NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives fire history data derived from tree rings for the South Deep Aspect Polygon 9 site in Washington, USA. The dataset covers a time period from 502 to -49 calendar years before present (BP), indicating a reconstruction spanning over 550 years. It was published by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information and last updated in 1999.
Use Cases
- Analyze fire frequency and return intervals using the fire history chronology over the 550-year period.
- Correlate fire events with climatic proxies by examining the tree-ring derived fire dates.
- Reconstruct historical fire regimes for the Washington region using the site-specific fire history parameters.
Strengths
- Covers a long temporal range of over 550 calendar years.
- Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, with a last update recorded in 1999.
- Specific sample size, row count, and data granularity are unknown.
- Geographic coverage is limited to a single site (South Deep Aspect Polygon 9).
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Derived from tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) to reconstruct fire history.
- Time Range
- 502 to -49 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
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- Geography
- Washington, United States Of America (South Deep Aspect Polygon 9).