Floe Lake Tree Ring Chronology From British Columbia

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives a tree ring chronology dataset from Floe Lake, British Columbia, Canada. The data covers a time period from 585 to -42 calendar years before present. It was published by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information in 1992.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using annual tree ring width measurements.
• Calibrate climate models by comparing the tree ring chronology with other proxy records for the period 585 to -42 BP.
• Analyze growth trends and extreme events captured in the ring width series for the British Columbia region.

Strengths

• Time series spans 627 calendar years of environmental record.
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Dataset is temporally stale, last updated in 1992.
• Specific sample size, measurement parameters, and file formats are not provided in the metadata.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

585 to -42 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Floe Lake, British Columbia, Canada.