648-year tree ring chronology from Wolverine Pass, British Columbia, Canada, covering the period from 605 to -43 calendar years before present. The dataset is archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information under its Paleoclimatology World Data Service. The data was last updated in the NOAA system in 1993.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using the annual tree ring width series.
- Calibrate the chronology against known climate events within the 648-year time span.
- Analyze growth trends and extreme years (e.g., narrow rings for drought) within the time-series data.
- Compare this site chronology with other regional tree ring datasets to assess spatial climate patterns.
Strengths
- 648-year temporal coverage provides a long-term climate record.
- Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA NCEI Paleoclimatology program.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, with a last recorded update in 1993.
- Geographic coverage is limited to a single site in British Columbia.
- Specific measurement parameters and sample depth are unknown from the provided description.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).
- Time Range
- 605 to -43 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Wolverine Pass, British Columbia, Canada.