Castle Coole Tree Ring Chronology from 242 to -34 BP

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives a tree-ring chronology from the Castle Coole site in the United Kingdom. The data provides a 276-year record of tree growth from 242 to -34 calendar years before present. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) published this study, last updated in 1984.

Use Cases

• Calibrating regional climate models using the tree-ring width time-series as a proxy for past temperature or precipitation.
• Cross-dating archaeological wood samples by matching patterns in the ring-width chronology.
• Analyzing growth anomalies in the ring series to identify volcanic or extreme climatic events.
• Extending the calibration of radiocarbon dating curves for the late Iron Age/Roman period in the British Isles.

Strengths

• Covers a continuous 276-year time period (242 to -34 BP).
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Temporal coverage is limited to a specific 276-year window.
• Data was last updated in 1984, potentially lacking modern reanalysis or metadata standards.
• Geographic scope is restricted to a single site (Castle Coole) in the United Kingdom.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring data collection (dendrochronology).

Time Range

242 to -34 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

Last updated in 1984.

Geography

Castle Coole, United Kingdom, British Isles.