Tree ring width measurements from Val Presanella, Italy, provide a 455-year chronology for climate reconstruction. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information archives this dataset for the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. The data was last updated in the NCEI archive in 2005.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using the tree ring width time-series.
- Calibrate climate models for the Southern European region with the 455-year proxy record.
- Analyze growth patterns in the Val Presanella chronology for extreme climate event detection.
- Correlate the Italian tree ring series with other regional paleoclimate proxies.
Strengths
- Covers a 455-year time period from 400 to -55 calendar years BP.
- Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Limitations
- Temporal coverage ends 55 years before 1950, limiting overlap with modern instrumental records.
- Data specific to a single geographic site (Val Presanella, Italy), reducing regional representativeness.
- Last update recorded in 2005, indicating potential staleness in metadata or availability.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) / World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).
- Time Range
- 400 to -55 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Val Presanella, Italy, Southern Europe.