General Paleoclimatology Data Sets

All data in the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology archive are contributed by research scientists. Contributors and references are available in readme or data file headers. Here is a Sample Data Citation.

The NOAA Paleoclimatology Program distributes archives of a variety of Paleoclimatic proxy data and calibration data sets, plus published reports on a variety of topics. For more details click the README file accompanying the data set.

Contributing Data

Obtaining Data

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Data Archives

• Alaska Palaeo-Glacier Atlas (Version 2)
• Amino Acid Racemization Data
• Barrows et al. 2001 Dating of Late Pleistocene Australian Mainland Glaciation
• Chase et al. 2009 Southwestern Africa Rock Hyrax Midden Stable Isotope Data
• Chase et al. 2010 Namibia 5KYr Rock Hyrax Midden Nitrogen Isotope Data, Text or Excel
• Chase et al. 2011 South Africa Deglacial Rock Hyrax Midden δ15N and δ13C Data, Text or Excel
• IAEA/WMO Network of Isotopes in Precipitation
• Correlation of Geomagnetic Polarity Time Scales
• Late Quaternary Ice Extent and Topography
• Phytolith Data
• Radiocarbon Data
• Kaandorp et al. 2005 Peruvian Amazonia Miocene Freshwater Bivalve Data
• Rousseau and Puisségur 1999 MIS 5 French Alps Land Snails Data
• North American Lilac Phenology Data
• Sclerochronology Data
• Paleoenvironmental ARCtic Sciences (PARCS)
• Circumpolar Arctic PaleoEnvironments (CAPE)