Publications and Data
Global characteristics of the modern world ocean
- Modern Average Global Sea Surface Temperature
- U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-10, by Peter N. Schweitzer
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- Monthly Average Polar Sea Ice Concentration
- U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-27, by Peter N. Schweitzer
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PRISM: Pliocene Research, Interpretation, and Synoptic Mapping
- PRISM 3-D: Project Overview
- Global Warming Analysis - PRISM 3D is a collaborative data analysis and climate modeling effort. The primary goal is to create three-dimensional global data sets of mid-Pliocene ocean temperature and salinity, which will form the most comprehensive global reconstruction for any warm period prior to the recent past.
- USGS Open-File Report 92-712
- Palynological data from Pliocene sediments, DSDP leg 5 site 32, Northeastern Pacific ocean.
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-712, by R. Farley Fleming.
- USGS Open-File Report 92-713
- Palynological data from a 989-ft (301-m) core of Pliocene and early Pleistocene sediments from Bruneau, Idaho.
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-713, By Robert S. Thompson.
- USGS Open-File Report 93-563
- Pliocene palynomorph census data from the Pinecrest beds (Tamiami Formation) in Quality Aggregates Phase 6 pit, Southwestern Florida
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-563, By Debra A. Willard.
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Modern and fossil ostracode census data from the Western Pacific Ocean and
seas around Japan
- Data from two reports published in Micropaleontology and
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, By Thomas M.
Cronin, Noriyuki Ikeya, Akihisa Kitamura, Mahito Watanabe, and Takahiro
Kamiya.
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Arctic Ostracode Database
- Quantitative distribution of ostracodes (Crustacea) in Arctic Ocean sea-floor sediments,
by T.M. Cronin, T.R. Holtz, Jr., E.M. Brouwers, W.M. Briggs, Jr., R.C. Whatley, and A. Wood.
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Pliocene Terrestrial Environments and Data/Model Comparisons
- Abstracts from a USGS workshop held in Herndon Virginia May 22-23, 1993.
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-23, Edited by Robert S. Thompson.
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Pliocene High-Latitude Climate Records
- Abstracts from a USGS workshop held in Herndon, Virginia, July 25-27, 1994.
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-588, Edited by Scott E. Ishman.
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USGS Open-File Report 94-281
- PRISM 8°x10° Northern Hemisphere Paleoclimate Reconstruction: Digital Data:
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-281, by PRISM project members.
- USGS Open-File Report 95-1
- Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, Paleontology, and Paleomagnetism of Pliocene-Early Pleistocene Lacustrine Deposits in Two Cores from Western Utah:
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-1, by R.S. Thompson, C.G. Oviatt, A.P. Roberts, J. Buchner, R. Kelsey, C. Bracht, R.M. Forester, and J.P. Bradbury.
- USGS Open-File Report 96-669
- Pliocene Planktic Foraminiferal census data from 19 core sites in the North Atlantic region: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-669, by PRISM project members.
- USGS Open-File Report 99-535
- Middle Pliocene Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction: PRISM2: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-535, by Harry J. Dowsett, John A. Barron, Richard Z. Poore, Robert S. Thompson, Thomas M. Cronin, Scott E. Ishman and Debra A. Willard.
Paleoclimate studies of the Arctic Ocean
- USGS Open-File Report 91-346
- Planktic foraminifer census data from Northwind Ridge core 5, Arctic Ocean.
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-346, by Kevin M. Foley and Richard Z. Poore.
- USGS Open-File Report 93-218
- Planktic foraminifer census data from Northwind Ridge cores PI-88-AR P3, PI-88-AR P7, and PI-88-AR P9, Arctic Ocean.
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-218, by Kevin M. Foley and Richard Z. Poore.
Mississippi Basin Carbon Studies
- USGS Open-File Report 98-36
- Carbon Storage and Late Holocene Chronostratigraphy of a Mississippi River Deltaic Marsh, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana:
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-36, edited by Helaine W. Markewich.
- USGS Open-File Report 98-429
- Detailed Descriptions for Sampling, Sample Preparation and Analyses of Cores from St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-429, edited by Helaine W. Markewich.
- USGS Open-File Report 98-440
- Implementation of the Century Ecosystem Model for an Eroding Hillslope in Mississippi: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-440, by Jodie Sharpe, Jennifer W. Harden, Seth Dabney, Dennis Ojima, and William Parton.
- USGS Open-File Report 98-501
- Soil, environmental, and watershed measurements in support of carbon cycling studies in northwestern Mississippi:
USGS Open-File Report 98-501, by T.G. Huntington, J.W. Harden, S.M. Dabney, D.A. Marion, C. Alonso, J.M. Sharpe, and T.L. Fries.
