Fire History Reconstruction from Gobbler Ridge Tree Rings

Tree-ring fire history data spans 545 years from 500 to -45 calendar years before present. The dataset is archived by NOAA NCEI's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology and was last updated in 1995. It provides parameters related to fire events in South Dakota.

Use Cases

• Analyze fire frequency and severity over time using the calendar years before present time-series.
• Correlate fire events with climatic periods using the fire history parameters.
• Reconstruct historical fire regimes in the South Dakota region using the geographic location data.
• Validate fire-scar based chronologies by comparing the tree-ring fire history parameters.

Strengths

• Time period coverage spans 545 calendar years.
• Data originates from NOAA NCEI, an authoritative environmental data center.
• Specific geographic location (South Dakota) is documented.

Limitations

• Data was last updated in 1995, indicating potential staleness.
• No row count or sample size information is available.
• Specific column names and data formats are unknown.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

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Time Range

500 to -45 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

South Dakota, United States Of America.