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  <Summary>
    <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. 
          STUDY NOTES: Reconstruction of July Palmer Hydrologic Drought Index for two southern
Virginia Coastal and Piedmont and two northern and central North Carolina
coastal Climate Divisions, 1185-1984, for a paper about early colonial
environment.

Reference:
Stahle, D.W., M.K. Cleaveland, D.B. Blanton, M.D. Therrell, and D.A. Gay, 1998.  
The Lost Colony and Jamestown Droughts.  Science 280(5363): 564-567.</Abstract>
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