681 years of fire history data, from 638 to -43 calendar years before present, are reconstructed from tree-ring analysis. This paleoclimatology dataset was archived by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information and last updated in 1993. It documents fire parameters for a site in New Mexico, United States.
Use Cases
- Analyze fire frequency and return intervals using the fire_history parameter over the 681-year period.
- Correlate fire events from tree-ring data with regional paleoclimate reconstructions.
- Model historical fire regimes in New Mexico using the geographic location and temporal coverage.
Strengths
- Covers a long temporal span of 681 calendar years.
- Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, with a last update date of 1993.
- The specific sample size (row count) and measured parameters beyond fire history are unknown.
- Geographic coverage is limited to a single site in New Mexico.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) for fire history reconstruction.
- Time Range
- 638 to -43 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
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- Geography
- Ledge Site, New Mexico, United States Of America.