New Mexico Fire History Reconstruction from Tree Rings

Tree-ring data from New Mexico reconstructs fire history over a 580-year period from 530 to -50 calendar years before present. The dataset is archived by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology and was last updated in the year 2000.

Use Cases

• Analyze fire frequency and return intervals using the calendar year before present (BP) time series.
• Correlate fire history parameters with other paleoclimate proxies for climate reconstruction.
• Model spatial patterns of historical fire activity using the geographic location data for New Mexico.
• Validate regional fire regime models by comparing reconstructed fire dates from tree-ring evidence.

Strengths

• Covers a 580-year time period from 530 to -50 BP.
• Data is curated and archived by NOAA's authoritative World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Temporal coverage ends 50 years before present, lacking modern fire records.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single location in New Mexico, USA.
• Dataset metadata indicates last update was in 2000, suggesting potential staleness.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Reconstructed from tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

530 to -50 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

New Mexico, United States Of America.