Pinaleno Mountains Tree-Ring Chronology from 701 to 41 BCE

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives a tree-ring dataset from the Fort Grant Overlook site in Arizona's Pinaleno Mountains. The data provides a chronology covering 742 years, from 701 to 41 calendar years before present. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) published this study, last updated in 1991.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past climate variables like precipitation or temperature by analyzing annual tree-ring width measurements.
• Calibrate climate models using the 742-year tree-ring chronology as a proxy record for the region.
• Study ecological resilience and drought events in the Pinaleno Mountains forest ecosystem through ring-width patterns.
• Cross-date archaeological wood samples from the southwestern U.S. using the established tree-ring chronology.

Strengths

• Covers a 742-year time period from 701 to 41 BCE.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA/NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1991.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single site in the Pinaleno Mountains, Arizona.
• Specific parameters, sample size, and measurement details are not provided in the summary.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

701 to 41 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Fort Grant Overlook, Pinaleno Mountains, Arizona, United States of America.