Lake Duparquet Fire History from Tree Ring Data

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology provides fire history data from tree ring analysis for Lake Duparquet Island #17 in Quebec, Canada. The dataset covers a time period from 179 to -34 calendar years before present. The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) archived this study, which was last updated in 1984.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing fire frequency and return intervals using tree ring fire scar data.
• Analyzing the relationship between past fire events and climatic periods inferred from tree ring parameters.
• Calibrating regional fire history models for Quebec based on the Lake Duparquet site chronology.

Strengths

• Data spans over 200 years of fire history from 179 to -34 calendar years BP.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Limitations

• The dataset's last known update was in 1984, making it temporally stale.
• Specific sample size, row count, and data granularity 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 parameters.

Time Range

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

Freshness

1984-01-01

Geography

Lake Duparquet Island #17, Quebec, Canada.