Tree ring width measurements from Lithuania provide a 220-year climate proxy record ending 19 years before present. The dataset is archived by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology as part of the International Tree-Ring Data Bank. The original study was authored by Kairaitis for the Aukstadvaris site.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using the tree ring width time-series.
- Calibrate climate models by comparing the proxy record from 201 to -19 BP with instrumental data.
- Analyze growth response and climate sensitivity of trees at the Aukstadvaris site in Lithuania.
- Cross-date and synchronize this chronology (ITRDB LITH035) with other regional tree ring records.
Strengths
- Covers a 220-year time period from 201 to -19 calendar years BP.
- Part of the authoritative International Tree-Ring Data Bank (ITRDB) collection.
Limitations
- Small temporal coverage of 220 years limits analysis of long-term climate trends.
- Single geographic site (Aukstadvaris, Lithuania) reduces regional representativeness.
- Data freshness is unknown; last platform update recorded as 1969-01-01.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring sampling and measurement (dendrochronology).
- Time Range
- 201 to -19 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Aukstadvaris, Lithuania, Northern Europe.