{"NOAAStudyId":"6220","contactInfo":{"address":"325 Broadway, E/NE31","city":"Boulder","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.","country":"USA","dataCenterUrl":"https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data","email":"paleo@noaa.gov","fax":"303-497-6513","longName":"National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce ","phone":"303-497-6280","postalCode":"80305-3328","shortName":"DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI","state":"CO","type":"CONTACT INFORMATION"},"contributionDate":"2002-05-01","dataPublisher":"NOAA","dataType":"CLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS","dataTypeInformation":"https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data/datasets/climate-reconstruction","difMetadataLink":"http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/published/paleo/dif/xml/noaa-recon-6220.xml","doi":null,"earliestYearBP":18000,"earliestYearCE":-16050,"entryId":"noaa-recon-6220","funding":[],"investigators":"Ray, N.; Adams, J.M.","mostRecentYearBP":18000,"mostRecentYearCE":-16050,"onlineResourceLink":"https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/6220","originalSource":null,"publication":[],"reconstruction":"Y","scienceKeywords":["Vegetation Reconstruction"],"site":[{"NOAASiteId":"22723","geo":{"geoType":"Feature","geometry":{"coordinates":["-90","90","-180","180"],"type":"POLYGON"},"properties":{"easternmostLongitude":"180","maxElevationMeters":null,"minElevationMeters":null,"northernmostLatitude":"90","southernmostLatitude":"-90","westernmostLongitude":"-180"}},"locationName":"Geographic Region>Global","mappable":"N","paleoData":[{"NOAADataTableId":"27507","coreLengthMeters":null,"dataFile":[{"NOAAKeywords":["earth science>paleoclimate>reconstructions>vegetation","earth science>paleoclimate>reconstructions"],"fileUrl":"https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/contributions_by_author/ray2001/","linkText":"Ray and Adams 2001 Vegetation Maps","urlDescription":"Data Folder","variables":[]}],"dataTableName":"Ray2001","dataTableNotes":null,"earliestYear":18000,"earliestYearBP":18000,"earliestYearCE":-16050,"mostRecentYear":18000,"mostRecentYearBP":18000,"mostRecentYearCE":-16050,"species":[],"timeUnit":"cal yr BP"}],"siteName":"Global"}],"studyCode":null,"studyName":"Ray and Adams 2001 GIS-based Vegetation Map of the World at the Last Glacial Maximum","studyNotes":"A preliminary, broad-scale vegetation map reconstruction for use by archaeologists \nand anthropologists is presented here for the world at the Last Glacial Maximum \n(18,000 BP, but broadly representing the interval from 25,000 to 15,000 BP). \nThe global LGM map was produced from a range of literature and map sources, \nand drawn on a GIS with topographic information. Extended coastlines due to LGM \nsea-level drop were obtained using bathymetric information. The map is \navailable in image and Geographic Information System (GIS) formats, on a \nglobal or regional basis.\n\nAccompanying each regional map is a \nbibliography detailing the principal literature sources of evidence on \nLate Quaternary palaeovegetation and climates. The maps presented here are \nmerely a preliminary attempt at appraisal of current knowledge and \nopinion, and future updated versions will be produced as more information \non LGM environments becomes available. Nevertheless, together with the \naccompanying citation summary they should provide a valuable and readily \naccessible source of information on current opinion in the Quaternary \ncommunity. It is also hoped that the maps will themselves act as a \ncatalyst for archaeologists to use their own data to contribute to the \nbroader climatic/palaeovegetational picture","version":"1.0","xmlId":"2437"}