Tree ring data from Alger County, Michigan, spans 331 years from 298 to -33 calendar years before present. The dataset is archived by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology and was last updated in 1983.
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 298 to -33 BP.
- Analyze growth patterns to identify extreme climatic events like droughts or cold periods within the 331-year sequence.
Strengths
- Covers a 331-year time period from 298 to -33 BP.
- Archived by NOAA's authoritative World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1983.
- Geographic coverage is limited to a single county (Alger County, Michigan).
- The specific parameters and sample depth (row count) are unknown from the description.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).
- Time Range
- 298 to -33 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Alger County, Michigan, United States of America.