Mongolian Tree Ring Chronology From 312 to 48 BC

NOAA's Paleoclimatology archive provides a tree-ring chronology from the Telmen Hovoo site in Mongolia. The data covers the period from 312 to 48 calendar years before present. This dataset was produced by Jacoby and archived by NOAA NCEI's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology, with a record last updated in 1998.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using the tree-ring width chronology.
• Calibrate climate models by comparing the tree-ring proxy data with instrumental records for validation.
• Analyze long-term climate trends and extreme events in Eastern Asia over a 360-year period.
• Study the response of regional tree species to historical climatic forcing events.

Strengths

• Time series spans 360 calendar years (312 to 48 BP).
• Data is curated and archived by NOAA's authoritative World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Dataset is temporally stale, with a last update recorded in 1998.
• Specific sample depth, measurement parameters, and replication statistics are unknown from the provided metadata.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

312 to -48 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Telmen Hovoo, Mongolia, Eastern Asia.