206-year tree ring chronology from the Abbey Gatehouse and Number 1 The Square sites in the United Kingdom. The dataset is archived by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology and originates from the ITRDB BRIT074 study. It covers the period from 624 to 418 calendar years before present.
Use Cases
- Calibrating radiocarbon dates by cross-referencing tree ring widths with known calendar years.
- Reconstructing past temperature or precipitation anomalies from annual tree ring width measurements.
- Analyzing growth response patterns to historical climate events within the 206-year chronology.
Strengths
- 206-year continuous chronology providing a multi-century environmental record.
- Data is curated and archived by NOAA's authoritative World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Limitations
- Limited geographic scope to two specific sites in the United Kingdom.
- Temporal coverage is relatively short for some paleoclimate studies at 206 years.
- Sample size and replication details for the tree ring series are unknown.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).
- Time Range
- 624 to 418 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- United Kingdom, British Isles.