Tree ring fire scar data from the Smoothing Iron site in Colorado, United States. The dataset reconstructs fire history over a 372-year period from 328 to -44 calendar years before present (BP). It is archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information under the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Use Cases
- Analyze fire return intervals and frequency using dated fire scar events from tree rings.
- Correlate fire occurrence years with other paleoclimate proxies to study climate-fire relationships.
- Reconstruct historical fire seasonality and spatial patterns from the site-specific fire scar record.
Strengths
- Covers a 372-year time period for long-term trend analysis.
- Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service.
Limitations
- Temporal coverage ends at 44 BP, providing no data for the modern era.
- Geographic scope is limited to a single site (Smoothing Iron) in Colorado.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Dendrochronological analysis of fire scars in tree rings.
- Time Range
- 328 to -44 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
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- Geography
- Smoothing Iron site, Colorado, United States of America.