Tree ring data from the Rauchgrat site in Switzerland, Western Europe, provides a 223-year chronology from 178 to -45 calendar years before present. The dataset is archived by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology as part of their Tree Ring study collection. It was last updated in 1995.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using tree ring width series.
- Calibrate climate models by comparing the chronology with known historical climate events.
- Analyze growth response to environmental stressors documented in the metadata for the site.
Strengths
- 223-year continuous chronology provides a multi-century climate proxy.
- Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, with a last update date of 1995.
- Geographic coverage is limited to a single site in the Swiss Alps.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring sampling and measurement (dendrochronology).
- Time Range
- 178 to -45 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Rauchgrat site, Switzerland, Western Europe.