351 to 42 BCE tree ring data from Norway, archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. The dataset is part of the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology and was last updated in 1992.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using tree ring width measurements.
- Calibrate climate models by comparing the tree ring chronology with other proxy records for the period.
- Analyze long-term forest growth trends and ecological responses in Norway over four centuries.
Strengths
- Covers a 393-year time period from 351 to 42 BCE.
- Sourced from the authoritative NOAA/NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, with a last recorded update in 1992.
- Geographic coverage is limited to a single location in Norway.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring analysis.
- Time Range
- 351 to -42 calendar years BP (Before Present).
- Freshness
- 1992-01-01
- Geography
- Norway, Scandinavia.