Fire History Reconstruction from Tree Rings in Northern New Mexico

Tree-ring data from the Redondo Border South plot reconstructs fire events over a 476-year period from 435 to -41 calendar years before present. The NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information archives this paleoclimatology study under its Fire category. Data collection was completed and archived by 1991.

Use Cases

• Analyze fire_event_year and fire_scar data to identify the frequency of historical wildfires.
• Correlate fire_interval with regional climate proxy records to model climate-fire relationships.
• Reconstruct fire_history_parameters to compare pre-industrial and modern fire regimes.
• Use tree_ring_width as a secondary proxy for climatic conditions preceding or following fire events.

Strengths

• Covers a long temporal range of 476 calendar years.
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service.

Limitations

• The dataset is temporally stale, with no updates since its 1991 publication.
• Specific sample size, row count, and measurement parameters are not provided in the metadata.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Data derived from tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) at the Redondo Border South plot 3.

Time Range

435 to -41 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Northern New Mexico, United States of America.