Modern pollen data for climate reconstructions, version 3 (SMPDS)

 

Description: 

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.

Link to dataset:

• Harrison, Sandy, Egbudom, Mary-Ann and Villegas-Diaz, Roberto (2025): The SPECIAL Modern Pollen Data Set for Climate Reconstructions, version 3 (SMPDSv3). University of Reading. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.17864/1947.001473
• Villegas-Diaz, Roberto and Harrison, Sandy (2022): The SPECIAL Modern Pollen Data Set for Climate Reconstructions, version 2 (SMPDSv2). University of Reading. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.17864/1947.000389
• Harrison, Sandy  (2019): Modern pollen data for climate reconstructions, version 1 (SMPDS). University of Reading. Dataset. http://dx.doi.org/10.17864/1947.194

References:

• Wei, D., González-Sampériz, P., Gil-Romera, G., Harrison, S. P., and Prentice, I. C., (in review, 2019). Climate changes in interior semi-arid Spain from the last interglacial to the late Holocene, Clim. Past Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-2019-16.