A tree-ring dataset from the Castle Peninsula in Quebec, Canada, covering 319 years from 287 to -32 calendar years before present. The data is archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. The record was last updated in 1982.
Use Cases
- Calibrate climate models using tree-ring width as a proxy for past temperature or precipitation over a 319-year period.
- Analyze growth anomaly patterns in the tree-ring chronology to identify volcanic or climatic events.
- Compare this Quebec chronology with other ITRDB series to study spatial patterns of past climate variability.
Strengths
- Covers a 319-year time period (287 to -32 BP).
- Part of the authoritative International Tree-Ring Data Bank (ITRDB) collection.
Limitations
- Temporal coverage ends at -32 BP, providing no data for recent centuries.
- Geographic scope is limited to a single site on the Castle Peninsula.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology).
- Time Range
- 287 to -32 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
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- Geography
- Castle Peninsula, Quebec, Canada.