NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology archives this tree ring dataset from Huapai, New Zealand. It provides a 514-year chronology for calendar years 467 to -47 BP (Before Present). The data were compiled by the author Fowler and last updated in the NOAA NCEI archive in 1997.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past climate variables like temperature or precipitation from annual tree-ring width measurements.
- Calibrate radiocarbon dating or other chronological models using the dated tree-ring series.
- Analyze long-term environmental stress events in New Zealand forests from growth anomaly patterns in the chronology.
Strengths
- Covers a 514-year time period from 467 to -47 BP.
- Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Limitations
- Data record ends at 47 BC, with no modern or recent observations.
- Last documented update to the archive was in 1997, indicating potential staleness.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).
- Time Range
- 467 to -47 calendar years BP (Before Present).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Huapai, New Zealand.