Lost Woman Fire Chronology From Tree Rings In New Mexico

Tree-ring fire-scar data from the Lost Woman site in New Mexico reconstructs historical fire events over a 525-year period from 483 to -42 calendar years before present. The dataset is archived by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology and was last updated in 1992. It provides parameters for fire history derived from dendrochronological analysis.

Use Cases

• Analyze fire_interval or fire_year parameters to model historical fire frequency and seasonality in New Mexico.
• Correlate fire_history events with other paleoclimate proxies to study climate-fire relationships over centuries.
• Use tree_ring width or scar data to validate and calibrate regional fire history models.
• Reconstruct fire return intervals from the fire chronology to inform modern forest management practices.

Strengths

• Covers a 525-year time period from 483 to -42 BP, providing a long-term perspective.
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last update date of 1992, limiting contemporary analysis.
• Specific sample size, row count, and column details are unknown, hindering reproducibility.
• Geographic coverage is limited to a single site (Lost Woman) in New Mexico.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Dendrochronological analysis of tree rings to identify fire-scar parameters.

Time Range

483 to -42 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Lost Woman site, New Mexico, United States of America.