Bretton Lakes Tree Ring Chronology For Paleoclimate Reconstruction

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives a tree ring chronology from the Bretton Lakes site in the British Isles. The data provides a proxy climate record covering 111 years, from 77 to -34 calendar years before present. This dataset was published by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information in 1984.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using the tree ring width chronology.
• Calibrate the Bretton Lakes chronology against other regional tree ring series for climate signal verification.
• Analyze the growth response captured in the ring parameters to specific volcanic or climatic events within the 111-year period.

Strengths

• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
• Provides a clearly defined temporal coverage of 111 calendar years (77 to -34 BP).

Limitations

• The dataset is temporally stale, with a last update date of 1984, limiting integration with modern methodologies.
• The sample size, geographic representativeness, and specific measured parameters are unknown from the provided metadata.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

77 to -34 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Bretton Lakes, British Isles, United Kingdom.