Altai Mountain Tree Ring Chronology From 532 to -49 BP

NOAA NCEI archives a tree-ring chronology from the Altai region of Russia, Eastern Europe. The data provides paleoclimate parameters covering a period from 532 to -49 calendar years before present. This dataset was published by the NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology and was last updated in 1999.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies from tree-ring width measurements.
• Calibrate climate models by comparing the tree-ring chronology with other proxy records for the same time period.
• Analyze the frequency of extreme climate events in the Altai region over a 581-year span.
• Study the response of tree growth to volcanic or other forcing events recorded in the chronology.

Strengths

• Covers a 581-year time span from 532 to -49 BP.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA/NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Temporal coverage ends 49 years before present, lacking recent centuries.
• Data was last updated in 1999, indicating potential staleness in metadata or methods.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single site in the Altai Mountains, Russia.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

532 to -49 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

Last updated 1999-01-01.

Geography

Altai region, Russia, Eastern Europe.