Contact & Partners
Queries on IsoMemo (or Pandora) should be sent to: pandoraisomemo@gmail.com
Follow us on Twitter: @IsomemoPandora
The IsoMemo.com developers and core team
Partnerships
Parternships have been established with: 14SEA, ARCHIPELAGO, Amalthea, ArtEmpire, AustArch, CARD, CRC 806 - D4, Edaphobase, EPRD, GeoReM, Iber-Crono, INTIMATE, IRPA/KIK, LiVES, LWCD, Neotoma, NHMLWD, OASIS and δIANA, ORAU, RPED, PRIMDAT/HOMDAT, Radon & Radon-B, NZRD , SWVID
In addition to the information displayed below and links to partner websites you can also visit their webspaces at the IsoMemo network within the Pandora data platform.
14SEA
14SEA: A 14C database for Southeast Europe and Anatolia (10,000–3000 calBC).
14SEA is a new online database targeting the Mesolithic, Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods in Central and Western Anatolia, the Aegean, the Balkans and adjacent areas. The currently 2681 entries provide a chronological framework not only for the dispersal of farming from Anatolia into Europe but also for the major transformations occurring during the Chalcolithic in these areas.
14SEA developers
ARCHIPELAGO
ARCHIPELAGO: ARCHIPELAGO is an integrated archaeological and historical database of land and sea resources utilised by humans in the Japanese Islands. The ARCHIPELAGO isotopic dataset contains human bone and hair carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes measurements from Japanese archaeological sites covering the time span from the Upper Palaeolithic to the mid-nineteenth century.
ARCHIPELAGO contacts
Amalthea
Amalthea: Amalthea is a global database of stable isotope measurements on tooth increments from archaeological and modern individuals spanning more than 7,000 years. The dataset includes c. 15,000 isotopic measurements from more than 700 individuals. In addition to isotopic data the database also includes information on the archaeological context and osteological features of recorded individuals. This database allows for the reconstruction of individual iso-biographies. In particular, the database allows for meta-studies on childhood diet, nutrition, and health across time and space. The database is a collaborative effort and will be regularly updated.
Amalthea develloper
ArtEmpire
ArtEmpire: An ARTery of EMPIRE. Conquest, Commerce, Crisis, Culture and the Panamanian Junction (1513-1671); Host Institution (HI): Universidad Pablo De Olavide, Spain. ERC Consolidator Grant (ERC CoG 648535). Principal investigator: Bethany Aram.
Data obtained from ArtEmpire should be cited as: "to be announced".
Contact for ArtEmpire isotope database
AustArch
AustArch: a radiocarbon database for Australia
The AustArch dataset consists of 5,044 radiocarbon determinations from 1,748 archaeological sites across Australia. The dataset also contains a further 478 non-radiocarbon ages. The dataset includes all radiocarbon and non-radiocarbon ages associated with archaeological deposits published in the last 60 years of research. AustArch is also part of CARD.
Further Reading:
Williams, A.N., Smith, M.A., Turney, C.S.M., Cupper, M.L. (2008a) AustArch 1: A database of 14C and luminescence ages from archaeological sites in the Australian Arid Zone. Australian Archaeology 66, 99.
Williams, A.N., Smith, M.A. (2012) AustArch 2: A database of 14C and luminescence ages from archaeological sites in the Top End. Australian Archaeology 47: 146.
Williams A.N., Smith, M.A. (2013) AustArch3: A database of 14C and luminescence ages from archaeological sites in southern Australia. Australian Archaeology 76:102.
Williams, A.N., Ulm, S., Smith, M.A., Reid, J. (2014a) AustArch: A Database of 14C and Non-14C Ages from Archaeological Sites in Australia - Composition, Compilation and Review (Data Paper). Internet Archaeology 36: doi:10.11141/ia.36.6
AustArch developers
CARD
CARD: Canadian Archaeological Radiocarbon Database
CARD is a global database of +50,000 14C dates from archaeological, geological, and paleoenvironmental contexts. CARD was developed in 1990 and expanded to V2.1 in 2015 with additional features such as a spatial interface, a security wall, unlimited up/downloading and on screen data editing.
Data obtained from OASIS should be cited as: Martindale, Andrew, Richard Morlan, Matthew Betts, Michael Blake, Korand Gajewski, Michelle Chaput, Andrew Mason, and Pierre Vermeersch (2016) Canadian Archaeological Radiocarbon Database (CARD 2.1), accessed Month, day, year.
CIMA
CIMA: The Compendium Isotoporum Medii Aevi (CIMA) gathers more than 50,000 isotopic measurements for bioarchaeological samples located within Europe and its margins dating between 500–1500 CE. In addition to isotopic data the database also includes information on the archaeological context and osteological features of recorded individuals. This volume of isotopic data, together with collected supporting information, offers multiple research opportunities (e.g. to reconstruct medieval human lifeways, animal management practices, and paleo-environmental conditions).
CIMA develloper
CRC 806 - D4
CRC 806 - D4: Chronology, site concentrations, cultural differentiation, and mobility patterns as basis for comparing human environment interaction
Project D4 of the CRC 806 focuses on the question, as to whether the presence, or resp., the absence of humans can be interpreted as a response to natural or cultural environment by integrating data, methods and results from various former CRC-projects and from literature. This integrative approach is based on the analysis of chronological, spatial, geoarchaeological, archaeobiological and cultural data. One of the main questions concerns the reconstruction of diet and mobility of humans and animals. Based on the hypothesis that an increase in the consumption of meat correlates with lower population densities and perhaps higher mobility, we are interested in isotopic measurements of human and animal bones. The collected data will also allow for the reconstruction of foodwebs of various archaeological periods. This also includes the creation of a database of isotopic data.
