502-year fire chronology from Archuleta Mesa Plot B3 in Colorado, reconstructed from tree-ring data. The dataset was archived by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information and published in 2002.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct fire event dates from tree-ring fire scar parameters.
- Analyze fire frequency patterns over a 502-year period.
- Correlate fire history data with regional paleoclimate proxies.
- Model fire return intervals for the Archuleta Mesa area.
Strengths
- Time coverage spans 502 calendar years (450 to -52 BP).
- Data originates from NOAA NCEI, an authoritative environmental data center.
Limitations
- Data is from a single plot (B3), limiting spatial representativeness.
- Last update was in 2002, indicating potential staleness.
- Specific column names and sample data are unavailable for validation.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- null
- Time Range
- 450 to -52 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Archuleta Mesa Plot B3, Colorado, United States.