San Juan Hill Tree Ring Chronology For Climate Reconstruction

624 to -37 calendar years before present (BP) of tree ring data from a Washington, USA site, archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. The dataset is part of the NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology collection and is associated with a Tree Ring study type. It was last updated in 1987.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using annual tree ring width measurements.
• Calibrate climate models by comparing the tree ring chronology with instrumental records for overlapping periods.
• Analyze growth patterns in Pseudotsuga menziesii (PSME) trees to infer historical environmental stress events.
• Establish a dated chronology for the San Juan Hill site to support regional paleoclimate syntheses.

Strengths

• Covers a 661-year period (624 to -37 BP), providing a multi-century climate record.
• Part of the authoritative NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archive, ensuring standardized metadata.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last update date of 1987, potentially lacking modern reanalysis.
• Specific sample depth, measurement parameters, and data quality flags are unknown without accessing full metadata.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology) from Pseudotsuga menziesii (PSME) trees.

Time Range

624 to -37 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1987-01-01

Geography

San Juan Hill, Washington, United States Of America.