Coral and Sclerosponge

Coral data at the World Data Center consist of stable isotope and trace metal analyses from corals located around the globe. Corals serve as proxies of upper ocean environment, such as sea surface temperature and salinity, over the past several centuries.

Obtaining Data at the World Data Center

Search Datasets

• Coral and Sclerosponge Search Engine
  ​Search through coral and sclerosponge studies using Investigator, Title, Location Name, Parameters, and Latitude/Longitude Bounds.
• Interactive Map
  Select study locations by region, proximity to a point or, text-based attributes.
• Google Earth Map
  Locate and download coral and sclerosponge studies using a Google Earth map interface. Google Earth must be installed to use this search tool.
• Search All Paleoclimatology Data
  Access a free text search of our entire study archive.
• Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Catalog Service for the Web
  ​Harvest coral and sclerosponge study metadata records using an OGC web service.

Browse Datasets

• List of Coral Datasets by Title and Investigator
• List of Coral Datasets by Location Name
• Coral Datasets from Our FTP Site

Contributing Data

Investigators who wish to contribute their data to our Coral and Sclerosponge archive can find information on contributing below. Data and study description information can be contributed via the contribution form or by emailing your data to paleo@noaa.gov.

• General Information on Contributing Data
• Coral and Sclerosponge Data Contribution Form

Other Data Archives

Additional sources outside of NCDC for data and information on corals, sclerosponges, and climate science.

• Trieste 2008 Workshop Report on Coral Proxies