NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology provides fire history data derived from tree rings at Lake Duparquet mesic mainland sites in Quebec, Canada. The dataset covers a time period from 377 to -35 calendar years before present (BP). It is archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct fire frequency and return intervals over centuries using the fire history chronology.
- Analyze correlations between fire events and climatic periods using the calendar years before present (BP) timeline.
- Model historical forest disturbance patterns in Quebec using the site-specific fire history parameters.
Strengths
- Time series covers 412 calendar years (from 377 to -35 BP).
- Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.
Limitations
- Dataset is temporally stale, with a last update date of 1985.
- Specific sample size (row count) and measurement parameters are unknown from the description.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) / World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Data derived from tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) at study sites.
- Time Range
- From 377 to -35 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Lake Duparquet mesic mainland sites, Quebec, Canada.