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  <Entry_ID>noaa-lake-24730</Entry_ID>
  <Entry_Title>The Paleoclimates of Arctic Lakes and Estuaries (PALE) Database</Entry_Title>
  <Data_Set_Citation>
    <Dataset_Creator>Andrews, J.T.; Brubaker, L.B.; Anderson, P.M.</Dataset_Creator>
    <Dataset_Title>The Paleoclimates of Arctic Lakes and Estuaries (PALE) Database</Dataset_Title>
    <Dataset_Release_Date>1996-11-13</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/24730</Online_Resource>
  </Data_Set_Citation>
  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>J.T.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Andrews</Last_Name>
  </Personnel>
  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>L.B.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Brubaker</Last_Name>
  </Personnel>
  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>P.M.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Anderson</Last_Name>
  </Personnel>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleolimnology</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>population abundance</Variable_Level_1>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleolimnology</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>geochemistry</Variable_Level_1>
  </Parameters>
  <ISO_Topic_Category>geoscientificInformation</ISO_Topic_Category>
  <Keyword>Arctic</Keyword>
  <Paleo_Temporal_Coverage>
    <Paleo_Start_Date>150000 cal yr BP</Paleo_Start_Date>
    <Paleo_Stop_Date>0 cal yr BP</Paleo_Stop_Date>
  </Paleo_Temporal_Coverage>
  <Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>
  <Spatial_Coverage>
    <Southernmost_Latitude>60</Southernmost_Latitude>
    <Northernmost_Latitude>90</Northernmost_Latitude>
    <Westernmost_Longitude>-180</Westernmost_Longitude>
    <Easternmost_Longitude>180</Easternmost_Longitude>
  </Spatial_Coverage>
  <Location>
    <Location_Category>Geographic Region</Location_Category>
    <Location_Type>Arctic</Location_Type>
    <Detailed_Location>Arctic&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>
    <Author>J.T. Andrews, L. Brubaker</Author>
    <Publication_Date>1994</Publication_Date>
    <Title>The Paleoclimates of Arctic Lakes and Estuaries (PALE): goals and rationale of an international research program</Title>
    <Series>Journal of Paleolimnology</Series>
    <Volume>10</Volume>
    <Issue>2</Issue>
    <Pages>163-166</Pages>
    <DOI>10.1007/BF00682514</DOI>
    <Online_Resource>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00682514</Online_Resource>
  </Reference>
  <Summary>
    <Abstract>Paleoclimates of Arctic Lakes and Estuaries (PALE) is an initiative of the National Science Foundation&apos;s Office of Polar Programs (OPP) &apos;Arctic System Science&apos; global change program. PALE aims at developing an international, integrated study to analyze lake and estuarine cores, with the view of evaluating the causes and consequences of arctic climate change over the last 2000, the last 20 000, and the last 150 000 years of earth history. Research emphasizes modern calibration of proxy climatic indicators with strong chronological control. Data collection and description will be guided by, and will guide, a parallel program with the GENESIS Atmospheric Global Circulation Model (AGCM), with a view of assessing the critical boundary conditions in the arctic system and the location of regions especially sensitive to changes in climate on the different time-scales of interest. Research under the PALE directives commenced in 1991; ongoing research involves a series of co-operative programs in arctic lands, especially Alaska, arctic Canada, arctic Russia, and Iceland. 
          STUDY NOTES: Pollen and sediment geophysical data from arctic lakes, assembled in the 1990s for the Paleoclimates of Arctic Lakes and Estuaries (PALE) project, including the Paleoenvironmental Atlas of Beringia</Abstract>
  </Summary>
  <Related_URL>
    <URL_Content_Type>
      <Type>GET DATA</Type>
    </URL_Content_Type>
    <URL>https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/arctic/pale/readme-pale.txt</URL>
    <Description>Data Description; PALE Readme File</Description>
  </Related_URL>
  <Related_URL>
    <URL_Content_Type>
      <Type>GET DATA</Type>
    </URL_Content_Type>
    <URL>https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/arctic/pale/</URL>
    <Description>Data Folder; PALE Data Files</Description>
  </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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