Black Mountain Ponderosa Pine Tree-Ring Chronology from New Mexico

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives a tree-ring chronology from Ponderosa Pine (PIPO) at Black Mountain, New Mexico. The data covers a 397-year period from 360 to -37 calendar years before present. This dataset was published by NOAA NCEI in 1987.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past climate variables like temperature or precipitation using the tree-ring width chronology.
• Analyze long-term growth patterns and environmental stress events recorded in the Ponderosa Pine ring series.
• Calibrate the tree-ring chronology against other paleoclimate proxies for the region.
• Study the response of Ponderosa Pine to climatic events during the covered 397-year period.

Strengths

• Covers a 397-year time period from 360 to -37 calendar years BP.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
• Provides a specific dendrochronological record for a defined geographic location (Black Mountain, New Mexico).

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last update date of 1987.
• The specific parameters, sample depth, and measurement statistics are not detailed in the provided metadata.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single site in New Mexico.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) of Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa).

Time Range

360 to -37 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1987-01-01

Geography

Black Mountain, New Mexico, United States of America.