396 to 20 calendar years before present, this dataset contains fire history parameters derived from tree-ring analysis in the northwestern United States. The data, archived by NOAA NCEI's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology, provides a long-term record of fire events in the Palouse region of Idaho.
Use Cases
- Reconstructing fire event chronology and frequency from tree-ring fire scar data.
- Analyzing the relationship between fire history parameters and regional climate proxies.
- Calibrating and validating fire regime models for the Palouse region using the multi-century record.
Strengths
- Time series covering 376 years (396 to 20 BP)
- Data from a specific, documented site (Southside Trail, Palouse)
Limitations
- Geographic scope is limited to a single site in Idaho
- Temporal coverage ends 20 years BP, lacking recent centuries
- Specific row count, column names, and sample sizes 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
- 396 to 20 calendar years before present (BP)
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Southside Trail, Palouse, Idaho, United States of America