Database developers and maintainers
Edaphobase
Edaphobase: is a taxonomic-ecological database system, which combines existing taxonomical primary data on soil organisms from collections, scientific literature and reports etc. originating from many research institutes and persons involved in soil zoology. This data is linked at the species level to ecological background information of the species’ sites of occurrence (i. e., geography, soils, habitat type, climate etc., including also data on stable isotopes in soil and fauna). The data is available to the general public via a web application containing a comprehensive query system, which allows the analysis and evaluation of the data for complex ecological questions of soil-zoological research and monitoring.
Further Reading: Burkhardt, U., Russell, D.J., Decker, P., Döhler, M., Höfer, H., Römbke, J., Trog, C., Vorwald, J., Wurst, E., Xylander, W.E.R. (2014): The edaphobase project of GBIF-Germany – A new online soil-organism zoological data warehouse. Applied Soil Ecology, 83, 3-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2014.03.021.
Edaphobase contacts
Early Pottery Research database
EPRD: The Early Pottery Research database (EPRG database) is hosted by the early pottery research group and contains carbon stable isotope data and molecular information derived from organic residue analysis of ceramics. The database is concerned with pottery from early agricultural and hunter-gatherer sites globally.
The EPRG database has been developed by:
GeoReM
GeoReM: a database for reference materials of geological and environmental interest
GeoReM is a Max Planck Institute database for reference materials of geological and environmental interest, such as rock powders, synthetic and natural glasses as well as mineral, isotopic, biological, river water and seawater reference materials. GeoReM contains published analytical data and compilation values (major and trace element concentrations and mass fractions, radiogenic and stable isotope ratios). GeoReM contains all important metadata about the analytical values such as uncertainty, analytical method and laboratory. Sample information and references are also included. GeoReM contains more than 3,540 reference materials, nearly 50,000 analyses from more than 10,550 papers, and preferred analytical values (state: January, 2019).
Further Reading:
K.P. Jochum, U. Nohl, K. Herwig, E. Lammel, B. Stoll and A.W. Hofmann, GeoReM: A new geochemical database for reference materials and isotopic standards, Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, 29, 333-338 (2005).
K.P. Jochum and X.-H. Wang, Geochemical and environmental reference materials and the GeoReM database, 地球化学与环境分析标准物质及其GeoReM数据库 (in Chinese), Rock and Mineral Analysis (China), 28, 311-315 (2009).
K.P. Jochum and J. Enzweiler, Reference materials in geochemical and environmental research, in K. Turekian and H. Holland (ed.), Treatise on geochemistry (2nd edition), Vol. 15, 43-70 (2014).
GeoReM developers & team
Iber-Crono
Iber-Crono: a radiocarbon database for the Iberian Peninsula
Iber-Crono developers
INTIMATE
INTIMATE: is an open palaeoclimate research community studying the integration of marine, terrestrial and ice core records. Its activities cover a wide range of topics and formats.
The INTIMATE-WP4 database is designed for the age-modelling and chronological correlation of palaeoenvironmental sequences
INTIMATE developers
IRPA/KIK
IRPA/KIK: Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage Web-Based Radiocarbon Database (site under construction)
The database contains thousands of radiocarbon and and stable isotope results, and new data is introduced at regular intervals, with an embargo of at least 2 yrs maintained between the delivery of the report to the submitterand the introduction of the results in the database. Data obtained from the IRPA/KIK database should be cited as: Van Strydonck M, De Roock E, 2011, Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage Web-Based Radiocarbon Database, Radiocarbon Vol 53, No 2, 367-370.
Database developers and maintainers
LWCD
LWCD: Leaf wax (C and H) and cellulose (O) Database is develloped by an active research group that focuses on employing compound-specific and position-specific H/C/O isotope signals at natural abundance level to understand plant metabolism and physiology. This research is leading to the development of an isotope database for leaf lipids, amino acids and -cellulose and soluble sugars. Currently the database is composed of carbon and hidrogen isotope data for lipids synthesized via three independent biosynthetic pathways for over 100 species of tropical grasses and 6 species of controlled grown plants and oxygen isotope data from cellulose for more than 200 species across temperate, subtropical and tropic zones.
Contact for LWCD
LiVES
Emmy-Noether group LiVES, Institute for Prehistoric Archaeology (Freie Universität Berlin)
Data obtained from LiVES should be cited as: Alisa Scheibner, Prähistorische Ernährung in Vorderasien und Europa. Eine kulturgeschichtliche Synthese auf der Basis ausgewählter Quellen. Schriften zum Lebensstandard in der Vorgeschichte 1; Berliner Archäologische Forschungen 16 (Leidorf: Rahden 2016).
Developers of LiVES isotope database
Neotoma
Faunal Isotopes Database, Neotoma: Neotoma covers the Pliocene-Quaternary part of the geologic record, the time during which humans evolved and during which modern ecosystems developed.
Neotoma’s centralized structure facilitates interdisciplinary, multiproxy analyses and common tool development; discipline-specific data can also be easily accessed. Data currently include North American Pollen (NAPD) and fossil mammals (FAUNMAP) as well as other proxies (plant macrofossils, beetles, ostracodes, diatoms, etc.) and geographic areas (Europe, Latin America, etc.). Data are derived from sites from the last 5 million years. The Faunal Isotope Database was recently added to Neotoma and contains specimen-level isotopic data from a variety of vertebrate and invertebrate remains.
