Fire History Reconstruction From New Mexico Tree Rings

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Baisan fire data from Canon de Turrieta provides a fire history reconstruction based on tree-ring parameters. The dataset covers a time period from 400 to -43 calendar years before present. This archived study is maintained by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Analyze fire frequency and timing from tree-ring fire-scar records.
• Reconstruct historical climate-fire relationships using the fire history parameter.
• Calibrate regional fire models with data from the Canon de Turrieta location in New Mexico.

Strengths

• Time series spans 443 calendar years (400 to -43 BP).
• Data is curated and archived by the NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Dataset is temporally stale, last updated in 1993.
• Specific sample size, row count, and column details are unknown.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) for fire history.

Time Range

400 to -43 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1993-01-01

Geography

Canon de Turrieta, New Mexico, United States of America.