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  <Entry_Title>Therrell et al. 2006 Zimbabwe Summer Precipitation Reconstruction</Entry_Title>
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    <Abstract>Records of past temperature, precipitation, and other climate variables derived from paleoclimate proxies.  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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