Trapper Canyon Tree Ring Chronology from 764 to -48 BP

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology provides a tree-ring chronology from the Trapper Canyon site in Wyoming, USA. The dataset covers a time period from 764 to -48 calendar years before present (BP). This archived study was published by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information in 1998.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past climate variables like temperature or precipitation using the annual tree-ring width series.
• Calibrate radiocarbon dating or other chronological models with the precisely dated tree-ring sequence.
• Analyze growth patterns and environmental stress events recorded in the PSME (Pinus ponderosa) tree species.
• Compare this local chronology with other regional tree-ring datasets to study spatial climate patterns.

Strengths

• Covers a significant 812-year time period from 764 to -48 BP.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
• Provides a precisely dated annual resolution record common in dendrochronology.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1998, potentially missing modern reanalysis.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single site (Trapper Canyon, Wyoming).
• Specific parameters, sample depth, and measurement statistics are not detailed in the provided metadata.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) of PSME (Pinus ponderosa) samples.

Time Range

764 to -48 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1998-01-01

Geography

Trapper Canyon, Wyoming, United States Of America.