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  <Entry_ID>noaa-loess-5600</Entry_ID>
  <Entry_Title>Kohfeld and Harrison 2001 DIRTMAP Global Eolian Flux Database, Version 2</Entry_Title>
  <Data_Set_Citation>
    <Dataset_Creator>Kohfeld, K.E.; Harrison, S.P.</Dataset_Creator>
    <Dataset_Title>Kohfeld and Harrison 2001 DIRTMAP Global Eolian Flux Database, Version 2</Dataset_Title>
    <Dataset_Release_Date>2002-06-19</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/5600</Online_Resource>
  </Data_Set_Citation>
  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>K.E.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Kohfeld</Last_Name>
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  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>S.P.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Harrison</Last_Name>
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  <Parameters>
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    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>age at sample end,null,null,calendar kiloyear before present,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,modern start age</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>ice cores</Term>
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    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>ice cores</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>dust,bulk ice,null,gram per square meter per year,null,ice cores,null,null,N,dust flux; modern</Detailed_Variable>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>loess</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>longitude,null,null,degree east,null,loess,null,null,N,null</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
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    <Detailed_Variable>accumulation rate,loess,null,gram per square meter per year,null,loess,null,null,N,eolian dust flux</Detailed_Variable>
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    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
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    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
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    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
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    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
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    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>age at sample start,null,null,calendar kiloyear before present,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,modern end age</Detailed_Variable>
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    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
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    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>loess</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>latitude,null,null,degree north,null,loess,null,null,N,null</Detailed_Variable>
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    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>loess</Term>
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    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
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    <Term>ice cores</Term>
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    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>ice cores</Term>
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    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
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    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>age at sample end,null,null,calendar kiloyear before present,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,LGM start age</Detailed_Variable>
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    <Category>earth science</Category>
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  <Paleo_Temporal_Coverage>
    <Paleo_Start_Date>21000 cal yr BP</Paleo_Start_Date>
    <Paleo_Stop_Date>0 cal yr BP</Paleo_Stop_Date>
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  <Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>
  <Spatial_Coverage>
    <Southernmost_Latitude>-90</Southernmost_Latitude>
    <Northernmost_Latitude>90</Northernmost_Latitude>
    <Westernmost_Longitude>-180</Westernmost_Longitude>
    <Easternmost_Longitude>180</Easternmost_Longitude>
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    <Location_Category>Geographic Region</Location_Category>
    <Location_Type>Global</Location_Type>
    <Detailed_Location>Global&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 environment derived from Loess and Eolian dust (silt-sized material deposited on the Earth surface by the surface winds.  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>
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      <Type>GET DATA</Type>
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    <URL>https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/loess/dirtmap/version2/</URL>
    <Description>Data Folder; Tables 1-7, Excel or Text format</Description>
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  <Related_URL>
    <URL_Content_Type>
      <Type>GET DATA</Type>
    </URL_Content_Type>
    <URL>https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/loess/dirtmap/version2/kohfeld2001.txt</URL>
    <Description>Data File; DIRTMAP v.2 Data File</Description>
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    <URL_Content_Type>
      <Type>GET DATA</Type>
    </URL_Content_Type>
    <URL>https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/loess/dirtmap/version2/table6_all_data.xls</URL>
    <Description>Excel Data File; DIRTMAP v.2 Data File</Description>
  </Related_URL>
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    <Short_Name>USA/NOAA</Short_Name>
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  <DIF_Creation_Date>2019-02-21</DIF_Creation_Date>
  <Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2019-02-21</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
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