Vocabularies

LiPDverse controlled vocabularies

LiPDverse uses controlled vocabularies for several of the most important variables. These pages show the accepted terms, their definitions, synonyms and how they're linked with NOAA's PaST Thesaurus. This is an evolving process, and not every appropriate option is available. If you think we're missing a term, the process for adding entries to the controlled vocabulary is explained here.

archiveType

The physical medium in which the response of a proxy sensor to environmental forcing is recorded and upon which the proxy measurements were made.

interpretation_seasonality

The part of the year that proxy is sensitive to environmental or climatic conditions

interpretation_variable

The phenomenon that drove variability in this measured or inferred variable at the column level

paleoData_proxy

Physical, chemical, and/or biological systems or components that react to environmental or climatic conditions, and imprint onto the archive.

paleoData_proxyGeneral

A generalized grouping of paleoData_proxy

paleoData_units

The units of a measured or inferred variable at the column level.

paleoData_variableName

The name of a measured or inferred variable at the column level.