A 710-year tree-ring chronology from the Reno Gulch site in South Dakota, USA, covering the period from 669 to 41 BC. The dataset contains parameters for tree-ring width, used for reconstructing past climate conditions. It was created by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information and archived in the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct annual temperature or precipitation anomalies from tree-ring width measurements for the Northern Great Plains region.
- Calibrate and validate climate models using a precisely dated proxy record spanning over seven centuries.
- Analyze the frequency and severity of historical drought events in South Dakota using the tree-ring chronology.
- Study the growth response of Ponderosa Pine (PIPO) to climate forcing during the pre-Common Era period.
Strengths
- 710-year continuous chronology from 669 to 41 BC
- Precise annual resolution typical of dendrochronological data
- Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology
Limitations
- Single geographic site (Reno Gulch, South Dakota) limits spatial representativeness
- Data record ends over 2000 years ago, lacking modern context
- Unknown sample depth (number of tree cores) underlying the chronology
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology
- Collection Method
- Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) of Ponderosa Pine (PIPO) samples.
- Time Range
- 669 to 41 BC (calendar years before present)
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Reno Gulch, South Dakota, United States of America