Any use of data from Neotoma should cite the original publications whenever possible and also acknowledge the Neotoma database. Example: “Data were obtained from the Neotoma Paleoecology Database (http://www.neotomadb.org), and the work of the data contributors and the Neotoma community is gratefully acknowledged." Normal ethics and standards of co-authorship apply. See Neotoma’s data-use policy for further details. (hyperlink for data use policy: https://www.neotomadb.org/data/category/use
Contact
Northern Hemisphere Modern leaf wax δDn-alkane database
Northern Hemisphere Modern leaf wax δDn-alkane database consists of 561 modern higher plants (213 species) sampled from 81 sites across the Northern Hemisphere. Further reading: Liu, J., W. Liu, Z. An, and H. Yang. 2016. Different hydrogen isotope fractionations during lipid formation in higher plants: Implications for paleohydrology reconstruction at a global scale. Scientific Reports 6:19711.
Developers of Northern Hemisphere Modern leaf wax δDn-alkane database
PRIMDAT/HOMDAT
We are an active research Group that focuses on the application of stable isotope methods to questions of past hominin (including human) and faunal diet, ecology, and environment.
These practical applications alongside data mining from the existing literature are leading to the development and publication of databases collating modern and fossil primate stable isotope measurements from around the world (PRIMDAT) and pre-Holocene hominin and human stable isotope measurements, primarily from Africa and the tropics (HOMDAT).
Developers of PRIMAT and HOMDAT isotope databases
OASIS and δIANA
OASIS (Open-Acess storage for northern isotopic data) is a portal to public databases maintained by Laboratory of Chronology at the Finnish Museum of Natural History - LUOMUS, University of Helsinki. It includes δIANA
Data obtained from δIANA should be cited as: Etu-Sihvola H, Arppe L, Junno A, Uusitalo J and Oinonen M 2015. Dietary isotopic baseline for the ancient north. www.oasisnorth.org/deltaiana. Article in preparation.
Data obtained from OASIS should be cited as: Junno A, Uusitalo J and Oinonen M 2015. Radiocarbon dates of Helsinki University. www.oasisnorth.org/carhu. Article in preparation.
OASIS and δIANA developers (Dietary Isotopic baseline for the Ancient North). A database for North(east) European plant and animal stable isotope values (with focus on the Nordic and Baltic countries, Russia, northern Poland and Germany).
ORAU database
ORAU: Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit radiocarbon database.
Contact for the ORAU database
Radiocarbon Palaeolithic Europe Database
RPED: Radiocarbon Palaeolithic Europe Database v20 is a database of conventional 14C, AMS 14C, TL, OSL, ESR, Th/U and AAR data. RPED is also part of CARD.
Data obtained from RPED should be cited as: Vermeersch, P.M., 2016. Radiocarbon Palaeolithic Europe Database, Version 20. Available at: http://ees.kuleuven.be/geography/projects/14c-palaeolithic/index.html
Contact for the RPED database
RADON & RADON-B
Radon (Central European and Scandinavian database of radiocarbon dates for the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age) and Radon-B (Database for European radiocarbon dates for the Bronze and Early Iron Age)
Radon is a database of radiocarbon dates for the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age in central Europe and Scandinavia. Data obtained from Radon-B should be cited as: Martin Hinz, Martin Furholt, Johannes Müller, Dirk Raetzel-Fabian, Christoph Rinne, Karl-Göran Sjögren, Hans-Peter Wotzka, RADON - Radiocarbon dates online 2012. Central European database of 14C dates for the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age. www.jungsteinsite.de, 2012, 1-4.
Radon-B provides a quick overview of radiocarbon dates from Europe. The time frame was limited to the Bronze and Early Iron Ages and covers the period from 2300 BC to 500 BC. Data obtained from Radon-B should be cited as: Kneisel et al. 2013: Jutta Kneisel/Martin Hinz/Christoph Rinne, Radon-B. In: http://radon-b.ufg.uni-kiel.de.
NZRD
NZRD: New Zealand Radiocarbon Database
The New Zealand Radiocarbon Database contains radiocarbon determinations and associated information for almost 3000 dates obtained from archaeological sites in this country over the past 40 years from New Zealand archaeological sites. The NZRD was a joint initiative between the NZ Department of Conservation, The Waikato Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory and the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Ltd.
Contact for NZRD:
SWVID
SWVID: Stable Water Vapor Isotope Database
Hosted by Yale University and sponsored by the U. S. National Science Foundation, the Stable Water Vapor Isotope Database (SWVID) website archives high-frequency vapor isotope data collected with instruments based on infrared isotopic spectroscopy. The goal of this centralized data depository is to facilitate investigation that transcends disciplinary and geographic boundaries.
