219 calendar years of tree ring data from Stakliskes, Lithuania, compiled by Kairaitis. This paleoclimatology study is archived by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology and was last updated in 1972.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past climate conditions using tree ring width parameters.
- Calibrate regional climate models with the 241-year chronology from 219 to -22 BP.
- Analyze growth patterns in the specific tree species sampled at the Stakliskes site.
Strengths
- Covers a specific 241-year time period from 219 to -22 BP.
- Geographically precise data from a single location in Lithuania.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1972.
- Unknown sample size and specific measurement parameters.
- Limited geographic scope to a single site in Northern Europe.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).
- Time Range
- 219 to -22 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Stakliskes, Lithuania, Northern Europe.