Brown Fire History from Archuleta Mesa Tree Rings

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives fire history data from tree rings at the Archuleta Mesa Plot AA05 site in Colorado, USA. The time series covers 502 calendar years, from 450 to -52 years before present. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) published this dataset in 2002.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing fire frequency and return intervals using tree-ring fire scar data.
• Analyzing the relationship between fire events and climatic periods indicated by tree-ring chronologies.
• Calibrating regional fire history models with a site-specific, multi-century record from Colorado.

Strengths

• Covers a 502-year time period (450 to -52 BP)
• Part of the authoritative NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archive

Limitations

• Dataset is over 20 years old, last updated in 2002
• Specific sample size, row count, and column details are unknown

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) for fire history parameters

Time Range

450 to -52 calendar years before present (BP)

Freshness

2002-01-01

Geography

Archuleta Mesa Plot AA05, Colorado, United States Of America