Lake Duparquet Island Fire History Reconstruction From Tree Rings

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives fire history data derived from tree rings at Lake Duparquet Island in Quebec, Canada. The dataset covers a time period from 326 to -34 calendar years before present (BP). It is maintained by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing fire event chronology using tree-ring fire scar data.
• Analyzing fire frequency and return intervals over a 360-year period.
• Correlating fire history parameters with regional paleoclimate proxy records.
• Modeling long-term ecosystem disturbance dynamics in the Quebec boreal forest.

Strengths

• Covers a specific 360-year time period (326 to -34 BP).
• Focuses on a single, well-defined geographic location (Lake Duparquet Island, Quebec).
• Data is archived by the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1984.
• The specific row count, column names, and sample size are unknown.
• Geographic scope is limited to one island site in Canada.

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.

Time Range

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

Freshness

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Geography

Lake Duparquet Island, Quebec, Canada.