California Ponderosa Pine Tree Ring Chronology from Dalton Reservoir

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology provides a tree-ring width chronology from Ponderosa Pine (PIPO) at the Dalton Reservoir site in California. The dataset covers a 623-year period from 593 to -30 calendar years before present. This archived study is maintained by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past drought indices by analyzing annual tree-ring width variations.
• Calibrate radiocarbon dating models using the dated tree-ring chronology.
• Study climate sensitivity by correlating ring-width data with known temperature or precipitation proxies.
• Assess forest growth responses to historical climate events within the 623-year record.

Strengths

• Covers a 623-year time period (593 to -30 BP).
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA/NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
• Focuses on a single species (Ponderosa Pine) at a specific geographic site.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1980.
• Geographic coverage is limited to a single site in California.
• Specific sample size, measurement parameters, and raw data formats are unknown from the description.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

593 to -30 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Dalton Reservoir, California, United States of America.