Nepalese Tree Ring Chronology for Paleoclimate Analysis

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives a tree ring dataset from the KatyaKhola-2 site in Nepal. The chronology covers a 395-year period from 348 to -47 calendar years before present (BP). This study was contributed by Krusic and archived by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct historical temperature or precipitation anomalies using tree ring width measurements.
• Calibrate climate models by comparing the chronology with known historical climate events.
• Analyze growth patterns to infer environmental stressors like drought during specific time periods.

Strengths

• Data spans a 395-year period, providing a multi-century climate record.
• Archived by the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Limitations

• The dataset's last known update was in 1997, making it temporally stale.
• Specific sample size, measurement parameters, and data granularity are not provided in the description.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

348 to -47 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

KatyaKhola-2 site, Nepal, Southcentral Asia.