Tree ring data from Blue Mountain, Montana, reconstructs fire history over a 289-year period from 338 to 49 calendar years before present. The dataset is archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under its Paleoclimatology and Fire study types. It is managed by the NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Use Cases
- Analyze fire frequency and return intervals using the fire history time-series data.
- Correlate fire event years from tree-ring records with other paleoclimate proxy data.
- Model historical fire-climate relationships using the dated fire chronology.
- Reconstruct past vegetation and fuel dynamics from the fire history parameters.
Strengths
- Covers a specific 289-year time period from 338 to 49 BP.
- Provides a dated fire history reconstruction from a known geographic location.
- Archived by an authoritative source, NOAA NCEI, with associated metadata.
Limitations
- Temporal coverage is limited to a single, pre-modern 289-year window.
- Geographic scope is restricted to one site, Blue Mountain in Montana.
- Sample size, row count, and specific data parameters are unknown from the description.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Fire history reconstruction derived from tree-ring analysis.
- Time Range
- 338 to 49 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Blue Mountain, Montana, United States of America.