White Pine Hollow Tree Ring Chronology from 121 to -26 BP

147-year tree-ring chronology from the White Pine Hollow Forest Preserve in Iowa, USA. The dataset contains parameters of tree rings, archived by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. This study was last updated in 1976.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past climate conditions using tree-ring width as a proxy.
• Analyze forest growth anomalies over a 147-year period from calendar years 121 to -26 BP.
• Calibrate regional paleoclimate models with site-specific tree-ring parameters from Iowa.

Strengths

• 147-year temporal coverage from 121 to -26 calendar years BP.
• Geographically specific data from a single forest preserve in Iowa, USA.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1976.
• Sample size, tree count, and specific ring measurement parameters are unknown.
• Geographic scope is limited to one site in Iowa, reducing regional generalizability.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring data collection (dendrochronology).

Time Range

121 to -26 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

White Pine Hollow Forest Preserve, Iowa, United States Of America.