327-year tree ring chronology from 302 to -25 calendar years before present, covering the Bear Creek site in Washington State. The dataset contains parameters related to tree ring growth and is archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information. Data was last updated in 1975.
Use Cases
- Analyze tree ring width parameters to reconstruct past climate conditions in Washington State.
- Correlate the chronology with other paleoclimate proxies using the documented time period.
- Study the growth response of Ponderosa Pine (PIPO) to environmental factors over a 327-year span.
- Validate climate models using the high-resolution temporal data from the Bear Creek site.
Strengths
- 327-year temporal coverage provides a long-term climate record.
- Data is curated and archived by NOAA's authoritative World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1975.
- Geographic coverage is limited to a single site (Bear Creek, Washington).
- Specific column names, sample data, and row counts are unknown, limiting initial analysis.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) / World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).
- Time Range
- 302 to -25 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Bear Creek, Washington, United States Of America.