Tree ring data from Volcan Mountain near Santa Ysabel Reservoir in California provide a chronology from 64 to -45 calendar years before present. The dataset is archived by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under its Paleoclimatology program. It was last updated in 1995.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past climate conditions using tree ring width or density measurements.
- Analyze growth patterns to infer local environmental stressors like drought.
- Calibrate the chronology against other regional paleoclimate proxies.
- Study the response of specific tree species to climatic events over a 109-year period.
Strengths
- Data covers a specific 109-year period (64 to -45 BP).
- Geographic location is precisely defined as Volcan Mountain, California.
Limitations
- Data is stale, last updated in 1995.
- Specific parameters, sample size, and measurement methods are unknown.
- The calendar year range includes negative values, requiring careful interpretation of the dating convention.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring analysis.
- Time Range
- 64 to -45 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
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- Geography
- Volcan Mountain, Santa Ysabel Reservoir, California, United States.