Southern Spain's Sierra de las Nieves tree ring chronology provides paleoclimate data for 310 years. The dataset contains parameters from tree rings, such as ring width, used for climate reconstruction. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) published this archived study, which was last updated in 1999.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies by analyzing tree ring width parameters.
- Calibrate climate models by comparing the tree ring chronology against known historical climate periods.
- Study climate extremes, such as droughts, evident in the tree ring record for Southern Spain.
- Establish a dated timeline for environmental events in the Sierra de las Nieves region using the 310-year chronology.
Strengths
- 310-year temporal coverage from 261 to 49 BC.
- Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, with a last update recorded in 1999.
- Specific sample size, column details, and measurement parameters are unknown from the description.
- Geographic coverage is limited to a single site in Southern Spain.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).
- Time Range
- 261 to -49 calendar years before present (BP), equivalent to 261 BC to 49 BC.
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Spain, Southern Europe (Sierra de las Nieves).