Swiss Tree Ring Chronology from 159 to -48 BP

Tree ring width chronology data from the Alptal region in Switzerland, Western Europe. The time series covers 207 years from 159 to -48 calendar years before present. The dataset was archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information and last updated in 1998.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past climate conditions like temperature or precipitation using tree ring width series.
• Calibrate and validate climate models for the Alpine region with proxy tree ring data.
• Analyze long-term ecological growth patterns from the tree ring chronology.
• Perform cross-dating of archaeological wood samples from Switzerland using this master chronology.

Strengths

• 207-year time series of tree ring data.
• Geographically specific to the Alptal region in Switzerland.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1998.
• Limited geographic scope to a single region in Switzerland.
• Unknown sample size and replication depth for the chronology.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

159 to -48 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Alptal, Switzerland, Western Europe.