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PaleoClim, high spatial resolution paleoclimate surfaces for global land areas

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Author(s):
Brown, Jason L. [1, 2] ; Hill, Daniel J. [3] ; Dolan, Aisling M. [3] ; Carnaval, Ana C. [4, 5] ; Haywood, Alan M. [3]
Total Authors: 5
Affiliation:
[1] Southern Illinois Univ, Cooperat Wildlife Res Lab, Carbondale, IL 62901 - USA
[2] Southern Illinois Univ, Ctr Ecol, Carbondale, IL 62901 - USA
[3] Univ Leeds, Sch Earth & Environm, Leeds LS2 9JT, W Yorkshire - England
[4] CUNY, Grad Ctr, New York, NY 10031 - USA
[5] CUNY, City Coll New York, New York, NY 10031 - USA
Total Affiliations: 5
Document type: Journal article
Source: SCIENTIFIC DATA; v. 5, NOV 13 2018.
Web of Science Citations: 8
Abstract

High-resolution, easily accessible paleoclimate data are essential for environmental, evolutionary, and ecological studies. The availability of bioclimatic layers derived from climatic simulations representing conditions of the Late Pleistocene and Holocene has revolutionized the study of species responses to Late Quaternary climate change. Yet, integrative studies of the impacts of climate change in the Early Pleistocene and Pliocene - periods in which recent speciation events are known to concentrate - have been hindered by the limited availability of downloadable, user-friendly climatic descriptors. Here we present PaleoClim, a free database of downscaled paleoclimate outputs at 2.5-minute resolution (similar to 5 km at equator) that includes surface temperature and precipitation estimates from snapshot-style climate model simulations using HadCM3, a version of the UK Met Office Hadley Centre General Circulation Model. As of now, the database contains climatic data for three key time periods spanning from 3.3 to 0.787 million years ago: the Marine Isotope Stage 19 ( MIS19) in the Pleistocene (similar to 787 ka), the mid-Pliocene Warm Period (similar to 3.264-3.025 Ma), and MIS M2 in the Late Pliocene (similar to 3.3 Ma). (AU)

FAPESP's process: 13/50297-0 - Dimensions US-BIOTA São Paulo: a multidisciplinary framework for biodiversity prediction in the Brazilian Atlantic forest hotspot
Grantee:Cristina Yumi Miyaki
Support type: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants