Fire History Reconstruction from Old Pine Bluff Tree Rings

Tree ring data reconstructs fire history parameters for a site in New Mexico, USA. The time coverage spans from 638 to -43 calendar years before present. This paleoclimatology study was archived by NOAA NCEI's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Use Cases

• Analyze fire frequency and return intervals using the fire history chronology.
• Correlate fire events with climate proxies inferred from tree-ring parameters.
• Model historical fire-climate relationships for the New Mexico region using the dated fire years.

Strengths

• Covers a long temporal range of 681 calendar years (from 638 to -43 BP)
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology

Limitations

• Dataset is temporally stale, last updated in 1993
• Geographic scope is limited to a single site (Old Pine Bluff, 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)

Geography

Old Pine Bluff, New Mexico, United States Of America