Loon Lake Tree Ring Chronology for Michigan Climate

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives a tree-ring chronology from Loon Lake, Michigan. The dataset provides a proxy climate record covering 413 years, from 380 to -33 calendar years before present. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) published this data, with a last update recorded in 1983.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using the tree-ring width index as a proxy.
• Calibrate climate models by comparing the tree-ring chronology against known historical climate periods.
• Analyze growth patterns in the tree-ring series to identify periods of environmental stress or favorable conditions.
• Study regional climate synchrony by comparing the Loon Lake chronology with other North American tree-ring records.

Strengths

• Time series covers a 413-year period (380 to -33 BP).
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Limitations

• Dataset is temporally stale, with a last update date of 1983.
• Geographic coverage is limited to a single site (Loon Lake, Michigan).
• Sample size and replication depth for the tree-ring series are unknown from the provided metadata.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

380 to -33 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Loon Lake, Michigan, United States of America.