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The SPECIAL Modern Pollen Data Set for Climate Reconstructions, version 3 (SMPDSv3)

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This dataset includes counts for 5,012 pollen taxa from modern samples collected worldwide, accompanied by detailed metadata for each site and entity. It is intended to support quantitative reconstructions of past climate and vegetation.

Resource Type: Dataset
Creators: Harrison, Sandy ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5687-1903, Egbudom, Mary-Ann ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2990-2264 and Villegas-Diaz, Roberto ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5036-8661
Rights-holders: University of Reading
Data Publisher: University of Reading
Publication Year: 2025
Data last accessed: 20 November 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17864/1947.001473
Metadata Record URL: https://researchdata.reading.ac.uk/id/eprint/1473
Organisational units: Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Department of Geography and Environmental Science
Participating Organisations: University of Reading
Keywords: modern pollen samples, climate reconstruction, vegetation reconstruction
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Data Availability: OPEN

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