Kola Peninsula Pine Tree Ring Chronology from 373 to -47 BP

Tree ring width measurements from Scots pine (PISY) in Russia's Kola Peninsula provide a 420-year climate proxy record. The data, archived by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology, covers the period from 373 to -47 calendar years before present. This study was last updated in 1997.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using the tree ring width time-series as a climate proxy.
• Calibrate radiocarbon dating or validate other paleoclimate archives by aligning the tree ring chronology.
• Analyze growth response and resilience of Scots pine (PISY) to environmental stressors across a 420-year period.
• Model long-term climate trends for Eastern Europe by incorporating this ITRDB RUSS192 chronology into spatial reconstructions.

Strengths

• Covers a 420-year time period (373 to -47 BP) providing a multi-century climate record.
• Sourced from the authoritative International Tree-Ring Data Bank (ITRDB) and NOAA NCEI.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with no updates since its last publication in 1997.
• Sample size and replication depth for the tree ring series are unknown from the metadata.
• Geographic coverage is limited to a single site (Kola Peninsula) in Russia.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Collection Method

Tree ring core sampling and width measurement from Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris, PISY).

Time Range

373 to -47 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1997-01-01

Geography

Kola Peninsula, Russia, Eastern Europe.