Swedish Pine Tree Ring Chronology from 150 to 46 BCE

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives a tree ring chronology from the Hanvedsmossen E site in Sweden. The data provides a proxy climate record covering the period from 150 to 46 years before present. This study was published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information in 1996.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation using the tree ring width chronology as a proxy.
• Calibrate the chronology against other regional proxies to validate climate signals.
• Analyze growth anomalies within the time-series to identify extreme climatic events like droughts.
• Compare this Pinus sylvestris (PISY) chronology with other ITRDB series for spatial climate pattern analysis.

Strengths

• Time-series covers a 196-year period from 150 to 46 BCE.
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Dataset is temporally stale, with a last update recorded in 1996.
• The specific sample depth, measurement parameters, and potential missing years are unknown from the provided metadata.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis from Pinus sylvestris samples.

Time Range

150 to -46 calendar years BP (Before Present, where 0 BP = 1950 CE).

Freshness

1996-01-01

Geography

Hanvedsmossen E site, Sweden, Scandinavia.