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  <Entry_ID>noaa-ocean-2506</Entry_ID>
  <Entry_Title>Sea-surface temperature in the California Current over the past 30,000 years.</Entry_Title>
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    <Dataset_Creator>Prahl, F.G.; Pisias, N.G.; Sparrow, M.A.; Sabin, A.</Dataset_Creator>
    <Dataset_Title>Sea-surface temperature in the California Current over the past 30,000 years.</Dataset_Title>
    <Dataset_Release_Date>1995-07-01</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/2506</Online_Resource>
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  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>F.G.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Prahl</Last_Name>
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  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>N.G.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Pisias</Last_Name>
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  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>M.A.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Sparrow</Last_Name>
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    <First_Name>A.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Sabin</Last_Name>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
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    <Detailed_Variable>alkenone unsaturation index Ume36,null,null,dimensionless,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,null</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>age,null,null,calendar year before present,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,null</Detailed_Variable>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>climate reconstructions|paleoceanography</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>sea surface temperature,alkenone unsaturation index,null,degree Celsius,null,climate reconstructions|paleoceanography,null,null,N,null</Detailed_Variable>
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    <Term>paleoceanography</Term>
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    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
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    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
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    <Paleo_Stop_Date>200 14C yr BP</Paleo_Stop_Date>
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  <Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>
  <Spatial_Coverage>
    <Southernmost_Latitude>42.55</Southernmost_Latitude>
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    <Westernmost_Longitude>-127.68</Westernmost_Longitude>
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    <Minimum_Altitude>-3111</Minimum_Altitude>
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  <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>
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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>
    <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>
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    <Distribution_Media>online</Distribution_Media>
    <Distribution_Format>ASCII</Distribution_Format>
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  <Reference>Prahl, F.G., N.G. Pisias, M.A. Sparrow, and A. Sabin. 1995. Assessment of sea-surface temperature at 42 degrees north in the California current over the last 30,000 years. Paleoceanography 10:763-773.</Reference>
  <Summary>
    <Abstract>Records of past climate and ocean circulation derived from marine sediments. 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>
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    <URL>https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleocean/sediment_files/complete/w8709a8t-tab.txt</URL>
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  <Related_URL>
    <URL_Content_Type>
      <Type>GET DATA</Type>
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    <URL>https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/contributions_by_author/prahl1995</URL>
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