Dutch Tree Ring Chronology from Dordrecht Building Foundations

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives a tree-ring chronology study from the Dordrecht de Waag building foundations in the Netherlands. The data covers a 191-year period from 883 to 692 calendar years before present. This study is maintained by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under its World Data Service.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past climate conditions like temperature or precipitation using tree-ring width measurements.
• Calibrate radiocarbon dating or establish precise timelines for archaeological sites using the dated chronology.
• Analyze growth anomalies in the tree-ring series to identify historical environmental events like droughts or frosts.
• Compare this local chronology with other European tree-ring datasets to study regional climate patterns.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific 191-year period (883 to 692 BP), providing a focused historical snapshot.
• Sourced from a known, authoritative repository (NOAA NCEI/WDS for Paleoclimatology).

Limitations

• The sample size (number of trees/cores) and specific measurement parameters are not provided in the description.
• Temporal coverage is limited to a specific two-century window, not a continuous long-term record.
• Geographic coverage is restricted to a single site in Dordrecht, Netherlands.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring data (dendrochronology) collected from building foundations.

Time Range

883 to 692 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Dordrecht, Netherlands, Western Europe.