New Zealand Tree Ring Chronology from Pitt Street

Tree ring data from Pitt Street, New Zealand, covers a period from 159 to 79 calendar years before present. The dataset is archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under its Paleoclimatology World Data Service. The associated study type is Tree Ring.

Use Cases

• Analyze tree ring width variations to infer past climate conditions like temperature or precipitation.
• Establish a local tree ring chronology for dating archaeological or geological events in New Zealand.
• Compare the Pitt Street tree ring series with other regional chronologies to study spatial climate variability.
• Calibrate radiocarbon or other dating methods using the precisely dated tree ring time series.

Strengths

• Data covers a continuous 80-year period (159 to 79 BP).
• Provided by the authoritative NOAA/NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• The exact number of tree ring samples, measurement parameters, and data rows is unknown.
• Geographic coverage is limited to a single location (Pitt Street) in New Zealand.
• The temporal coverage is relatively short (80 years) for long-term climate reconstruction.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis.

Time Range

159 to 79 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

New Zealand.