Snow Bowl San Francisco Peak Tree Ring Chronology

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives a tree ring chronology from the Snow Bowl San Francisco Peak site in Arizona. The data spans from 497 to -33 calendar years before present (BP), representing over 500 years of proxy climate records. The dataset was published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information in 1983.

Use Cases

• Analyze tree ring width variations over the 500-year chronology to infer past climatic conditions.
• Correlate the Snow Bowl chronology with other regional proxy records to reconstruct regional climate patterns.
• Use the dated tree ring series to calibrate or validate climate models for the Arizona region.
• Study the response of local tree species to climatic events recorded in the ring parameters.

Strengths

• Time series spans over 500 calendar years (497 to -33 BP).
• Data is archived by NOAA NCEI, a authoritative environmental data institution.

Limitations

• Dataset was last updated in 1983, making it temporally stale for contemporary climate studies.
• Specific parameters, sample size, and measurement details are unknown from the provided metadata.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring data collection and analysis.

Time Range

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

Freshness

1983-01-01

Geography

Snow Bowl San Francisco Peak, Arizona, United States.