Tree ring parameters from a site in Lithuania, Northern Europe, provide a paleoclimate record. The time series covers 130 calendar years, from 109 to -21 years before present. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information archived this data under the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past climate variables like temperature or precipitation using the tree ring width chronology.
- Calibrate and validate climate models for the Baltic region with the 130-year proxy record.
- Analyze growth anomalies in the tree ring series to identify extreme historical environmental events.
- Correlate the Lithuanian tree ring chronology with other regional proxy records for broader climate analysis.
Strengths
- Data covers a specific 130-year time period from 109 to -21 BP.
- Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Limitations
- Temporal coverage is limited to 130 years, which is a short span for long-term climate trend analysis.
- Geographic scope is restricted to a single site in Lithuania, limiting regional generalizability.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).
- Time Range
- 109 to -21 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
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- Geography
- Lithuania, Northern Europe.