Tree Ring Chronology from Whangarei, New Zealand (384-239 BP)

Calendar years 384 to 239 before present (BP) of tree-ring width measurements from the Coutts Chemist Building site in Whangarei, New Zealand. This paleoclimatology dataset is part of the NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology archive, contributed by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past climate variables like temperature or precipitation by analyzing the annual growth patterns in the tree-ring width series.
• Calibrate radiocarbon dating or other chronological methods using the precisely dated tree-ring chronology.
• Study environmental history and forest growth dynamics in the Whangarei region over the 145-year period.

Strengths

• Provides a precisely dated chronology covering 145 calendar years (384-239 BP).
• Part of the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology archive.

Limitations

• Limited geographic scope to a single site (Coutts Chemist Building, Whangarei).
• Small temporal coverage of 145 years relative to other paleoclimate records.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

384 to 239 calendar years before present (BP).

Geography

Coutts Chemist Building, Whangarei, New Zealand.