Colorado Ponderosa Pine Tree Ring Chronology from 590 to -48 BP

590 calendar years before present (BP) to -48 BP of tree ring data from Ponderosa Pine (PIPO) trees in Colorado, USA. The dataset is archived by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology and was last updated in 1998.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct annual precipitation or temperature variations using tree ring width measurements.
• Calibrate radiocarbon dating chronologies using the established tree ring time series.
• Analyze climate events like droughts by examining growth anomaly patterns in the ring sequences.
• Validate climate model simulations of past conditions against the proxy record from this site.

Strengths

• Time series spans 638 years (590 BP to -48 BP)
• Data originates from NOAA's authoritative paleoclimate archive

Limitations

• Data last updated in 1998, potentially lacking modern methodological refinements
• Geographic coverage is limited to a single site (Gotera Rincon, Colorado)
• Unknown sample size (number of tree cores analyzed)

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology) of Ponderosa Pine (PIPO)

Time Range

590 calendar years BP to -48 BP

Freshness

1998-01-01

Geography

Gotera Rincon, Colorado, United States Of America