Abstract

Paleoclimate observations are crucial to assessing current climate change in the context of past variations. However, these observations usually come in non-standard formats, forcing paleogeoscientists to spend a significant fraction of their time searching and accessing the data they need, in the form they need it. In the 21st century, we should do much better. The EarthCube-supported LinkedEarth project is manifesting a better future by creating an online platform that (1) enables the curation of a publicly-accessible database by paleoclimate experts themselves, and (2) fosters the development of community standards. In 2016, a workshop on paleoclimate data standards served as a focal point to initiate this process. Workshop participants identified the necessity to distinguish a set of essential, recommended, and desired properties for each dataset. A consensus emerged that these levels are archive-specific, as …

Date

January 1, 1970

Authors

Deborah Khider, Julien Emile-Geay, Nicholas McKay, Daniel Garijo, Varun Ratnakar, Yolanda Gil, Feng Zhu

Journal

AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts

Volume

2017

Pages

IN32A-03