Contact for SWVID:
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The IsoMemo.com developers and core team
| Dr. Ricardo
Fernandes Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. School of Archaeology (University of Oxford) IsoMemo Director. Physicist and archaeologist specializing in stable and radiometric isotope analysis and Bayesian modelling. Emails: fernandes@shh.mpg.de and ricardo.fernandes@arch.ox.ac.uk |
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| Dr. Patrick Roberts Group Leader of the Stable Isotope Laboratory at the Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History IsoMemo Vice-Director. Archaeological scientist specializing in stable isotope applications to past human and hominin diet and ecology. Email: roberts@shh.mpg.de |
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| Dr. Yiming Wang IsoMemo.com database coordinator and website manager. Institute of Geosciences, Kiel University and Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human history Isotope geochemist specializing in developing and applying new analytical isotope methods, both bulk and compound specific, for marine food web ecology and paleoclimate reconstruction. Data scientist specializing in R. Email: ywang@shh.mpg.de |
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| Dr. Thomas Larsen Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History Isotope ecologist specializing in reconstructing animal diets using compound specific isotope analysis. Email: larsen@shh.mpg.de |
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| Dr. Corina Knipper Curt-Engelhorn-Centre Archaeometry gGmbH Researcher specialized in stable isotope analysis and radiocarbon dating applied to Archaeology. Email: corina.knipper@cez-archaeometrie.de |
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| M.Sc. Feng Feng Software Programmer specializing in development of Web Applications and Database. Email: fengfengdestination@hotmail.com |
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Partnerships
Parternships have been established with: 14SEA, ARCHIPELAGO, Amalthea, ArtEmpire, AustArch, CARD, CRC 806 - D4, Edaphobase, EPRD, GeoReM, Iber-Crono, INTIMATE, IRPA/KIK, LiVES, LWCD, Neotoma, NHMLWD, OASIS and δIANA, ORAU, RPED, PRIMDAT/HOMDAT, Radon & Radon-B, NZRD , SWVID
In addition to the information displayed below and links to partner websites you can also visit their webspaces at the IsoMemo network within the Pandora data platform.
14SEA
14SEA: A 14C database for Southeast Europe and Anatolia (10,000–3000 calBC).
14SEA is a new online database targeting the Mesolithic, Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods in Central and Western Anatolia, the Aegean, the Balkans and adjacent areas. The currently 2681 entries provide a chronological framework not only for the dispersal of farming from Anatolia into Europe but also for the major transformations occurring during the Chalcolithic in these areas.
14SEA developers
| Dr. Agathe
Reingruber Institut für Prähistorische Archäologie (Freie Universität Berlin) Prehistoric archaeologist specialized on the Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods of the Aegean and the Balkans. Emails: areingruber@zedat.fu-berlin.de |
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| Dr. Laurens Thissen Thissen Archaeological Ceramics Bureau Pottery Specialist, Prehistoric Ceramic Assessments Email: info@tacb-pottery.nl |
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ARCHIPELAGO
ARCHIPELAGO: ARCHIPELAGO is an integrated archaeological and historical database of land and sea resources utilised by humans in the Japanese Islands. The ARCHIPELAGO isotopic dataset contains human bone and hair carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes measurements from Japanese archaeological sites covering the time span from the Upper Palaeolithic to the mid-nineteenth century.
ARCHIPELAGO contacts
| Dr. Mark Hudson Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History Archaeologist in the interdisciplinary Eurasia3angle research group where he works on integrating archaeological data with historical linguistics and ancient DNA to understand population movements in Neolithic and Bronze Age Northeast Asia. He is also interested in the archaeology of ancient globalisation, food, resilience, and violence. Emails: hudson@shh.mpg.de |
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| Hiroto
Takamiya (takamiya@cpi.kagoshima-u.ac.jp) Jean-Pascal Bassino (jean-pascal.bassino@ens-lyon.fr) Junzō Uchiyama (j.uchiyama@sainsbury-institute.org) Martine Robbeets (robbeets@shh.mpg.de) |
Amalthea
Amalthea: Amalthea is a global database of stable isotope measurements on tooth increments from archaeological and modern individuals spanning more than 7,000 years. The dataset includes c. 15,000 isotopic measurements from more than 700 individuals. In addition to isotopic data the database also includes information on the archaeological context and osteological features of recorded individuals. This database allows for the reconstruction of individual iso-biographies. In particular, the database allows for meta-studies on childhood diet, nutrition, and health across time and space. The database is a collaborative effort and will be regularly updated.
Amalthea develloper
| Carlo Cocozza Researcher at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich & Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History Performing isotopic research in the ancient and medieval Europe. Email: cocozza@shh.mpg.de |
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ArtEmpire
ArtEmpire: An ARTery of EMPIRE. Conquest, Commerce, Crisis, Culture and the Panamanian Junction (1513-1671); Host Institution (HI): Universidad Pablo De Olavide, Spain. ERC Consolidator Grant (ERC CoG 648535). Principal investigator: Bethany Aram.
Data obtained from ArtEmpire should be cited as: "to be announced".
Contact for ArtEmpire isotope database
| Sandra Pagacs Research assistant at the Curt-Engelhorn Center for Archaeometry Performing sample preparation for strontium, oxygen, carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses of teeth and bones, project-related literature research and isotope database work. Email: sandra.pagacs@cez-archaeometrie.de |
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AustArch
AustArch: a radiocarbon database for Australia
The AustArch dataset consists of 5,044 radiocarbon determinations from 1,748 archaeological sites across Australia. The dataset also contains a further 478 non-radiocarbon ages. The dataset includes all radiocarbon and non-radiocarbon ages associated with archaeological deposits published in the last 60 years of research. AustArch is also part of CARD.
Further Reading:
Williams, A.N., Smith, M.A., Turney, C.S.M., Cupper, M.L. (2008a) AustArch 1: A database of 14C and luminescence ages from archaeological sites in the Australian Arid Zone. Australian Archaeology 66, 99.
Williams, A.N., Smith, M.A. (2012) AustArch 2: A database of 14C and luminescence ages from archaeological sites in the Top End. Australian Archaeology 47: 146.
Williams A.N., Smith, M.A. (2013) AustArch3: A database of 14C and luminescence ages from archaeological sites in southern Australia. Australian Archaeology 76:102.
