Wizard Pond Tree Ring Chronology from Maine

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives a tree ring chronology from Wizard Pond, Maine. The data covers a 290-year period from 258 to -32 calendar years before present. This record was published by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information in 1982.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past climate variables like temperature or precipitation using the tree ring width series.
• Calibrate radiocarbon dates or other paleoenvironmental proxies using the dated tree ring chronology.
• Analyze forest growth responses to historical environmental events recorded in the ring parameters.

Strengths

• Covers a 290-year time period (258 to -32 BP)
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1982
• Specific sample size, measurement parameters, and potential biases 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

258 to -32 calendar years before present (BP)

Freshness

1982-01-01

Geography

Wizard Pond, Maine, United States of America