Concept information
Preferred term
PRISM
Definition
- The U.S. Geological Survey's PRISM (Pliocene Research Investigations Synoptic Mapping) Project is conducting multi-disciplinary research o paleoclimatic conditions during the middle Pliocene, the last period sustained warmth in Earth history. Mapped paleoclimatic data from th period will be used to validate numerical-model simulations of past climates, and will thus aid in the improvement of these models' abili to predict climates substantially different from that of today. Additionally, these data may provide insights into the nature of regional climatic patterns in a warmer-than-modern global climate and help determine the nature, amplitude, and timing of paleoclimatic variations within this warm period. (en)
Broader concept
- P - R (en)
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/d4d82a6b-35c4-449e-bc95-a5545be9a785
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