Williams, A.N., Ulm, S., Smith, M.A., Reid, J. (2014a) AustArch: A Database of 14C and Non-14C Ages from Archaeological Sites in Australia - Composition, Compilation and Review (Data Paper). Internet Archaeology 36: doi:10.11141/ia.36.6
AustArch developers
| Dr. Alan Williams Extent Heritage Pty Ltd & Climate Change Research Centre (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia) Senior archaeologist, team leader and part owner at Extent Heritage Pty Ltd and honorary lecturer at the Climate Change Research Centre Emails: alanandnicwilliams@hotmail.com |
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| Prof. Dr. Sean Ulm College of Arts, Society and Education, James Cook University Professorial Research Fellow/ARC Future Fellow Email: sean.ulm@jcu.edu.au |
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CARD
CARD: Canadian Archaeological Radiocarbon Database
CARD is a global database of +50,000 14C dates from archaeological, geological, and paleoenvironmental contexts. CARD was developed in 1990 and expanded to V2.1 in 2015 with additional features such as a spatial interface, a security wall, unlimited up/downloading and on screen data editing.
Data obtained from OASIS should be cited as: Martindale, Andrew, Richard Morlan, Matthew Betts, Michael Blake, Korand Gajewski, Michelle Chaput, Andrew Mason, and Pierre Vermeersch (2016) Canadian Archaeological Radiocarbon Database (CARD 2.1), accessed Month, day, year.
| CARD was developed
by Dr.
Richard Morlan (Canadian Museum of History) and is managed by: Andrew Martindale (Director) Matthew Betts (Canadian Museum of History) Michael Blake (University of British Columbia) Michelle Chaput (University of Ottawa) Konrad Gajewski (University of Ottawa) Andrew Mason (Golder Ltd.) Pierre Vermeersch (KU Leuven) |
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| Dr. Andrew
Martindale, Associate
Professor at the University of British Columbia Department of Anthropology and Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies Director of the UBC Laboratory of Archaeology and CARD Email: andrew.martindale@ubc.ca |
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CIMA
CIMA: The Compendium Isotoporum Medii Aevi (CIMA) gathers more than 50,000 isotopic measurements for bioarchaeological samples located within Europe and its margins dating between 500–1500 CE. In addition to isotopic data the database also includes information on the archaeological context and osteological features of recorded individuals. This volume of isotopic data, together with collected supporting information, offers multiple research opportunities (e.g. to reconstruct medieval human lifeways, animal management practices, and paleo-environmental conditions).
CIMA develloper
| Carlo Cocozza Researcher at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich & Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History Performing isotopic research in the ancient and medieval Europe. Email: cocozza@shh.mpg.de |
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CRC 806 - D4
CRC 806 - D4: Chronology, site concentrations, cultural differentiation, and mobility patterns as basis for comparing human environment interaction
Project D4 of the CRC 806 focuses on the question, as to whether the presence, or resp., the absence of humans can be interpreted as a response to natural or cultural environment by integrating data, methods and results from various former CRC-projects and from literature. This integrative approach is based on the analysis of chronological, spatial, geoarchaeological, archaeobiological and cultural data. One of the main questions concerns the reconstruction of diet and mobility of humans and animals. Based on the hypothesis that an increase in the consumption of meat correlates with lower population densities and perhaps higher mobility, we are interested in isotopic measurements of human and animal bones. The collected data will also allow for the reconstruction of foodwebs of various archaeological periods. This also includes the creation of a database of isotopic data.
Database developers and maintainers
| PD Dr. Silviane
Scharl Institute of Prehistoric Archaeology, Cologne University Prehistoric archaeologist specialized on the Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods of Central and Southeast Europe. Email: sscharl@uni-koeln.de |
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| Dr. Birgit Gehlen Institute of Prehistoric Archaeology, Cologne University Prehistoric archaeologist specializing in the Mesolithic of Central Europe. Expert on lithics. Email: bgehlen.archgraph@gmx.de |
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| Prof. Dr. Andreas
Zimmermann Institute of Prehistoric Archaeology, Cologne University Emeritus Professor of Mesolithic and Neolithic Archaeology Email: a.zimmermann@uni-koeln.de |
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Edaphobase
Edaphobase: is a taxonomic-ecological database system, which combines existing taxonomical primary data on soil organisms from collections, scientific literature and reports etc. originating from many research institutes and persons involved in soil zoology. This data is linked at the species level to ecological background information of the species’ sites of occurrence (i. e., geography, soils, habitat type, climate etc., including also data on stable isotopes in soil and fauna). The data is available to the general public via a web application containing a comprehensive query system, which allows the analysis and evaluation of the data for complex ecological questions of soil-zoological research and monitoring.
Further Reading: Burkhardt, U., Russell, D.J., Decker, P., Döhler, M., Höfer, H., Römbke, J., Trog, C., Vorwald, J., Wurst, E., Xylander, W.E.R. (2014): The edaphobase project of GBIF-Germany – A new online soil-organism zoological data warehouse. Applied Soil Ecology, 83, 3-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2014.03.021.
