Colorado Ponderosa Pine Tree Ring Chronology 240 BP to 37 BP

NOAA NCEI Paleoclimatology archives this tree ring dataset from Ponderosa Pine (PIPO) specimens in Colorado, USA. Temporal coverage spans from 240 to -37 calendar years before present. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology published this study in 1987.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past climate variables like temperature or precipitation using annual tree ring width measurements.
• Calibrate radiocarbon dating or other chronological models with the dated tree ring series.
• Analyze growth anomalies in the ring width data to identify historical drought or disturbance events in Colorado.

Strengths

• Data spans 277 years of chronological coverage from 240 to -37 BP.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1987, potentially lacking modern methodological refinements.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single site in Colorado, limiting regional generalizability.
• Specific sample size, measurement parameters, and data granularity are unknown from the description.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology) of Ponderosa Pine (PIPO) specimens.

Time Range

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

Freshness

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Geography

Colorado, United States of America.