Black Cone Ponderosa Pine Tree Ring Chronology From California

Tree ring width measurements from Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa) at the Black Cone site in California, spanning 453 years from 424 to -29 calendar years before present. This paleoclimatology study is archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information under the World Data Service. The data was published in 1979.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies from the tree ring width time-series.
• Calibrate climate models using the 453-year proxy record for the California region.
• Analyze growth patterns in Ponderosa Pine (PIPO) in response to historical environmental stressors.
• Compare this ITRDB CA526 chronology with other tree-ring datasets to identify regional climate signals.

Strengths

• Covers a 453-year time period from 424 to -29 BP.
• Part of the International Tree-Ring Data Bank (ITRDB), a standardized global archive.
• Data is curated and hosted by NOAA NCEI, an authoritative environmental data center.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1979, potentially missing modern analytical refinements.
• Limited geographic scope to a single site (Black Cone) in California.
• The raw data format and specific measurement parameters are not detailed in the provided description.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring core samples analyzed via dendrochronology.

Time Range

424 to -29 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1979-01-01

Geography

Black Cone site, California, United States of America.