Lake Duparquet Fire History from Tree Rings (330 to -34 BP)

Fire history data from tree rings at Lake Duparquet Island in Quebec, Canada, covering 364 years from 330 to -34 calendar years before present. The dataset is archived by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology and was last updated in 1984.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct regional fire frequency and severity using tree-ring fire scar data.
• Analyze temporal patterns in fire events over a 364-year period before present.
• Correlate fire history data with other paleoclimate proxies for climate-vegetation-fire interaction studies.

Strengths

• Covers a 364-year time period (330 to -34 BP).
• Part of the authoritative NOAA/NCEI Paleoclimatology archive.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1984.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single island site in Quebec.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) for fire history.

Time Range

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

Freshness

1984-01-01

Geography

Lake Duparquet Island, Quebec, Canada.