Modern pollen data for climate reconstructions, version 1 (SMPDS)

How to cite this Dataset

Harrison, Sandy (2019): Modern pollen data for climate reconstructions, version 1 (SMPDS). University of Reading. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.17864/1947.194

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Description

The dataset contains percentage counts for the 247 most important European pollen taxa from individual modern samples from Europe and northern Eurasia, and supporting metadata about each sample. The dataset has been specifically designed for use for quantitative climate reconstructions.

Resource Type:

Dataset

Creators:

Harrison, Sandy

Rights-holders:

University of Reading

Data Publisher:

University of Reading

Publication Year:

2019

Data last accessed:

23 June 2025

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17864/1947.194

Metadata Record URL:

https://researchdata.reading.ac.uk/id/eprint/194

Organisational units:

Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Department of Geography and Environmental Science

Participating Organisations:

University of Reading

Keywords:

climate reconstruction, modern pollen samples

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Data Availability:

OPEN

Additional details

Project Name:	Global Change 2.0: Unlocking the past for a clearer future (GC2.0), PAlaeo-Constraints on Monsoon Evolution and Dynamics
Funders:	European Research Council (694481) Natural Environment Research Council (NE/P006752/1)
Resource Language:	English
Collection period:	From 1 January 2017 To 28 February 2019
Temporal coverage:	From 1950 To 2019
Geographic coverage:	Europe, Middle East, northern Africa, northern Eurasia
Data collection method:	We have assembled modern pollen records from 6458 terrestrial sites from Europe, northern Africa, the Middle East and Eurasia, compiled from multiple different published sources.
Data processing and preparation activities:	The taxonomy was standardised using Plants of the World Online (www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/) and the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (https://www.itis.gov/). Obligate aquatics, insectivorous plants, cultivated plants and non-native species are not included in the data set, since their distribution is not primarily controlled by climate. Some pollen types have been combined to a higher taxonomic level because they were not routinely identified across all the sites or because they occurred in too few sites to allow the construction of robust relationships with climate. The pollen data were transformed from raw counts to relative abundance, based on a pollen sum that includes all the taxa in the assemblage.
Depositing User:	Mr Roberto Villegas-Diaz
Date Deposited:	11 Mar 2019 08:36
Last Modified:	08 Jan 2025 05:20

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Modern pollen data for climate reconstructions, version 1 (SMPDS). (deposited 11 Mar 2019 08:36) [Currently Displayed]
- The SPECIAL Modern Pollen Data Set for Climate Reconstructions, version 2 (SMPDSv2). (deposited 10 Jun 2022 12:33)

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SMPDS_Feb2019.csv

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README_SMPDS.docx

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