Mangawhero River Basin Tree Ring Chronology From 486 to -26 BP

New Zealand tree ring data from the Mangawhero River Basin provides a paleoclimate record. The chronology spans 512 years, from 486 to -26 calendar years before present. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information archived this study in 1976.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies by analyzing annual tree-ring width measurements.
• Calibrate radiocarbon dating scales using the precisely dated tree-ring chronology.
• Study climate forcing events like volcanic eruptions by identifying narrow ring years in the time series.
• Compare Southern Hemisphere climate proxies by aligning this New Zealand chronology with other regional records.

Strengths

• Time series covers a 512-year period from 486 to -26 BP.
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Dataset is temporally stale, with a last update recorded in 1976.
• Specific sample size, measurement parameters, and site details are not provided in the input.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

486 to -26 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Mangawhero River Basin, New Zealand.