Deer Mountain Ponderosa Pine Tree-Ring Chronology from 310 BC

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives a tree-ring chronology from Ponderosa Pine (PIPO) at Deer Mountain, Colorado. The data covers a 347-year period from 310 to -37 calendar years before present. The dataset was published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information in 1987.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation using annual tree-ring width measurements from the chronology.
• Calibrate climate models by comparing the tree-ring time-series data with known historical climate proxy records.
• Analyze growth trends and ecological responses in Ponderosa Pine forests over a multi-century period.

Strengths

• Covers a 347-year time period from 310 to -37 calendar years BP.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service.

Limitations

• Dataset is temporally stale, with a last updated date of 1987.
• Specific sample size (number of tree cores), measurement columns, and geographic precision 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 data collection (dendrochronology).

Time Range

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

Freshness

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Geography

Deer Mountain, Colorado, United States of America.