Tree ring width measurements from Abies concolor (White Fir) trees at the Log Cabin Mine Road site near Tioga Pass, California. The data provides a chronology covering 279 years, from 265 to -14 calendar years before present, for paleoclimate analysis. This archived study was contributed by Ferguson and is maintained by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies by analyzing the annual tree ring width series.
- Calibrate climate models using the 279-year dendrochronological record as a proxy validation dataset.
- Study the growth response of Abies concolor (ABCO) to historical environmental events captured in the ring sequences.
- Perform cross-dating with other Sierra Nevada tree ring chronologies using the shared annual resolution data.
Strengths
- Chronology spans 279 years, providing a multi-century paleoclimate record.
- Data is archived and curated by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Limitations
- Temporal coverage ends at -14 BP (14 years before 1950), limiting analysis of very recent climate trends.
- Geographic scope is limited to a single site (Log Cabin Mine Road, Tioga Pass), reducing regional representativeness.
- Sample size (number of individual tree cores) and replication statistics are unknown from the provided metadata.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology) of Abies concolor samples.
- Time Range
- 265 to -14 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Log Cabin Mine Road, Tioga Pass, California, United States.