Spring Mountain Fire History from Tree Ring Data

NOAA NCEI archives a paleoclimatology fire history dataset from Spring Mountain in Oregon, USA. The data covers a time period from 160 to -42 calendar years before present (BP). This study was published by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information in 1992.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct historical fire frequency and intensity using the fire history parameter and tree-ring chronology.
• Analyze long-term climate-fire relationships by correlating the fire history time series with other paleoclimate proxies.
• Model past fire return intervals for the Spring Mountain region based on the dated fire events within the time series.

Strengths

• Data covers a multi-century time series from 160 to -42 calendar years BP.
• Archived and maintained by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Temporal coverage ends at -42 BP, with no updates since the 1992 publication.
• Specific sample size, row count, and measurement details are not provided in the metadata.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Derived from tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) to infer fire history parameters.

Time Range

160 to -42 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Spring Mountain (site 12), Oregon, United States Of America.