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    • IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) Observed Climate Change Impacts Database

    Metadata Updated: December 7, 2023

    The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) Observed Climate Change Impacts Database contains observed responses to climate change across a wide range of systems as well as regions. These data were taken from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report and Rosenzweig et al. (2008). It consists of responses in the the physical, terrestrial biological systems and marine-ecosystems. The observations that were selected include data that demonstrate a statistically significant trend in change in either direction in systems related to temperature or other climate change variable, and the is for at least 20 years between 1970 and 2004, although study periods may extend earlier or later. For each observation, the data series is described in terms of system, region, longitude and latitude, dates and duration, statistical significance, type of impact, and whether or not land use was identified as a driving factor. System changes are taken from ~80 studies (of which ~75 are new since the IPCC Third Assessment Report) containing more than 29,500 data series. Observations in the database are characterized as a "change consistent with warming" or a "change not consistent with warming", based on information from the underlying studies.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4N29TWJ
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4RV0KMH
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4HD7SKJ
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H41C1TT4
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4WM1BB7
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4XG9P2R
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4FT8J0X

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023
    Publisher SEDAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C179002027-SEDAC
    Data First Published 2008-12-31
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2008-12-31
    Category IPCC, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation Rosenzweig, C., P. Neofotis, M. Vicarelii, and X. Xing. 2008-12-31. IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) Observed Climate Change Impacts Database. Version 1.00. Palisades, NY. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4542KJV. https://doi.org/10.7927/H4542KJV.
    Creator Rosenzweig, C., P. Neofotis, M. Vicarelii, and X. Xing
    Graphic Preview Description Sample browse graphic of the data set.
    Graphic Preview File https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/downloads/maps/ipcc/ipcc-ar5-observed-climate-impacts-v2-01/sedac-logo.jpg
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    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.7927/H4542KJV
    Metadata Type geospatial
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    Program Code 026:001
    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.7927/H4N29TWJ, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4RV0KMH, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4HD7SKJ, https://doi.org/10.7927/H41C1TT4, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4WM1BB7, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4XG9P2R, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4FT8J0X
    Release Place Palisades, NY
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash bb149c218977592613cd5bd8a8d2aa01ee9cf51c6c27f0c28fa6504f85af8a9a
    Source Schema Version 1.1
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    Temporal 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z/2014-12-31T00:00:00Z

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