628-year tree ring chronology from the Elmali Isletmesi site in Antalya, Turkey, covering the period from 590 to -38 calendar years before present. The dataset was archived by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology and is associated with the NCEI study type 'Tree Ring'. The data were last updated in the archive in 1988.
Use Cases
- Reconstructing past climate variables like temperature or precipitation using tree ring width measurements.
- Calibrating radiocarbon dating curves by cross-referencing the tree ring chronology with known calendar years.
- Analyzing long-term environmental stress events recorded in the tree ring parameters for the Antalya region.
- Comparing this Anatolian tree ring series with other regional chronologies to study spatiotemporal climate patterns.
Strengths
- Covers a 628-year time period (590 to -38 BP), providing a multi-century record.
- Archived and maintained by the authoritative NOAA/NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Limitations
- The data's last update was in 1988, indicating potential staleness and lack of recent methodological revisions.
- Specific parameters, sample depth, and measurement statistics are unknown without accessing full metadata.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology) from samples collected at the Elmali Isletmesi site.
- Time Range
- 590 to -38 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Antalya Elmali Isletmesi, Turkey, Western Asia.