Edaphobase contacts
| EDAPHOBASE is a
product of Senckenberg Museum for Natural History Görlitz (SMNG), State
Museum for Natural History Karlsruhe (SMNK), ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH
Flörsheim am Main, RWTH Aachen - Institut für Umweltforschung (Biologie
5), gaiac - Forschungsinstitut für Ökosystemanalyse und –bewertung e.V.
and Botanischer Garten/Botanisches Museum der FU Berlin, Referat
Biodiversitätsinformatik (BGBM) (BMBF support codes 01LI0901A and
01LI1301A) Email: developers@edaphobase.org |
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| Dr. David Russell Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz Head Curator section Mesofauna Email: david.russell@senckenberg.de |
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Early Pottery Research database
EPRD: The Early Pottery Research database (EPRG database) is hosted by the early pottery research group and contains carbon stable isotope data and molecular information derived from organic residue analysis of ceramics. The database is concerned with pottery from early agricultural and hunter-gatherer sites globally.
The EPRG database has been developed by:
| Dr.
Alexandre Lucquin (email:
alexandre.lucquin@york.ac.uk) Prof. Oliver Craig (email: oliver.craig@york.ac.uk) Dr. Harry Robson (email: harry.robson@york.ac.uk) |
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GeoReM
GeoReM: a database for reference materials of geological and environmental interest
GeoReM is a Max Planck Institute database for reference materials of geological and environmental interest, such as rock powders, synthetic and natural glasses as well as mineral, isotopic, biological, river water and seawater reference materials. GeoReM contains published analytical data and compilation values (major and trace element concentrations and mass fractions, radiogenic and stable isotope ratios). GeoReM contains all important metadata about the analytical values such as uncertainty, analytical method and laboratory. Sample information and references are also included. GeoReM contains more than 3,540 reference materials, nearly 50,000 analyses from more than 10,550 papers, and preferred analytical values (state: January, 2019).
Further Reading:
K.P. Jochum, U. Nohl, K. Herwig, E. Lammel, B. Stoll and A.W. Hofmann, GeoReM: A new geochemical database for reference materials and isotopic standards, Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, 29, 333-338 (2005).
K.P. Jochum and X.-H. Wang, Geochemical and environmental reference materials and the GeoReM database, 地球化学与环境分析标准物质及其GeoReM数据库 (in Chinese), Rock and Mineral Analysis (China), 28, 311-315 (2009).
K.P. Jochum and J. Enzweiler, Reference materials in geochemical and environmental research, in K. Turekian and H. Holland (ed.), Treatise on geochemistry (2nd edition), Vol. 15, 43-70 (2014).
GeoReM developers & team
| Dr. Klaus Peter
Jochum Max Planck Institute for Chemistry Paleoclimate research group leader, trace element and isotope geochemistry, reference materials, GeoReM lead coordinator. Email: k.jochum@mpic.de |
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| Ulrike Weis Institute of Prehistoric Archaeology, Cologne University ICP-MS technician, GeoReM coordinator Email: Ulrike.Weis@mpic.de |
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| Brigitte Stoll:
ICP-MS technician, GeoReM data input and data-proofing Viktoria Kaiser: GeoReM data input Anna Reichstein: GeoReM data input |
Iber-Crono
Iber-Crono: a radiocarbon database for the Iberian Peninsula
Iber-Crono developers
| Dr. Joan Antón
Barcelo Quantitative Archaeology Lab, Departament de Prehistòria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) Associate Professor at the Department of Prehistory at the University Autónoma de Barcelona (spain), teaching and doing research on statistical issues in archeology. Email: JuanAntonio.Barcelo@uab.cat |
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| Dr. Igor Bogdanovic Quantitative Archaeology Lab, Departament de Prehistòria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) Expert technician for the Quantitative Archaeology Lab. Email: Igor.Bogdanovic@uab.cat |
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INTIMATE
INTIMATE: is an open palaeoclimate research community studying the integration of marine, terrestrial and ice core records. Its activities cover a wide range of topics and formats.
The INTIMATE-WP4 database is designed for the age-modelling and chronological correlation of palaeoenvironmental sequences
INTIMATE developers
| Prof. Dr.
Christopher Ramsey Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art (University of Oxford) Director of the Research Laboratory, Director of Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit. Professor of Archaeological Science. Leader of the INTIMATE project. Email: christopher.ramsey@rlaha.ox.ac.uk |
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| Prof. Dr. Christine
S Lane Department of Geography (University of Cambridge) Palaeoclimate researcher. Email: christine.lane@geog.cam.ac.uk |
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IRPA/KIK
IRPA/KIK: Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage Web-Based Radiocarbon Database (site under construction)
The database contains thousands of radiocarbon and and stable isotope results, and new data is introduced at regular intervals, with an embargo of at least 2 yrs maintained between the delivery of the report to the submitterand the introduction of the results in the database. Data obtained from the IRPA/KIK database should be cited as: Van Strydonck M, De Roock E, 2011, Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage Web-Based Radiocarbon Database, Radiocarbon Vol 53, No 2, 367-370.
Database developers and maintainers
| Dr. Mathieu Boudin KIK-IRPA (Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage) Head of radiocarbon laboratory. Email: mathieu.boudin@kikirpa.be |
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| Prof. Dr. Mark Van
Strydonck KIK-IRPA (Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage) Chemical engineer, former head of radiocarbon laboratory. Email: mark.vanstrydonck@kikirpa.be |
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| Edwin De Roock KIK-IRPA (Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage) IT Project Manager / Software engineer |
LWCD
LWCD: Leaf wax (C and H) and cellulose (O) Database is develloped by an active research group that focuses on employing compound-specific and position-specific H/C/O isotope signals at natural abundance level to understand plant metabolism and physiology. This research is leading to the development of an isotope database for leaf lipids, amino acids and -cellulose and soluble sugars. Currently the database is composed of carbon and hidrogen isotope data for lipids synthesized via three independent biosynthetic pathways for over 100 species of tropical grasses and 6 species of controlled grown plants and oxygen isotope data from cellulose for more than 200 species across temperate, subtropical and tropic zones.
