Powder River Pass Tree Ring Paleoclimate Data

Tree ring data from Powder River Pass, Wyoming spans 487 calendar years, from 454 to -33 years before present. The dataset is archived by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under their Paleoclimatology program. It was last updated in 1983.

Use Cases

• Analyzing annual tree ring width variations to reconstruct past climate conditions.
• Calibrating tree ring chronologies against other proxy records for the period 454 to -33 BP.
• Studying long-term environmental changes in Wyoming using the tree ring parameter data.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific 487-year period in calendar years before present.
• Provided by the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Limitations

• The dataset's last update was in 1983, indicating potential staleness.
• Specific column names, sample data, and row counts are unknown.
• Geographic coverage is limited to a single site in Wyoming.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis.

Time Range

454 to -33 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1983-01-01

Geography

Powder River Pass, Wyoming, United States Of America.