Donnegan Fire History from Tree Rings in Colorado

281 to -47 calendar years before present (BP) of fire history data derived from tree ring analysis at the RR Radio Tower site in Colorado, USA. The dataset is archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) under its World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. It was last updated in the NCEI system in 1997.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct fire event years and frequency using the tree-ring chronology time series.
• Analyze the relationship between fire occurrence and climatic periods indicated by the calendar years before present (BP).
• Calibrate regional fire history models for Colorado using the site-specific fire parameters.
• Study long-term ecological changes by correlating fire history data with other paleoenvironmental proxies.

Strengths

• Covers a long temporal range of 328 calendar years (281 to -47 BP).
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
• Provides site-specific data for a defined geographic location in Colorado, USA.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last recorded update in 1997.
• Specific sample size, row count, and measured parameters are unknown from the provided metadata.
• Geographic coverage is limited to a single site (RR Radio Tower), reducing regional generalizability.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Derived from tree ring analysis (dendrochronology) for fire history reconstruction.

Time Range

281 to -47 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1997-01-01

Geography

RR Radio Tower site, Colorado, United States Of America.