NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives a tree-ring chronology from the Mattemburgh site in the Netherlands. The dataset provides parameters for dendroclimatic reconstruction, covering a 155-year period from 114 to -41 calendar years before present. The data was compiled by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information and was last updated in 1991.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past climate variables like temperature or precipitation using tree-ring width or density parameters.
- Calibrate climate models by comparing the tree-ring chronology against known historical climate periods.
- Analyze growth anomalies in the dominant tree species to identify extreme environmental events during the covered time span.
Strengths
- Covers a specific 155-year time period from 114 to -41 years BP.
- Sourced from the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
Limitations
- Temporal coverage is limited to a short, specific 155-year window.
- Data is temporally stale, with a last update recorded in 1991.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).
- Time Range
- 114 to -41 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- 1991-01-01
- Geography
- Mattemburgh, Netherlands, Western Europe.