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  <Entry_ID>noaa-insect-5794</Entry_ID>
  <Entry_Title>Elias 1996 North American Beetle Database</Entry_Title>
  <Data_Set_Citation>
    <Dataset_Creator>Elias, S.A.</Dataset_Creator>
    <Dataset_Title>Elias 1996 North American Beetle Database</Dataset_Title>
    <Dataset_Release_Date>2003-11-14</Dataset_Release_Date>
    <Dataset_Publisher>NCDC-Paleoclimatology</Dataset_Publisher>
    <Data_Presentation_Form>ONLINE Files</Data_Presentation_Form>
    <Dataset_DOI>Pending</Dataset_DOI>
    <Online_Resource>https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/5794</Online_Resource>
  </Data_Set_Citation>
  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>S.A.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Elias</Last_Name>
  </Personnel>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>identified beetle,null,null,count,null,insect,raw,null,N,null</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>climate reconstructions|insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>temperature,null,null,degree Celsius,Jan,climate reconstructions|insect,null,null,N,Mutual Climatic Range calibrated</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>climate reconstructions|insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>temperature,null,range lower bound,degree Celsius,Jul,climate reconstructions|insect,null,null,N,Mutual Climatic Range non-calibrated</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>climate reconstructions|insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>temperature,null,range upper bound,degree Celsius,Jul,climate reconstructions|insect,null,null,N,Mutual Climatic Range non-calibrated</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>instrumental</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>temperature,null,null,degree Celsius,Jul,instrumental,null,null,N,null</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>climate reconstructions|insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>temperature,null,range upper bound,degree Celsius,Jan,climate reconstructions|insect,null,null,N,Mutual Climatic Range non-calibrated</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>climate reconstructions|insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>temperature,null,null,degree Celsius,Jul,climate reconstructions|insect,null,null,N,Mutual Climatic Range calibrated</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>climate reconstructions|insect</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>temperature,null,range lower bound,degree Celsius,Jan,climate reconstructions|insect,null,null,N,Mutual Climatic Range non-calibrated</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>instrumental</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>temperature,null,null,degree Celsius,Jan,instrumental,null,null,N,null</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>insecta</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>population abundance</Variable_Level_1>
  </Parameters>
  <ISO_Topic_Category>geoscientificInformation</ISO_Topic_Category>
  <Paleo_Temporal_Coverage>
    <Paleo_Start_Date>50 cal yr BP</Paleo_Start_Date>
    <Paleo_Stop_Date>-50 cal yr BP</Paleo_Stop_Date>
  </Paleo_Temporal_Coverage>
  <Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>
  <Spatial_Coverage>
    <Southernmost_Latitude>25</Southernmost_Latitude>
    <Northernmost_Latitude>70</Northernmost_Latitude>
    <Westernmost_Longitude>-170</Westernmost_Longitude>
    <Easternmost_Longitude>-50</Easternmost_Longitude>
  </Spatial_Coverage>
  <Location>
    <Location_Category>Continent</Location_Category>
    <Location_Type>North America</Location_Type>
    <Detailed_Location>North America&gt;LATITUDE &gt;LONGITUDE </Detailed_Location>
  </Location>
  <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>
  <Data_Center>
    <Data_Center_Name>
      <Short_Name>DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI</Short_Name>
      <Long_Name>National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce </Long_Name>
    </Data_Center_Name>
    <Data_Center_URL>https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data</Data_Center_URL>
    <Personnel>
      <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>
  </Data_Center>
  <Distribution>
    <Distribution_Media>online</Distribution_Media>
    <Distribution_Format>ASCII</Distribution_Format>
  </Distribution>
  <Reference/>
  <Summary>
    <Abstract>Records of past temperature and environment derived from beetle and other insect fossils. Parameter keywords describe what was measured in this data set.  Additional summary information can be found in the abstracts of papers listed in the data set citations.
</Abstract>
  </Summary>
  <Related_URL>
    <URL_Content_Type>
      <Type>GET DATA</Type>
    </URL_Content_Type>
    <URL>https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/insecta/coleoptera/namerica/</URL>
  </Related_URL>
  <IDN_Node>
    <Short_Name>USA/NOAA</Short_Name>
  </IDN_Node>
  <Metadata_Name>DIF</Metadata_Name>
  <Metadata_Version>Version 9.8.4</Metadata_Version>
  <DIF_Creation_Date>2018-12-11</DIF_Creation_Date>
  <Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2018-12-11</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
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