A 438-year tree ring chronology from Jack's Canyon in Arizona, United States, covering the period from 416 to -22 calendar years before present. The dataset was archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under its World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. The record was last updated in the system in 1972.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past climate variables like precipitation or temperature using annual tree ring width measurements.
- Calibrate radiocarbon dating or other chronological methods using the dated tree ring series.
- Analyze long-term ecological trends and forest response to environmental stress in the Arizona region.
- Validate climate model simulations of the past millennium against proxy data from this chronology.
Strengths
- Covers a 438-year time period, providing a multi-century environmental record.
- Sourced from the authoritative NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Limitations
- Temporal coverage ends at -22 BP (1972 CE), lacking recent decades.
- Geographic scope is limited to a single site in Arizona, reducing regional representativeness.
- Specific measurement parameters, sample depth, and data quality metrics are not detailed in the provided description.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring data (dendrochronology) collected from the Jack's Canyon site.
- Time Range
- 416 to -22 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Jack's Canyon, Arizona, United States Of America.