Slate Mountain Ponderosa Pine Tree Ring Chronology from 350 to -36 BP

Tree ring width chronology data for Ponderosa Pine (PIPO) from Slate Mountain, Arizona. The time series covers 386 years, from 350 to -36 calendar years before present. The dataset was archived by NOAA NCEI's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology and last updated in 1986.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past climate variables like precipitation or temperature using the tree ring width chronology.
• Calibrate radiocarbon dates or validate other paleoclimate proxies by cross-dating the tree ring series.
• Analyze long-term growth trends and extreme events in Ponderosa Pine forests from the ring width data.

Strengths

• 386-year temporal coverage provides a multi-century climate record.
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with no updates since its 1986 publication.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single site (Slate Mountain, Arizona).
• Sample size and replication level of the underlying tree cores are unknown.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring measurement (dendrochronology) from Ponderosa Pine samples.

Time Range

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

Freshness

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Geography

Slate Mountain, Arizona, United States.