Contact for LWCD
| Dr. Youping Zhou Group leader of Isotopomics in Chemical Biology at the School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, P.R. China. Specializing in employing compound-specific and position-specific H/C/O isotope signals at natural abundance level to understand plant metabolism and physiology. Email: youping.zhou@sust.edu.cn |
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LiVES
Emmy-Noether group LiVES, Institute for Prehistoric Archaeology (Freie Universität Berlin)
Data obtained from LiVES should be cited as: Alisa Scheibner, Prähistorische Ernährung in Vorderasien und Europa. Eine kulturgeschichtliche Synthese auf der Basis ausgewählter Quellen. Schriften zum Lebensstandard in der Vorgeschichte 1; Berliner Archäologische Forschungen 16 (Leidorf: Rahden 2016).
Developers of LiVES isotope database
| Dr.
Eva
Rosenstock Emmy-Noether group LiVES, Institute for Prehistoric Archaeology (Freie Universität Berlin) Archaeologist utilizing large samples of proxy data (body height, isotopes, etc.) to enlighten prehistoric living conditions Email: e.rosenstock@fu-berlin.de |
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| Alisa
Scheibner Emmy-Noether group LiVES, Institute of Prehistoric Archaeology (Freie Universität Berlin) Archaeologist utilizing large samples of paleodietary data (stable isotopes, animal bones, residue analyses, diet-related pathologies, etc.) to analyze and compare prehistoric dietary habits. Email: ascheibner@campus.fu-berlin.de |
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Neotoma
Faunal Isotopes Database, Neotoma: Neotoma covers the Pliocene-Quaternary part of the geologic record, the time during which humans evolved and during which modern ecosystems developed.
Neotoma’s centralized structure facilitates interdisciplinary, multiproxy analyses and common tool development; discipline-specific data can also be easily accessed. Data currently include North American Pollen (NAPD) and fossil mammals (FAUNMAP) as well as other proxies (plant macrofossils, beetles, ostracodes, diatoms, etc.) and geographic areas (Europe, Latin America, etc.). Data are derived from sites from the last 5 million years. The Faunal Isotope Database was recently added to Neotoma and contains specimen-level isotopic data from a variety of vertebrate and invertebrate remains.
Any use of data from Neotoma should cite the original publications whenever possible and also acknowledge the Neotoma database. Example: “Data were obtained from the Neotoma Paleoecology Database (http://www.neotomadb.org), and the work of the data contributors and the Neotoma community is gratefully acknowledged." Normal ethics and standards of co-authorship apply. See Neotoma’s data-use policy for further details. (hyperlink for data use policy: https://www.neotomadb.org/data/category/use
Contact
| Dr. Suzanne E.
Pilaar Birch University of Georgia Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology and Department of Geography Email: sepbirch@uga.edu |
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Northern Hemisphere Modern leaf wax δDn-alkane database
Northern Hemisphere Modern leaf wax δDn-alkane database consists of 561 modern higher plants (213 species) sampled from 81 sites across the Northern Hemisphere. Further reading: Liu, J., W. Liu, Z. An, and H. Yang. 2016. Different hydrogen isotope fractionations during lipid formation in higher plants: Implications for paleohydrology reconstruction at a global scale. Scientific Reports 6:19711.
Developers of Northern Hemisphere Modern leaf wax δDn-alkane database
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Weiguo Liu Institute of Earth Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, IEE, CAS, Xi’an 710075, China Stable Isotope Biogeochemist specializing in developing and applying new biomarker isotope methods and techniques to reconstruct changes in paleoenvironment, paleovegetation and paleoclimate. Email: liuwg@loess.llqg.ac.cn |
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| Dr.
Zheng Wang Institute of Earth Environment CAS and the State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology. Isotope organic geochemist specializing in using biomarkers and hydrogen isotope to reconstruct past climate and environment changes. Email: angz@ieecas.cn |
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PRIMDAT/HOMDAT
We are an active research Group that focuses on the application of stable isotope methods to questions of past hominin (including human) and faunal diet, ecology, and environment.
These practical applications alongside data mining from the existing literature are leading to the development and publication of databases collating modern and fossil primate stable isotope measurements from around the world (PRIMDAT) and pre-Holocene hominin and human stable isotope measurements, primarily from Africa and the tropics (HOMDAT).
Developers of PRIMAT and HOMDAT isotope databases
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Patrick Roberts Group Leader of the Stable Isotope Laboratory at the Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History Archaeological scientist specializing in stable isotope applications to past human and hominin diet and ecology. Email: roberts@shh.mpg.de |
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| Dr.
Jana Zech Laboratory Manager of the Stable Isotope Laboratory at the Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History Geologist specialisaing in compound specific stable isotope analysis of natural and anthropogenic sediments. Email: zech@shh.mpg.de |
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OASIS and δIANA
OASIS (Open-Acess storage for northern isotopic data) is a portal to public databases maintained by Laboratory of Chronology at the Finnish Museum of Natural History - LUOMUS, University of Helsinki. It includes δIANA
Data obtained from δIANA should be cited as: Etu-Sihvola H, Arppe L, Junno A, Uusitalo J and Oinonen M 2015. Dietary isotopic baseline for the ancient north. www.oasisnorth.org/deltaiana. Article in preparation.
