New Zealand Tree Ring Chronology from Camp Stream

Tree ring data from Camp Stream, New Zealand, provides a 220-year chronology extending from 191 to -29 calendar years before present. The dataset is archived by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology and was last updated in 1979. It is part of the NOAA NCEI Paleoclimatology collection under the study type 'Tree Ring'.

Use Cases

• Calibrating regional climate models using the 220-year tree-ring chronology as a proxy for past temperature or precipitation.
• Analyzing growth ring width variations to infer historical climate anomalies in New Zealand.
• Cross-dating this chronology (ITRDB NEWZ044) with other Southern Hemisphere tree-ring records to validate climate reconstructions.

Strengths

• Covers a 220-year time period (191 to -29 BP).
• Part of the authoritative NOAA/NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last update date of 1979.
• Specific sample size, measurement parameters, and file formats are unknown from the description.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

191 to -29 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Camp Stream, New Zealand.