A 391-year tree-ring chronology from the Dead Indian Hill site in Wyoming, United States. The data was archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) under the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. The temporal coverage spans from 370 to -21 calendar years before present (BP).
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies by analyzing the tree-ring width series.
- Calibrate the chronology against known climate events using the year-by-year time-series data.
- Compare this site's growth patterns with other regional chronologies to identify spatial climate signals.
- Validate climate model simulations for the last few centuries using the proxy data from this location.
Strengths
- Covers a 391-year time period (370 to -21 BP).
- Geographically specific to a single site in Wyoming, USA.
- Archived by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Limitations
- The dataset's last known update was in 1971, indicating potential staleness.
- Sample size (number of trees/cores) and replication statistics are unknown.
- The data's utility is geographically limited to the specific site in Wyoming.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) / World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree-ring data collection (dendrochronology) from Pseudotsuga menziesii (PSME) trees.
- Time Range
- 370 to -21 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Dead Indian Hill, Wyoming, United States Of America.