A tree-ring chronology from Switzerland, Western Europe, covering the period from 180 to -46 calendar years before present. The dataset is archived by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology and was last updated in 1996.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past climate variables like temperature or precipitation using annual tree-ring width measurements.
- Calibrate radiocarbon dating or other chronological methods by aligning the tree-ring sequence with known dates.
- Analyze the frequency and severity of environmental stressors, such as droughts, recorded in the ring-width series.
Strengths
- Chronology spans 226 years (180 to -46 BP), providing a multi-century environmental record.
- Data originates from NOAA's authoritative World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Limitations
- Temporal coverage ends at -46 BP (46 BCE), lacking data for more recent centuries.
- Data was last updated in 1996, potentially missing modern methodological refinements or metadata.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).
- Time Range
- 180 to -46 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Switzerland, Western Europe.