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  <Entry_ID>noaa-recon-13624</Entry_ID>
  <Entry_Title>North Central China 1800 Year Decadal Precipitation Index Reconstruction</Entry_Title>
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    <Dataset_Creator>Tan, L.; Cai, Y.; An, Z.; Yi, L.; Zhang, H.; Qin, S.</Dataset_Creator>
    <Dataset_Title>North Central China 1800 Year Decadal Precipitation Index Reconstruction</Dataset_Title>
    <Dataset_Release_Date>2012-12-17</Dataset_Release_Date>
    <Dataset_Publisher>NCDC-Paleoclimatology</Dataset_Publisher>
    <Data_Presentation_Form>ONLINE Files</Data_Presentation_Form>
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    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>L.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Tan</Last_Name>
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    <First_Name>Y.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Cai</Last_Name>
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    <First_Name>Z.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>An</Last_Name>
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    <Last_Name>Yi</Last_Name>
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    <Last_Name>Zhang</Last_Name>
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    <First_Name>S.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Qin</Last_Name>
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    <Category>earth science</Category>
    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>climate reconstructions</Term>
    <Detailed_Variable>precipitation,multiple proxies,null,dimensionless,null,climate reconstructions,averaged,null,N,decadal average</Detailed_Variable>
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    <Topic>paleoclimate</Topic>
    <Term>reconstructions</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>precipitation</Variable_Level_1>
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  <Keyword>Other Hydroclimate Reconstruction</Keyword>
  <Keyword>precipitation</Keyword>
  <Paleo_Temporal_Coverage>
    <Paleo_Start_Date>195 AD</Paleo_Start_Date>
    <Paleo_Stop_Date>1975 AD</Paleo_Stop_Date>
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    <Paleo_Start_Date>1755 cal yr BP</Paleo_Start_Date>
    <Paleo_Stop_Date>-25 cal yr BP</Paleo_Stop_Date>
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  <Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>
  <Spatial_Coverage>
    <Southernmost_Latitude>37.5</Southernmost_Latitude>
    <Northernmost_Latitude>37.5</Northernmost_Latitude>
    <Westernmost_Longitude>113</Westernmost_Longitude>
    <Easternmost_Longitude>113</Easternmost_Longitude>
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    <Location_Category>Continent</Location_Category>
    <Location_Type>Asia</Location_Type>
    <Location_Subregion1>Eastern Asia</Location_Subregion1>
    <Location_Subregion2>China</Location_Subregion2>
    <Detailed_Location>North Central China&gt;LATITUDE 37.5&gt;LONGITUDE 113</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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    <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>
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    <Distribution_Media>online</Distribution_Media>
    <Distribution_Format>ASCII</Distribution_Format>
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  <Reference>L. Tan, Y. Cai, Z. An, L. Yi, H. Zhang, and S. Qin. 2011.
Climate patterns in north central China during the last 1800 yr and their possible driving force. 
Climate of the Past, Vol. 7, pp. 685-692. 
DOI: 10.5194/cp-7-685-2011</Reference>
  <Summary>
    <Abstract>We synthesized high-resolution precisely-dated stalagmite records and historical document records from north central China to reconstruct a decadal resolution precipitation record during the last 1800 years (190-1980 AD). The synthesized precipitation record shows coincident variations and significant positive correlations with the temperature reconstructions on centennial- to multidecadal-scale, suggesting warm-humid/cool-dry was the main climate pattern in north central China over the past 1800 years. Solar activity may be the dominant force that drove the same-phase variations of the temperature and precipitation in north central China.  
          STUDY NOTES: Decadal resolution synthesized precipitation record for North Central China for the past 1800 years, 
based on documentary and speleothem data
</Abstract>
  </Summary>
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  <Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2018-12-11</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
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