Tree ring width data from the Joyce Kilmer Wilderness in North Carolina provides a paleoclimate record. The chronology covers 342 years, from 309 to -33 calendar years before present. This archived study was contributed by Cook and is maintained by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past climate conditions like temperature or precipitation from annual tree ring width measurements.
- Calibrate the tree ring chronology against known climate events using its 342-year time range.
- Analyze growth patterns in the Joyce Kilmer Wilderness location for ecological history studies.
- Compare this North Carolina chronology with other tree ring datasets to assess regional climate signals.
Strengths
- 342-year chronology provides a multi-century climate record.
- Data is archived and maintained by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, with a last recorded update in 1983.
- The single geographic location limits broad spatial analysis.
- Unknown sample size and replication depth for the tree ring series.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).
- Time Range
- 309 to -33 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
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- Geography
- Joyce Kilmer Wilderness, North Carolina, United States.