Heyerdahl Fire History from McCormick Creek Tree Rings

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives a fire history dataset from the McCormick Creek site in Montana, USA. The data covers a 350-year period from 350 to 0 calendar years before present. It was compiled by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information as part of their World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing fire frequency and severity over 350 years using tree-ring fire scar data.
• Analyzing the relationship between fire events and climatic periods defined in the calendar years BP timeline.
• Calibrating regional fire history models for Montana using the site-specific geographic location data.
• Studying ecological succession patterns by correlating fire history parameters with other paleoenvironmental proxies.

Strengths

• 350-year temporal coverage providing a multi-century perspective.
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• The dataset is temporally stale, with a last update date recorded as 1950-01-01.
• Sample size, row count, and specific column parameters are unknown from the provided metadata.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single site (McCormick Creek) in Montana.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

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Time Range

350 to 0 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

McCormick Creek, Montana, United States Of America.