Tree ring data from the Beskid Mountains in Slovakia provides a paleoclimate record for Eastern Europe. The chronology covers a time period from 290 to 7 calendar years before present. This archived study is maintained by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under its World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies by analyzing tree ring width series.
- Calibrate climate models using the dated tree ring chronology as a proxy validation dataset.
- Study ecological responses to historical events by examining growth patterns within the time series.
Strengths
- Time series spans 283 years of continuous chronology from 290 to 7 BP.
- Data is archived and curated by the authoritative NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Limitations
- The dataset's sample size, number of cores or trees, is not specified.
- Temporal coverage ends at 7 BP, limiting analysis of the most recent two millennia.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).
- Time Range
- 290 to 7 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
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- Geography
- Beskid Mountains, Slovakia, Eastern Europe.