Fire History Reconstruction from Tree Rings in Northern New Mexico

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives a fire history dataset from Rowe Mesa in northern New Mexico. The data, created by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, covers a time period from 344 to 3 calendar years before present. It includes parameters related to fire history derived from tree-ring analysis.

Use Cases

• Analyze fire frequency and return intervals using the tree-ring fire scar chronology.
• Correlate fire history events with regional climate proxies over a 341-year period.
• Reconstruct past fire regimes in southcentral New Mexico using the fire history parameters.

Strengths

• Covers a specific 341-year period (344 to 3 BP) for temporal analysis.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Limitations

• Temporal coverage ends 3 years before present, limiting analysis of very recent fire history.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single site (Rowe Mesa) in northern New Mexico.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) for fire history reconstruction.

Time Range

344 to 3 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Rowe Mesa, southcentral, northern New Mexico, United States Of America.