- USGS Open-File Report 99-319
- Upland Soil Database for Sites in Yazoo Basin, Northwestern Mississippi: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-319, by J.W. Harden, T.L. Fries, and T.G. Huntington.
Soil Chronosequences in the Western United States
- USGS Bulletin 1590-A
- Soils developed in granitic alluvium near Merced, California, by J.W. Harden.
- USGS Bulletin 1590-B
- Soils Developed on Coastal and Fluvial Terraces near Ventura, California by J.W. Harden, A.M. Sarna-Wojcicki, and G.R. Dembroff.
- USGS Bulletin 1590-F
- Soil Chronosequence Along the Cowlitz River, Washington, by D. P. Dethier.
Owens Lake Climate Record
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USGS Open-File Report 93-683
- Core OL-92 from Owens Lake, southeast California:
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-683, edited by George I. Smith and James L. Bischoff.
Buck Lake Paleomagnetic Studies
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USGS Open-File Report 95-673
- Sediment Magnetic and Paleomagnetic Data from Buck Lake, Oregon:
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-673, by Joseph G. Rosenbaum, Richard L. Reynolds, Priscilla L. Fitzmaurice, John Drexler, C. Gene Whitney and David. P. Adam.
Grass Lake Paleomagnetic Studies
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USGS Open-File Report 96-294
- Sediment Magnetic, Paleomagnetic, and Geochemical Data from Lacustrine
Sediment in a Core from Grass Lake, Siskiyou County, California: U.S.
Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-294, by Patti J. Best, Richard L.
Reynolds, Joseph G. Rosenbaum, John Drexler and David. P. Adam.
Tule Lake Climate Record
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USGS Open-File Report 96-293
- Sediment Magnetic, Paleomagnetic, and Geochemical Data from Quaternary
Lacustrine Sediment in two Cores from Tule Lake, Siskiyou County,
California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-293, by Patti J. Best,
Richard L. Reynolds, Joseph G. Rosenbaum, Walter Dean, Jeannine Honey,
John Drexler and David. P. Adam.
- USGS Open-File Report 96-257
- Geochemistry of Sediments From Tule Lake, California: USGS Open-File Report 96-257, by Walter E. Dean.
Methane and gas hydrates in Arctic sediments and permafrost
- USGS Open-File Report 92-299
- Molecular and isotopic analyses of the hydrocarbon gases within gas hydrate-bearing rock units of the Prudhoe Bay-Kuparuk River area in northern Alaska.
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-299, by Zenon C. Valin and Timothy S. Collett.
- USGS Open-File Report 95-70
- Methane in coastal sea water, sea ice, and bottom sediments, Beaufort Sea, Alaska
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-70, by Thomas D. Lorenson and Keith A. Kvenvolden.
Vegetation-Climate Modeling
- USGS Open-File Report 99-338
- Quantitative Paleoclimatic Reconstructions From Late Pleistocene Plant Macrofossils of the Yucca Mountain Region: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-338, by Robert S. Thompson, Katherine H. Anderson, and Patrick J. Bartlein.
- USGS Circular 1153
- Assessing Potential Future Changes in Climate, Hydrology, and Vegetation in the Western United States: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1153, by Robert S. Thompson, Steven W. Hostetler, Patrick J. Bartlein, and Katherine H. Anderson.
- USGS Professional Paper 1650 A&B
- Atlas of Relations Between Climatic Parameters and Distributions of Important Trees and Shrubs in North America: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1650 A & B, by Robert S. Thompson, Katherine H. Anderson, and Patrick J. Bartlein.
Volcano Emissions
- USGS Open-File Report 94-212
- A compilation of sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide emission-rate data from Mount St. Helens during 1980-88:
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-212, by Kenneth A. McGee and Thomas J. Casadevall.
- USGS Open-File Report 95-55
- A Compilation of Sulfur Dioxide and Carbon Dioxide Emission-Rate Data from Cook Inlet Volcanoes (Redoubt, Spurr,
Iliamna, and Augustine), Alaska During the Period from 1990 to 1994:U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-55, by Michael P. Doukas.
Climates of Arid and Semiarid regions
- USGS Open-File Report 95-78
- Geometeorological data collected by the USGS Desert Winds Project at
Gold Spring, great basin desert, Northeastern Arizona, 1979 - 1992: U.S.
Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-78, by Paula J. Helm, Carol S.
Breed, Richard Tigges, and Patricia A. Garcia.
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Dust Deposition in Southern Nevada and California, 1984-1989: Relations to
Climate, Source Area, and Lithology
- Data forming the background of a report published in 1995 in the
Journal of Geophysical Research (volume 100-D5, pages 8893-8918) by
Marith C. Reheis and Rolf Kihl.
