Holocene Summer and Winter Temperature Reconstructions from Carpathian Mountain Pollen

736 samples provide mean summer and winter temperature deviations from the Holocene mean, reconstructed from fossil pollen records at five sites in the Carpathian Mountains. The dataset offers an average temporal resolution of 16.3 years over the last 12,000 years. It was created by Jon Camuera and published in 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term climate trends based on the 12,000-year temperature anomaly series.
• Compare seasonal climate variability based on reconstructed summer and winter temperature deviations.
• Validate climate models using the high-resolution (16.3-year average) paleoclimate proxy data.
• Study regional climate patterns based on data merged from five specific Carpathian Mountain sites.

Strengths

• Contains 736 chronologically ordered samples with associated ages and temperature deviations.
• Covers a 12,000-year time span with an average temporal resolution of 16.3 years.
• Integrates data from five distinct fossil pollen record sites in the Carpathian Mountains.
• Uses a specific, documented reconstruction method (WA-PLS regression model).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the five specific Carpathian sites.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Jon Camuera.

Collection Method

Quantitative reconstructions generated using a transfer-function approach based on the Weighted Averaging-Partial Least Squares (WA-PLS) regression model applied to fossil pollen records.

Time Range

Covers the last 12,000 years (Holocene epoch).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 08:18:50; freshness should be verified.

Geography

East-Central Europe, specifically the Carpathian Mountains, including sites Hypkaňa, Steregoiu, Mohos, Sfânta Ana, and Avrig.