Belfast Tree Ring Chronology for Paleoclimate Reconstruction

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives the Baillie Belfast QUSP tree-ring chronology from the ITRDB BRIT6 site. The dataset provides tree-ring parameters for climate reconstruction, covering the period from 301 to -20 calendar years before present. This study is maintained by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using the tree-ring width series.
• Calibrate radiocarbon dating curves by cross-referencing the dated tree-ring chronology.
• Analyze climate variability and extreme events from the calibrated year-by-year growth indices.
• Compare this Northern European tree-ring series with other global proxy records for hemispheric climate patterns.

Strengths

• Time series covers 321 years of calibrated tree-ring data.
• Data is part of the authoritative International Tree-Ring Data Bank (ITRDB) collection.

Limitations

• Sample size and replication depth for each year are unknown from the description.
• The dataset's last update date is listed as 1970, indicating potentially stale metadata.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

301 to -20 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

United Kingdom, British Isles.