Black Mountain Ponderosa Pine Tree-Ring Chronology 480 to -36 BP

516 years of tree-ring width data from Ponderosa Pine (PSME) at Black Mountain, New Mexico, compiled by Graybill. The chronology was archived by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. Data was last updated in the study year 1986.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct annual climate variables like precipitation from the tree-ring width time-series.
• Calibrate radiocarbon dates using the precisely dated tree-ring chronology.
• Analyze long-term growth trends and responses to environmental stressors in Ponderosa Pine.
• Compare this site's chronology (ITRDB NM565) with other regional tree-ring datasets for spatial climate analysis.

Strengths

• Covers 516 calendar years from 480 to -36 BP, providing a multi-century record.
• Part of the authoritative International Tree-Ring Data Bank (ITRDB) collection from NOAA NCEI.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last updated date of 1986, potentially lacking modern methodological refinements.
• Limited geographic scope to a single site (Black Mountain, New Mexico), reducing broad spatial representativeness.
• Sample size (number of tree cores) and potential class imbalances in climate events are unknown from the description.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) of Ponderosa Pine (Pseudotsuga menziesii, PSME).

Time Range

480 to -36 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1986-01-01

Geography

Black Mountain, New Mexico, United States of America.