North Dakota Tree Ring Chronology from Burning Coal Vein Site

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives a tree ring chronology dataset from the Burning Coal Vein site in North Dakota, USA. The data provides a proxy climate record spanning 398 calendar years, from 358 to -40 years before present. This dataset was published by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies by analyzing the tree-ring width chronology.
• Calibrate climate models using the high-resolution, annually-resolved proxy data from the PIPO (Pinus ponderosa) species.
• Study local environmental events, like the 'Burning Coal Vein' fire, by examining anomalies in the ring-width series.
• Perform cross-dating with other regional tree-ring chronologies using the shared time-series data.

Strengths

• Data covers a continuous 398-year period, providing a multi-century climate record.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Temporal coverage ends at -40 BP (approximately 1990 AD), making the record potentially stale for recent climate analysis.
• Specific sample depth, measurement statistics, and climate parameter correlations are not detailed in the provided metadata.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology) of Pinus ponderosa (PIPO) samples.

Time Range

358 to -40 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Burning Coal Vein site, North Dakota, United States of America.