Antelope Lake Tree Ring Chronology For Climate Reconstruction

548-year tree-ring chronology from 500 to -48 calendar years before present, providing a proxy record of past climate conditions. The dataset is part of the NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archive, specifically for the Antelope Lake Recollection site focusing on Ponderosa Pine (PIPO) in California. It was published by NOAA NCEI and last updated in 1998.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using the tree-ring width chronology as a climate proxy.
• Calibrate climate models by comparing the tree-ring time-series data with other paleoclimate records for the region.
• Analyze growth patterns in Ponderosa Pine (PIPO) to study ecological responses to historical climate events over a 548-year period.
• Perform cross-dating analysis with the ITRDB CA628 series to validate and extend regional tree-ring chronologies.

Strengths

• Covers a 548-year time period from 500 to -48 calendar years BP.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last update recorded in 1998.
• Geographic coverage is limited to a single site (Antelope Lake) in California, USA.
• Sample size (number of tree cores) and replication statistics are unknown from the provided metadata.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring data collection (dendrochronology) from Ponderosa Pine (PIPO) samples.

Time Range

500 to -48 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1998-01-01

Geography

Antelope Lake, California, United States Of America.