Dendrochronological Studies of El Nino Events in Tropical South America

PESCA project 018 contains dendrochronological studies of El Nino events and other climatic variations in the tropical zone of South America. The project involves researchers from Canada and Peru with a total investment of US$26,600. It is provided by the SCIOPS organization via NASA's Earthdata platform.

Use Cases

• Analyzing tree-ring width and density time-series data to reconstruct historical El Nino event frequency and intensity.
• Correlating dendrochronological proxies with other climatic variation records for the tropical South American region.
• Using geospatial location data of tree samples to map climate sensitivity across the study zone.

Strengths

• Project involves international collaboration between Canada and Peru.
• Specific total project investment figure of US$26,600 is documented.

Limitations

• Unknown sample size, row count, and temporal coverage of the dendrochronological records.
• Specific data columns, file formats, and granular data structure are not provided.

Provenance

Source

SCIOPS organization, accessed via NASA Earthdata (PESCA project 018).

Collection Method

Dendrochronological studies (tree-ring analysis).

Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

Tropical zone of South America, with involvement from Peru.