Lukunska River Tree Ring Chronology for Paleoclimate Analysis

417 years of tree-ring data from 370 to -47 calendar years before present, archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. This paleoclimatology study provides parameters for reconstructing past climate conditions in Russia, Eastern Europe. The data was contributed to the International Tree-Ring Data Bank and last updated in 1997.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing historical temperature or precipitation anomalies using the tree-ring width chronology as a climate proxy.
• Calibrating climate models by comparing the tree-ring parameter time series against instrumental records for the overlapping period.
• Analyzing long-term environmental stressors by examining growth patterns in the tree-ring data series.
• Studying regional climate teleconnections by correlating the Lukunska River chronology with other tree-ring datasets from Eurasia.

Strengths

• Covers a 417-year time period from 370 to -47 BP.
• Archived by the authoritative NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last update date of 1997.
• The sample size and replication depth of the underlying tree cores are unknown.
• Geographic coverage is limited to a single site near the Lukunska River in Russia.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology), part of the International Tree-Ring Data Bank (ITRDB).

Time Range

370 to -47 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1997-01-01

Geography

Lukunska River, Russia, Eastern Europe.