Northern Yakutia Tree-Ring Chronology from 691 to 44 BC

A tree-ring chronology from Sakha, Russia, covering 735 years from 691 to 44 calendar years before present. The dataset was archived by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under its Paleoclimatology program. The data were last updated in the repository in 1994.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies by analyzing the tree-ring width series.
• Calibrate climate proxy models using the dated annual resolution of the tree-ring chronology.
• Study extreme climate events in Siberia by identifying marker years of suppressed or enhanced growth in the ring records.
• Compare this high-latitude chronology with other tree-ring datasets to assess hemispheric climate teleconnections.

Strengths

• Covers a 735-year time period from 691 to 44 BC.
• Provides annual-resolution proxy data for climate reconstruction.
• Archived by the authoritative NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• The dataset's last repository update was in 1994, indicating potential staleness in metadata or access methods.
• Specific sample depth, replication statistics, and measurement parameters are not provided in the input.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

691 to -44 calendar years BP (Before Present, where present=1950).

Freshness

1994-01-01

Geography

Sakha (Northern Yakutia), Russia.