Tree ring data from Switzerland, Western Europe, used for paleoclimate studies. The time period coverage spans from 36 to -45 calendar years before present. This archived study is provided by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under its World Data Service for Paleoclimatology and was last updated in 1995.
Use Cases
- Calibrating climate models by analyzing tree ring width variations over an 81-year period.
- Reconstructing past temperature or precipitation anomalies for Western Europe using the tree ring chronology.
- Studying environmental events by identifying marker years within the tree ring sequence.
Strengths
- Data covers an 81-year time period from 36 to -45 BP.
- Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Limitations
- Temporal coverage is limited to 81 years, which is short for long-term climate trend analysis.
- Data is geographically limited to a single location in Switzerland.
- The dataset was last updated in 1995 and may not reflect more recent scientific methods or corrections.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).
- Time Range
- 36 to -45 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- 1995-01-01
- Geography
- Switzerland, Western Europe.