Contact</Role>
      <First_Name>Bruce</First_Name>
      <Last_Name>Bauer</Last_Name>
      <Email>bruce.a.bauer@noaa.gov</Email>
      <Email>paleo@noaa.gov</Email>
      <Phone>303-497-6280</Phone>
      <Fax>303-497-6513</Fax>
      <Contact_Address>
        <Address>325 Broadway, E/NE31</Address>
        <City>Boulder</City>
        <Province_or_State>CO</Province_or_State>
        <Postal_Code>80305-3328</Postal_Code>
        <Country>USA</Country>
      </Contact_Address>
    </Personnel>
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  <Distribution>
    <Distribution_Media>online</Distribution_Media>
    <Distribution_Format>ASCII</Distribution_Format>
  </Distribution>
  <Reference>Pfister, C. 1992. The creation of high resolution spatio- temporal reconstructions of past climate from direct meteorological observations and proxy data. Methodological considerations and results. Climate in Europe 1675-1715 In: Frenzel, B., Pfister C., Glaeser, B. (eds).</Reference>
  <Summary>
    <Abstract/>
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      <Type>GET DATA</Type>
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    <URL>https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/historical/switzerland/</URL>
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      <Type>GET DATA</Type>
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    <URL>https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/historical/switzerland/clinddef.txt</URL>
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