Coddington Lake Tree Ring Chronology For Climate Reconstruction

A tree-ring chronology from Coddington Lake, Minnesota, USA, provides paleoclimate data spanning 216 years from 178 to -38 calendar years before present. The dataset is archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information under the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. This study was published in 1988.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation variations using the tree-ring width chronology.
• Calibrate climate models by comparing the tree-ring proxy record with instrumental data for the region.
• Analyze long-term climate trends and anomalies in Minnesota over the 216-year period covered by the chronology.
• Study the response of Quercus rubra (QURU) tree growth to historical climate events recorded in the ring widths.

Strengths

• Data spans a 216-year period (178 to -38 BP), providing a multi-century climate record.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• The dataset's last known update was in 1988, making it temporally stale for contemporary climate studies.
• Specific sample size, measurement details, and data quality metrics are not provided in the available description.
• Geographic coverage is limited to a single site (Coddington Lake, Minnesota).

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) of Quercus rubra (QURU) samples.

Time Range

178 to -38 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1988-01-01

Geography

Coddington Lake, Minnesota, United States of America.