Gridded Pollen Percentages used in creation of maps shown in Figures 2, 3, GIF-animations. Number of Variables: 83 All variables are space-delimited VARNAME VAR# COMMENTS Row 01 RowID for gridpoint Column 02 ColumnID for gridpoint AgeCon 03 Age of pollen data AgeTarg 04 Age of basemap to which data is interpolated C-space 05 # of spatial dimensions to search window (effectively a dummy field; should always=3: X,Y,elev) Npoints 06 # of points in search window placed around grid center WinDist 07 Weighted sum of distances between all pollen sites within search window and grid center X 08 Albers X (Projection: Albers equal area; parallels 33.33°N, 66.66°N; center=70°N,100°W; Radius=1) Y 09 Albers Y (Projection: Albers equal area; parallels 33.33°N, 66.66°N; center=70°N,100°W; Radius=1) Elev 10 Elevation (m) ChrnErr 11 Chronology Error or Rank -- See Williams et al. 2003 Ecol. Mon. for more information PolErr 12 Pollen Error or Rank-- See Williams et al. 2003 Ecol. Mon. for more information Abies 13 ** Percent pollen abundance (relative to these 61 pollen types) Acer 14 ** Summary pollen variables (TPinus, TPicea, PForbs, PForbsAmb) Alnus 15 ** not included in pollen sum Ambros 16 see lines 13-15 Apiaec 17 see lines 13-15 Aquifo 18 see lines 13-15 Artemi 19 see lines 13-15 Astera 20 see lines 13-15 Betula 21 see lines 13-15 Brasen 22 see lines 13-15 Carya 23 see lines 13-15 Caryop 24 see lines 13-15 Castan 25 see lines 13-15 Ceanot 26 see lines 13-15 Celtis 27 see lines 13-15 Cephal 28 see lines 13-15 Cercoc 29 see lines 13-15 CheAma 30 see lines 13-15 Clethr 31 see lines 13-15 Corylu 32 see lines 13-15 CupTax 33 see lines 13-15 Cypera 34 see lines 13-15 Dry-t 35 see lines 13-15 Empetr 36 see lines 13-15 Ephedr 37 see lines 13-15 Ericac 38 see lines 13-15 Eriogo 39 see lines 13-15 Euphor 40 see lines 13-15 Fabace 41 see lines 13-15 Fagus 42 see lines 13-15 Fraxiu 43 see lines 13-15 Juglan 44 see lines 13-15 LarTsu 45 see lines 13-15 LiqAmb 46 see lines 13-15 Mim 47 see lines 13-15 Myrica 48 see lines 13-15 Nyssa 49 see lines 13-15 Ostrya 50 see lines 13-15 OxyDig 51 see lines 13-15 PForbs 52 see lines 13-15 PForbsAm 53 see lines 13-15 TPicea 54 see lines 13-15 Pic_gl 55 see lines 13-15 Pic_ma 56 see lines 13-15 PiceaUd 57 see lines 13-15 TPinus 58 see lines 13-15 Pin.St 59 see lines 13-15 PinusUd 60 see lines 13-15 Platan 61 see lines 13-15 Poacea 62 see lines 13-15 Populu 63 see lines 13-15 Quercu 64 see lines 13-15 Ranumc 65 see lines 13-15 Rubiac 66 see lines 13-15 Salix 67 see lines 13-15 SarVer 68 see lines 13-15 Saxifr 69 see lines 13-15 Selagi 70 see lines 13-15 SheCan 71 see lines 13-15 Sphaer 72 see lines 13-15 Taxodi 73 see lines 13-15 Thu 74 see lines 13-15 Tilia 75 see lines 13-15 Tsuga 76 see lines 13-15 Ulmus 77 see lines 13-15 SpAsBi 78 Spruce>20%, Ash>6%, Birch>10% **Vars 78-83 are composite indices SpSePi 79 Spruce>20%, Sedge>5%, Pine>20% **used to create multi-taxon maps HiOaEl 80 Hickory>5%, Oak>20%, Elm>5% **0=none, 1=only taxon 3, 2=only taxon 2 HeBePi 81 Hemlock>10%, Beech>5%, Pine>30% **2=taxa 2+3, 3=only taxon 1, 4=taxa 1+3 HeFiDF 82 Hemlock>10%, Fir>1%, Douglas Fir>1% **5=taxa 1+2, 6=all taxa PFOaSp 83 Prairie Forbs>5%, Oak>20%, Spruce>20%