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Orbital Variations and Insolation Database, NOAA/NCDC/WDC Paleoclimatology Entry ID: EARTH_LAND_NGDC_PALEOCLIM_INSOL |
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Summary
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Abstract:
Data on changes in the earth's orbital parameters and the resulting variations in insolation were calculated by A. Berger of the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium. Data includes both the 1978 calculations and the latest (1991) solution published in Quaternary Science Reviews. The 1978 solution is preferred for time 0 (1950 A.D.). The two solutions are equivalent through 800,000 YBP, and the 1991 solution is preferred for times greater than 800,000 YBP. The format of the 1978 files is described in the file "ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/insolation/contents.78". The format for the 1991 files is in file "ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/insolation/contents.91". Please cite Dr. Berger when using this data. A version of this data set Earth Insolation for 1.1 Million Years is available from NCAR at cost. See: "http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds861.0/" |
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Geographic Coverage
| N: 90.0 | S: -90.0 | E: 180.0 | W: -180.0 |
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Data Set Citation
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Dataset Originator/Creator:
A. Berger
Dataset Title: Orbital Variations and Insolation Database Dataset Series Name: IGBP PAGES/WDC Data Contribution Series Dataset Release Date: May 1992 Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO Dataset Publisher: IGBP PAGES/World Data Center for Paleoclimatology Issue Identification: 92-007 Online Resource: ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/insolation/ |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date: 1978-01-01 |
Paleo_Temporal_Coverage
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Paleo Start Date:
5,000,000 ybp
Paleo Stop Date: 0 ybp Chrono Unit: |
Location Keywords
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GEOGRAPHIC REGION
> GLOBAL
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Data Resolution
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Temporal Resolution:
1000 years
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Science Keywords
| ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION >RADIATIVE FORCING [Definition] |
| ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION >SOLAR IRRADIANCE >INSOLATION [Definition] |
| ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION >SOLAR RADIATION [Definition] |
ISO Topic Category
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CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
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Project
| ESIP >Earth Science Information Partners Program [Information] |
| PAGES >Past Global Changes, IGBP [Information] |
Keywords
| INSOLATION |
| ORBITAL PARAMETERS |
| PALEOCLIMATE |
| eccentricity |
| precession |
| longitude of perihelion |
| obliquity |
Data Set Progress
| COMPLETE |
Originating Center
| NGDC |
Data Center
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Data Support Section, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
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Data Center URL: http://rda.ucar.edu/ Dataset ID: ds861.0
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World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder
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Data Center URL: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/ Dataset ID: 92-007
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Distribution
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Distribution_Media:
online ftp, www
Distribution_Format: ascii Fees: none |
Personnel
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ANDRE
L.
BERGER Role: INVESTIGATOR Phone: 3210473303 Fax: 3210474722 Email: Berger at ASTR.UCL.AC.BE Contact Address: Institut d Astronomie et de Geophysique G.Lemaitre Universite Catholique de Louvain 2 Chemin du Cyclotron City: Louvain-la-Neuve Postal Code: B-1348 Country: Belgium |
Publications/References
Berger, A., 1978. Long-term variations of daily insolation and Quaternary
climatic changes. Journal of Atmospheric Science, 35(12), pp 2362-2367.
Berger, A., 1978. A simple algorithm to compute long term variations of
daily or monthly insolation. Contribution No. 18, Universite Catholique
de Louvain, Institut d'Astronomie et de Geophysique, G. Lemaitre,
Louvain-la-Neuve, B-1348 Belgique.
Berger A. and Loutre M.F., 1991, Insolation values for the climate of the last
10 million of years. Quaternary Sciences Review, Vol. 10 No. 4 pp. 297-317,
1991.
Berger, A., 1978. Numerical values of the elements of the Earth's orbit
from 5,000,000 YBP to 1,000,000 YAP. (astronomical solution of Berger,
1978). Contribution No. 35, Universite Catholique de Louvain,
Institute d'Astronomie et de Geophysique, G. Lemaitre, Louvain-la-Neuve,
B-1348 Belgique.
Berger, A., 1978. Numerical values of mid-month insolation from 1,000,000
YBP to 100,000 YAP (astronomical solution of Berger, 1978). Contribution
No. 36, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Institute d'Astronomie et de
Geophysique, G. Lemaitre, Louvain-la-Neuve, B-1348, Belgique.
Berger A. and Loutre M.F., 1991, Insolation values for the climate of the last
10 million of years. Quaternary Sciences Review, Vol. 10 No. 4 pp. 297-317,
1991.
climatic changes. Journal of Atmospheric Science, 35(12), pp 2362-2367.
Berger, A., 1978. A simple algorithm to compute long term variations of
daily or monthly insolation. Contribution No. 18, Universite Catholique
de Louvain, Institut d'Astronomie et de Geophysique, G. Lemaitre,
Louvain-la-Neuve, B-1348 Belgique.
Berger A. and Loutre M.F., 1991, Insolation values for the climate of the last
10 million of years. Quaternary Sciences Review, Vol. 10 No. 4 pp. 297-317,
1991.
Berger, A., 1978. Numerical values of the elements of the Earth's orbit
from 5,000,000 YBP to 1,000,000 YAP. (astronomical solution of Berger,
1978). Contribution No. 35, Universite Catholique de Louvain,
Institute d'Astronomie et de Geophysique, G. Lemaitre, Louvain-la-Neuve,
B-1348 Belgique.
Berger, A., 1978. Numerical values of mid-month insolation from 1,000,000
YBP to 100,000 YAP (astronomical solution of Berger, 1978). Contribution
No. 36, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Institute d'Astronomie et de
Geophysique, G. Lemaitre, Louvain-la-Neuve, B-1348, Belgique.
Berger A. and Loutre M.F., 1991, Insolation values for the climate of the last
10 million of years. Quaternary Sciences Review, Vol. 10 No. 4 pp. 297-317,
1991.
Creation and Review Dates
Last DIF Revision Date:
2004-09-17
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