- USGS Open-File Report 97-792
- Data For Devils Hole Core DH-11. This report presents the stable isotope values measured in Devils Hole Core DH-11 and interpolated ages at the depth the samples
were taken, as analyzed in a recent publication by Winograd and others (1997). U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-792, by J.M. Landwehr, T.B. Coplen, K. R. Ludwig, I.J. Winograd, and A.C. Riggs. For an overview of the project, see the "Devil's Hole Primer".
- USGS Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2323
- Extent of Pleistocene Lakes in the Western Great Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2323, by Marith C. Reheis.
- USGS Open-File Report 99-531
- Elemental Analyses of Modern Dust in Southern Nevada and California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-531, by Marith C. Reheis, James R. Budahn, and Paul J. Lamothe.
Warm Climate Studies
- USGS Bulletin 1271
- Last Interglacial Sea-Surface Temperature Estimates from the California Margin: Improvements to the Modern Analog Technique: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1271, by Harry J. Dowsett and Richard Z. Poore.
- USGS Open-File Report 99-312
- Marine Isotope Stage 11 and associated Terrestial Records: Workshop Report: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-312, Edited by Richard Z. Poore, Lloyd Burckle, Andre Droxler and William E. McNulty.
- USGS Open-File Report 99-397
- Microfossil and stable isotope data from the last interglacial records of ODP 1018 and
1020, by R.Z. Poore, H.J. Dowsett, J.A. Barron, L. Heusser, A.C. Ravelo, A. Mix, A. and McMahon.
- USGS Professional Paper 1632
- Multiproxy record of the last interglacial (MIS 5e) off central and northern California, U.S.A., from Ocean Drilling Program sites 1018 and 1020, by Poore, Richard Z.; Dowsett, H. J.; Barron, J. A.; Heusser, L.; Ravelo, A. C.; and Mix, A.
- USGS Open-File Report 99-413
- Color Reflectance Record from Ocean Drilling Program Hole 625B, Gulf of Mexico
(Marine Isotope Stage 5 interval), by H.J. Dowsett.
Cold Climate Studies
- USGS Professional Paper 1386
- Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers of the World. Edited by Richard S. Williams, Jr. and Jane G. Ferrigno.
Fact Sheet: USGS Fact Sheet 2005-3056
Chapter A: State of the Earth's Cryosphere (in prep)
Chapter B: Antarctica
Chapter C: Greenland
Chapter D: Iceland (in prep)
Chapter E: Continental Europe
Chapter F: Asia (in prep)
Chapter G: Turkey, Iran, and Africa
Chapter H: Irian Jaya (Indonesia) and New Zealand
Chapter I: South America
Chapter J: North America
Chapter K: Alaska (in prep)
- Borehole Temperature Logs from Arctic Alaska, pre-1989
- This dataset consists of borehole temperature measurements acquired in permafrost regions of arctic Alaska between 1950 and 1988 by the U.S. Geological Survey. A large number of the 87 sites (boreholes) represented in this dataset are deep enough to penetrate the base of permafrost.
- Hydroclimatological Data From Three Benchmark Glaciers
- The USGS makes measurements of the net, winter, and summer mass balance on three "benchmark" glaciers, South Cascade
Glacier in Washington State, and Gulkana and Wolverine Glaciers in Alaska. Daily measurements are also made at each glacier of
air temperature and precipitation.
Streamflow Data for Hydroclimatology
- USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4076
- Hydroclimatic data network (HCDN): Streamflow data set, 1874-1988 (CD-ROM). The USGS presently measures streamflow at about 7000 sites nationwide; data also are available for more than 10,000 sites where measurement has been discontinued. The HCDN is a subset of about 1600 high-quality streamflow records at sites where the streamflow is not significantly regulated and where the records span periods of time long enough to be of use in detecting trends or changes in streamflow characteristics.
Software tools and utilities
- Software tools and utilities
- This listing includes tools and utilities that cannot be found
elsewhere; all were written by P. Schweitzer of USGS.
Data from non-USGS sources
- Global Change Master Directory
- NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center
- NOAA National Geophysical Data Center in Boulder, Colorado
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- NSIDC archives analogue and digital snow and ice data, creates and distributes data products, and maintains a large library collection in support of snow and ice research.
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- Marine geology, geophysics, geochemistry, ocean acoustics, and biology.
- Atlantic Geoscience Centre
- The principal marine geoscience facility in Canada, a division of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC).
- PO.DAAC at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- NASA's Distributed Active Archive Center for Physical Oceanography