Pearl Peak Tree Ring Width Chronology For Climate Reconstruction

450 to -30 calendar years BP of tree-ring width measurements from Pearl Peak, Nevada. This paleoclimatology dataset contains a chronology for reconstructing past climate conditions. It is archived by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology and was last updated in 1980.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies from the tree-ring width chronology.
• Calibrate climate proxy models using the 480-year time series of ring-width data.
• Analyze long-term climate trends in the Great Basin region using the Nevada site data.
• Compare this Pearl Peak chronology with other North American tree-ring records from the PAGES 2k network.

Strengths

• Time series covers 480 calendar years (450 to -30 BP).
• Geographic location is precisely specified as Pearl Peak, Nevada, USA.
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service.

Limitations

• Dataset is temporally stale, with a last update date of 1980.
• Sample size and replication depth are unknown from the description.
• Geographic coverage is limited to a single site in Nevada.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree Ring (dendrochronology) measurements.

Time Range

450 to -30 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Pearl Peak, Nevada, United States Of America.