Fire History Reconstruction From Tree Rings At Continental Divide Saddle

505 calendar years of fire history data are reconstructed from tree-ring records at the Continental Divide Saddle site in New Mexico. The dataset, archived by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology, provides parameters related to fire events and dendrochronology. This study was published in 1992.

Use Cases

• Analyze fire_event_year and fire_scar_data to reconstruct the frequency and seasonality of historical wildfires.
• Correlate tree-ring_width_chronology with fire_history parameters to study climate drivers of fire activity.
• Model fire_return_intervals across the 505-year record to assess changes in ecosystem resilience.
• Validate regional paleoclimate models using site-specific fire_history and tree_ring proxies.

Strengths

• Covers a 505-year time period from 505 to -42 calendar years before present.
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Temporal coverage ends in 1992, making the data over three decades old.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single site (Continental Divide Saddle) in New Mexico.
• Specific row counts, column details, and sample sizes are unknown.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Data derived from tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) for fire history reconstruction.

Time Range

505 to -42 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Continental Divide Saddle, New Mexico, United States of America.