Castle Howard Tree Ring Chronology for Paleoclimate Reconstruction

242 to -23 calendar years before present (BP) of tree-ring width data from the Castle Howard site in the United Kingdom. The dataset is part of the NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archive and was contributed by the International Tree-Ring Data Bank (ITRDB). It was archived by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Use Cases

• Calibrating climate models by analyzing the relationship between annual tree-ring width variations and historical temperature/precipitation records.
• Establishing a dated chronology for the Castle Howard region using the sequence of tree-ring measurements.
• Investigating climatic anomalies or extreme events within the 242 to -23 BP period captured in the ring-width series.

Strengths

• Covers a temporal range of 265 years, from 242 to -23 calendar years BP.
• Archived and standardized by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• The dataset's temporal coverage ends at -23 BP, which may not extend to the most recent centuries.
• Specific sample depth, replication statistics, and measurement details are not provided in the input.
• The last documented update was in 1973, indicating the metadata may be stale.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) / World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology, ITRDB BRIT11.

Collection Method

Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

242 to -23 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Castle Howard, United Kingdom, British Isles.