Mongolian Tree Ring Chronology from Inferno Ridge (258 to -46 BP)

A Mongolian tree ring chronology from the Inferno Ridge site provides paleoclimate data for Eastern Asia. The time series covers 304 years, from 258 to -46 calendar years before present. The data was archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information and last updated in 1996.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct historical temperature or precipitation for Mongolia using the tree ring width chronology.
• Calibrate climate models by comparing the tree ring proxy data with known historical climate periods.
• Analyze long-term environmental stress events in Eastern Asia by examining anomalies in the ring width series.
• Study the response of tree growth to climate forcing over a 304-year period before present.

Strengths

• Covers a 304-year time period from 258 to -46 BP.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA/NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• The dataset is temporally stale, with a last update recorded in 1996.
• Specific sample depth, measurement parameters, and site details are not provided in the description.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring data collection (dendrochronology).

Time Range

258 to -46 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1996-01-01

Geography

Inferno Ridge, Mongolia, Eastern Asia.