Fire History Reconstruction from Los Griegos Tree Rings

Tree-ring data from Los Griegos Plot 2 provides a 449-year record of fire events in northern New Mexico, spanning from 539 to 90 calendar years before present. The NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information archives this paleoclimatology study, which focuses on fire history parameters. Data collection and publication details are managed by the NOAA NCEI under the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Use Cases

• Analyze the frequency of fire events recorded in tree-ring data to reconstruct historical fire regimes.
• Correlate fire history parameters with other paleoclimate proxies to study climate-fire relationships.
• Establish a long-term baseline of fire occurrence for the Los Griegos site to inform modern forest management.

Strengths

• 449-year temporal coverage provides a long-term ecological baseline.
• Data is archived and curated by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service.

Limitations

• The specific number of data points (rows) and measured parameters (columns) is unknown.
• Data is temporally stale, covering only the period up to 90 years BP, with no recent updates.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Data derived from tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) to identify fire scars and events.

Time Range

539 to 90 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Los Griegos Plot 2, northern New Mexico, United States of America.