Custom Reconstructions

Welcome to the Presto Custom Reconstruction Engine (beta)


Each reconstruction method comes with a unique set of strengths and weaknesses. The table below provides useful summaries. For more in-depth analysis, links to the corresponding publications are also in the table.


  1. Choose a Reconstruction Method
  2. Provide your contact information to receive results
  3. Customize the Reconstruction Parameters using one of the following:
    • Web form: a browser window simplifies the editing process
    • Use defaults: just click go, run with the published parameter set
    • Manually upload parameters file (advanced): this option requires direct editing of the reconstruction yaml file
  4. Custom reconstruction computed by Presto Engine
  5. Results emailed to address provided
Reconstruction Name Time Interval Covered Proxies Models Methods Original Publication
Holocene DA 0-12,000 years BP Temperature 12k proxy database TraCE-21ka and a HadCM3 transient deglacial simulation Data assimilation Publication link
Temperature 12k Composites 0-12,000 years BP Temperature 12k proxy database N/A Standard calibrated composite (SCC) Publication link
GraphEM 0-2,000 years BP Pages 2k proxy database N/A Graphical Expectation Maximization (GraphEM) Publication link