Kyrgyzstan Tree-Ring Chronology from 111 to -45 BP

156-year tree-ring chronology from Kyrgyzstan in Southcentral Asia, providing paleoclimate data for the period 111 to -45 calendar years before present. The dataset is archived by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology and was last updated in 1995.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies in Central Asia using annual tree-ring width measurements.
• Calibrate climate models by comparing the 156-year chronology with other regional paleoclimate proxies.
• Analyze the frequency of extreme climatic events (e.g., droughts) within the time-series coverage from 111 to -45 BP.
• Study the response of tree species in Kyrgyzstan to climatic forcing over a multi-century pre-industrial period.

Strengths

• 156-year continuous chronology for a specific geographic region.
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA/NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Dataset is temporally stale, with a last update date of 1995.
• Limited geographic scope to a single site in Kyrgyzstan.
• Unknown sample size (number of tree cores) and measurement precision.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

111 to -45 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Kyrgyzstan, Southcentral Asia.