Salem Tree Ring Chronology from 395 to 246 Years Before Present

Massachusetts tree ring data from the Gedney House site in Salem provides a paleoclimate record. The chronology covers 150 years from 395 to 246 calendar years before present (BP). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information archives this dataset under its World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing past temperature or precipitation anomalies from the tree ring width time-series.
• Calibrating regional climate models using the 150-year chronology as a proxy record.
• Cross-dating archaeological wood samples from the Salem area against this established master chronology.
• Analyzing growth patterns to infer environmental stress events within the specified time period.

Strengths

• 150-year continuous chronology from 395 to 246 BP.
• Data archived by NOAA NCEI, an authoritative climate data center.

Limitations

• Limited geographic scope to a single site in Salem, Massachusetts.
• Temporal coverage is relatively short for some long-term climate trend analyses.
• Sample size and replication statistics for the tree ring series are unknown.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

395 to 246 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Gedney House, Salem, Massachusetts, United States of America.