543 to -41 calendar years BP of fire history data derived from tree-ring analysis at the Mesita Blanca site in New Mexico. The dataset is archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under its Paleoclimatology World Data Service. It was last updated in the repository in 1991.
Use Cases
- Reconstructing fire event years and fire return intervals from tree-ring fire scars.
- Analyzing the relationship between climate proxies and fire frequency over a 584-year period.
- Calibrating regional fire history models using the specific site chronology from Mesita Blanca.
Strengths
- Covers a long temporal range of 584 calendar years.
- Provides a site-specific chronology for a defined geographic location in New Mexico.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, with a last repository update in 1991.
- Geographic coverage is limited to a single site, restricting regional analysis.
- Specific sample size (row count) and data structure are unknown.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) for fire history parameters.
- Time Range
- 543 to -41 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Mesita Blanca, New Mexico, United States of America.