Indian Tree Ring Chronology from Himachal Pradesh

NOAA's Paleoclimatology archive provides a tree ring chronology from Himachal Pradesh, India. The data covers a period from 175 to -38 calendar years before present. It was archived by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information in 1988.

Use Cases

• Analyzing climate variability over centuries using tree-ring width or density parameters.
• Calibrating radiocarbon dating or other paleoclimate proxies with the tree-ring chronology.
• Studying historical environmental conditions in the Himalayan region from the tree-ring record.
• Reconstructing past temperature or precipitation anomalies from the dendrochronological data.

Strengths

• Data spans a significant historical period, from 175 to -38 years BP.
• Provided by the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1988.
• Specific parameters, row counts, and file formats are unknown.
• Geographic coverage is limited to a single site in Himachal Pradesh.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring data collection (dendrochronology).

Time Range

175 to -38 calendar years before present (BP).

Geography

Himachal Pradesh, India.