Lower Lena River Tree Ring Chronology for Climate Reconstruction

A 589-year tree-ring chronology from Russia's Eastern Europe region, covering the period from 545 to -44 calendar years before present. This paleoclimatology study was archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under the World Data Service. The data was last updated in 1994.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using the annual-resolution tree-ring width series.
• Calibrate climate models by comparing the tree-ring chronology with known historical climate events.
• Analyze long-term environmental stress and growth trends in boreal forests from the ring-width parameter.

Strengths

• Covers a 589-year time period (545 to -44 BP)
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA/NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1994
• Geographic scope is limited to a single site in Eastern Russia
• Specific sample size and measurement details 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

545 to -44 calendar years before present (BP)

Freshness

1994-01-01

Geography

Russia, Eastern Europe (Lower Lena region)