Yukon Tree-Ring Width Data for Paleoclimate Reconstruction

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives tree-ring width data from Yukon Territory, Canada, for climate reconstruction. The time series covers a period from 750 to -37 calendar years before present. This dataset was produced by Luckman and is managed by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using tree-ring width time-series data.
• Calibrate climate models by comparing simulated past climates with the proxy record from tree-ring widths.
• Analyze long-term environmental trends and extreme events in the Yukon region through the tree-ring chronology.
• Study the response of boreal forest ecosystems to historical climate forcing using the dated tree-ring records.

Strengths

• Data spans a significant time period of 787 years (from 750 to -37 BP).
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Limitations

• Dataset is temporally stale, with a last update date recorded as 1987-01-01.
• Specific sample size (row count), file formats, and data granularity are unknown.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

750 to -37 calendar years before present (BP).

Geography

Yukon Territory, Canada.