Dinnebito Wash Tree Ring Chronology from Arizona

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives a tree ring chronology from the Dinnebito Wash site in Arizona. The data covers a 501-year period from 480 to -21 calendar years before present. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) maintains this paleoclimate study.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past climate conditions like precipitation or temperature using tree ring width measurements.
• Calibrate radiocarbon dating models by aligning tree ring sequences with known calendar years.
• Analyze long-term ecological responses to climate change in semi-arid regions using the dated chronology.
• Validate regional climate model simulations against proxy data from the 501-year record.

Strengths

• Covers a 501-year time series from 480 to -21 calendar years BP.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA/NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Temporal coverage ends 21 years before present (1950 CE), lacking recent decades.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single site (Dinnebito Wash, Arizona).

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

480 to -21 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Dinnebito Wash, Arizona, United States of America.