Torrey Pine Tree Ring Chronology from California State Reserve

Tree ring data from the Torrey Pine State Reserve in California provides a chronology spanning from 123 to -44 calendar years before present (BP). The dataset is archived by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology and was last updated in 1994.

Use Cases

• Analyzing annual tree ring width variations to reconstruct past climate conditions like precipitation or temperature.
• Calibrating the chronology against known historical events using the calendar years before present (BP) time scale.
• Comparing this site-specific tree ring series with other regional chronologies to study localized environmental effects.

Strengths

• Time series covers a specific period of 167 calendar years.
• Data originates from a specific, documented location: Torrey Pine State Reserve, California.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1994.
• The exact number of samples, measurement parameters, and data structure are unknown.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis.

Time Range

123 to -44 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1994-01-01

Geography

Torrey Pine State Reserve, California, United States.