Data obtained from OASIS should be cited as: Junno A, Uusitalo J and Oinonen M 2015. Radiocarbon dates of Helsinki University. www.oasisnorth.org/carhu. Article in preparation.
OASIS and δIANA developers (Dietary Isotopic baseline for the Ancient North). A database for North(east) European plant and animal stable isotope values (with focus on the Nordic and Baltic countries, Russia, northern Poland and Germany).
| Dr. Markku Oinonen Laboratory of Chronology, Finnish Museum of Natural History (University of Helsinki) Physicist specializing in research in chronological methods within archaeology, environmental sciences, geology and industry. Email: markku.j.oinonen@helsinki.fi |
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| Dr. Laura Arppe Laboratory of Chronology, Finnish Museum of Natural History (University of Helsinki) Isotope geochemist specializing in palaeoenvironmental research Email: laura.arppe@helsinki.fi |
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| PhD candidate Heli
Etu-Sihvola Laboratory of Chronology, Finnish Museum of Natural History (University of Helsinki), Department of Archaeology (University of Turku) Archaeologist specializing in stable isotope analysis and Quaternary geology, dIANA isotope database administrator Email: heli.etu-sihvola@helsinki.fi |
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| PhD
candidate Joonas
Uusitalo Laboratory of Chronology, Finnish Museum of Natural History (University of Helsinki), Department of Physics (University of Helsinki) Astronomer specializing in multi-proxy time-series analysis, OASISnorth.org database and website administrator Email: joonas.uusitalo@helsinki.fi |
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| PhD
candidate Aripekka
Junno Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Laboratory of Chronology, Finnish Museum of Natural History (University of Helsinki), Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art studies (University of Helsinki) Archaeologist specializing in archaeoinformatics, radiocarbon dating and palaeogenetics Email: aripekka.junno@helsinki.fi |
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ORAU database
ORAU: Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit radiocarbon database.
Contact for the ORAU database
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Dr. Christopher Ramsey Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art (University of Oxford) Director of the Research Laboratory, Director of Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit. Professor of Archaeological Science. Email: christopher.ramsey@arch.ox.ac.uk |
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Radiocarbon Palaeolithic Europe Database
RPED: Radiocarbon Palaeolithic Europe Database v20 is a database of conventional 14C, AMS 14C, TL, OSL, ESR, Th/U and AAR data. RPED is also part of CARD.
Data obtained from RPED should be cited as: Vermeersch, P.M., 2016. Radiocarbon Palaeolithic Europe Database, Version 20. Available at: http://ees.kuleuven.be/geography/projects/14c-palaeolithic/index.html
Contact for the RPED database
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Pierre M. Vermeersch Prehistoric Archaeology Unit, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Leuven - KU Leuven Emeritus Professor of Palaeolithic Archaeology Email: pierre.vermeersch@kuleuven.be |
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RADON & RADON-B
Radon (Central European and Scandinavian database of radiocarbon dates for the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age) and Radon-B (Database for European radiocarbon dates for the Bronze and Early Iron Age)
Radon is a database of radiocarbon dates for the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age in central Europe and Scandinavia. Data obtained from Radon-B should be cited as: Martin Hinz, Martin Furholt, Johannes Müller, Dirk Raetzel-Fabian, Christoph Rinne, Karl-Göran Sjögren, Hans-Peter Wotzka, RADON - Radiocarbon dates online 2012. Central European database of 14C dates for the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age. www.jungsteinsite.de, 2012, 1-4.
Radon-B provides a quick overview of radiocarbon dates from Europe. The time frame was limited to the Bronze and Early Iron Ages and covers the period from 2300 BC to 500 BC. Data obtained from Radon-B should be cited as: Kneisel et al. 2013: Jutta Kneisel/Martin Hinz/Christoph Rinne, Radon-B. In: http://radon-b.ufg.uni-kiel.de.
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has been developed by:
Dirk Raetzel-Fabian Martin Furholt Martin Hinz (email: martin.hinz@ufg.uni-kiel.de) Johannes Müller Christoph Rinne (email: crinne@ufg.uni-kiel.de) Karl-Göran Sjögren Hans-Peter Wotzka |
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| Radon-B has been
developed by: Martin Hinz (email: martin.hinz@ufg.uni-kiel.de) Jutta Kneisel (email: jutta.kneisel@ufg.uni-kiel.de) Nina Krischke Johannes Müller Christoph Rinne (email: crinne@ufg.uni-kiel.de) Marcel Rodens Helle Vandkilde |
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NZRD
NZRD: New Zealand Radiocarbon Database
The New Zealand Radiocarbon Database contains radiocarbon determinations and associated information for almost 3000 dates obtained from archaeological sites in this country over the past 40 years from New Zealand archaeological sites. The NZRD was a joint initiative between the NZ Department of Conservation, The Waikato Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory and the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Ltd.
Contact for NZRD:
| Dr.
Fiona
Petchey Waikato Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory (University of Waikato) Senior Research Fellow Email: fiona.petchey@waikato.ac.nz |
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SWVID
SWVID: Stable Water Vapor Isotope Database
Hosted by Yale University and sponsored by the U. S. National Science Foundation, the Stable Water Vapor Isotope Database (SWVID) website archives high-frequency vapor isotope data collected with instruments based on infrared isotopic spectroscopy. The goal of this centralized data depository is to facilitate investigation that transcends disciplinary and geographic boundaries.
Contact for SWVID:
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Xuhui
Lee Sara Shallenberger Brown Professor of Meteorology Director, Yale Center for Earth Observation Editor-in-Chief, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Yale University Email: xuhui.lee@yale.edu |
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