Frying Pan Creek Tree-Ring Chronology for Paleoclimate Analysis

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives a tree-ring chronology from Frying Pan Creek, Washington. The dataset covers a 693-year period from 664 to -29 calendar years before present. Data is maintained by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past climate variables like temperature or precipitation using annual tree-ring width measurements.
• Calibrate climate models by comparing the tree-ring chronology with known historical climate events.
• Analyze growth patterns in Pseudotsuga menziesii (PSME) to study ecological responses over a multi-century timeframe.
• Establish a dated chronology for the region by cross-referencing ring patterns with other ITRDB series.

Strengths

• Covers a 693-year timeframe (664 to -29 BP), providing a long-term ecological record.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last update date recorded as 1979-01-01.
• Specific sample size, measurement parameters, and data structure are unknown from the provided metadata.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology) from Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas-fir) samples.

Time Range

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

Freshness

1979-01-01

Geography

Frying Pan Creek, Washington, United States of America.