Tree ring data from Himachal Pradesh, India spans 399 years, from 360 to -39 calendar years before present. The NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information archives this paleoclimatology study. The data was last updated in 1989.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct annual climate conditions like temperature or precipitation using tree-ring width or density parameters.
- Calibrate regional paleoclimate models by comparing this chronology with other proxy records from the Himalayas.
- Analyze long-term environmental stress events by examining anomalies in the tree-ring growth series.
- Validate climate proxy methods by assessing the correlation between this Indian tree-ring series and known historical climate periods.
Strengths
- Time coverage spans 399 calendar years.
- Data is archived by NOAA NCEI, an authoritative environmental data center.
Limitations
- Data recency is low, with last update in 1989.
- Specific parameters, sample size, and measurement details are unknown.
- Geographic coverage is limited to a single location in Himachal Pradesh.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).
- Time Range
- 360 to -39 calendar years BP.
- Freshness
- 1989-01-01
- Geography
- Himachal Pradesh, India.