West Virginia tree ring data from the Mallow Church site, covering 364 to 156 calendar years before present. The dataset is archived by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology as a Tree Ring study. The record was last updated in the NOAA system in 1794.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using annual tree ring width measurements.
- Calibrate climate models by comparing the tree ring chronology with other regional proxy records.
- Analyze growth patterns to identify extreme climatic events, such as droughts, within the recorded time span.
- Study the sensitivity of tree species in West Virginia to climate forcing over a multi-century period.
Strengths
- Time series covers a 208-year period (364 to 156 BP).
- Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Limitations
- Sample size and replication depth are unknown, potentially limiting statistical confidence.
- The temporal coverage ends over 150 years before present, lacking modern calibration.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).
- Time Range
- 364 to 156 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Mallow Church site, West Virginia, United States.