Everett Fire History Reconstruction from South Deep Tree Rings

240 calendar years of fire history data reconstructed from tree-ring analysis at the South Deep Aspect Polygon 15 site in Washington, USA. The dataset is archived by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology and was last updated in 1999. It contains parameters related to fire events and dendrochronology.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing fire event chronology using tree-ring fire scar data.
• Analyzing the relationship between fire frequency and climatic periods over a 240-year span.
• Calibrating regional fire history models with site-specific evidence from the South Deep Aspect location.

Strengths

• Covers a 240-year time period from 240 to -49 calendar years BP.
• Provides a site-specific fire history record for a defined geographic polygon in Washington.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last update recorded in 1999.
• The spatial coverage is limited to a single study site, limiting regional generalizability.
• Specific row counts, column details, and sample sizes are unknown.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) for fire history reconstruction.

Time Range

240 to -49 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

South Deep Aspect Polygon 15, Washington, United States of America.