Tree-ring fire history data reconstructs past fire events at Archuleta Mesa Plot D3 in Colorado. The coverage spans from 450 to -52 calendar years before present. The dataset was archived by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information and last updated in 2002.
Use Cases
- Analyze fire frequency and return intervals using the fire history parameter.
- Correlate fire events with climatic periods using the calendar years before present time series.
- Map historical fire locations in Colorado using the geographic location parameter.
Strengths
- Time coverage spans 502 calendar years.
- Data originates from NOAA NCEI, an authoritative environmental agency.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, last updated in 2002.
- Specific row count, column names, and sample size are unknown.
- Geographic coverage is limited to a single plot in Colorado.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree-ring analysis.
- Time Range
- 450 to -52 calendar years before present.
- Freshness
- 2002-01-01
- Geography
- Archuleta Mesa Plot D3, Colorado, United States.