A tree-ring chronology from Nepal, Southcentral Asia, covering 467 years from 420 to -47 calendar years before present. The dataset is archived by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology and was last updated in 1997.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using the tree-ring width chronology.
- Calibrate climate models by comparing the tree-ring proxy data with known historical climate periods.
- Analyze long-term ecological responses to climate change in Southcentral Asia using the dated tree-ring series.
Strengths
- 467-year temporal coverage from 420 to -47 BP
- Data is curated and archived by NOAA's authoritative World Data Service for Paleoclimatology
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1997
- Geographic scope is limited to a single site in Nepal
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology
- Collection Method
- Tree ring sampling and analysis (dendrochronology)
- Time Range
- 420 to -47 calendar years before present (BP)
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Nepal, Southcentral Asia