Italian Tree Ring Chronology From 240 to -58 BP

A 298-year tree-ring chronology from Val di Fumo, Italy, covering the period from 240 to -58 calendar years before present. The dataset, archived by NOAA NCEI's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology, is associated with the ITRDB ITAL041 series and was last updated in 2008.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past climate parameters like temperature or precipitation using tree-ring width data.
• Calibrate radiocarbon dating sequences using the established tree-ring chronology.
• Analyze long-term environmental changes in the Italian Alps region through tree-ring proxy data.

Strengths

• Covers a 298-year time period from 240 to -58 BP.
• Part of the authoritative International Tree-Ring Data Bank (ITRDB) as series ITAL041.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, last updated in 2008.
• Specific parameters, sample size, and measurement details are not provided in the description.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis.

Time Range

240 to -58 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

2008-01-01

Geography

Val di Fumo, Italy, Southern Europe.