Eagle Creek Tree Ring Chronology from Arizona

347 years of tree ring width data from the Eagle Creek site in Arizona, spanning from 310 to -37 calendar years before present. The dataset is part of the NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archive, contributed by Graybill and associated with the PIED ITRDB collection. It was last updated in 1987.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing past climate conditions like precipitation by analyzing annual tree ring width variations.
• Calibrating and validating climate models using the 347-year chronology as a proxy record.
• Studying long-term ecological responses, such as forest growth patterns, to historical climate events in Arizona.

Strengths

• 347-year temporal coverage provides a multi-century climate proxy record.
• Data is archived and curated by the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last update date of 1987.
• Geographic coverage is limited to a single site (Eagle Creek) in Arizona.
• Specific sample size, measurement parameters, and potential data gaps are unknown from the provided metadata.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

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

Freshness

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Geography

Eagle Creek, Arizona, United States of America.