Washington State, United States, provides the location for this paleoclimatology dataset documenting fire history parameters derived from tree rings. The NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service for Paleoclimatology archives the data, which was last updated in 1999. The temporal coverage spans from 507 to -49 calendar years before present.
Use Cases
- Analyze fire frequency and return intervals using the fire history time-series.
- Reconstruct past climate conditions by correlating fire events with tree-ring width data.
- Model historical fire regimes in Washington State using the dated fire scar records.
- Study the relationship between fire events and calendar years before present (BP) over a 556-year span.
Strengths
- Covers a 556-year time range from 507 to -49 calendar years BP.
- Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Limitations
- Data recency is low, with a last update recorded in 1999.
- Specific sample size, row count, and measurement parameters are unknown.
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 parameters.
- Time Range
- 507 to -49 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Washington, United States of America.