Tree-ring width measurements from the Jackson Mountains in Nevada provide a 717-year climate proxy record. The chronology spans from 683 to 34 years Before Present (BCE), archived by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. This dataset was published by NOAA NCEI in 1984.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using annual tree-ring width as a proxy.
- Calibrate climate models by comparing the 717-year tree-ring chronology with instrumental records.
- Analyze growth patterns and extreme events (e.g., droughts) within the time-series of ring measurements.
- Study regional climate synchrony by comparing this Nevada chronology with other North American tree-ring datasets.
Strengths
- 717-year continuous chronology providing a long-term climate proxy.
- Geographically specific data from a documented location in Nevada, USA.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, with a last documented update in 1984.
- The raw sample size, replication, and measurement statistics are unknown from the metadata.
- Potential geographic bias as data comes from a single mountain range.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree-ring measurements (dendrochronology) collected from the Jackson Mountains site.
- Time Range
- 683 to 34 years Before Present (BP/BCE).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Jackson Mountains, Nevada, United States of America.