Ponderosa Pine Tree Ring Chronology from Los Alamos, New Mexico

437 to -19 calendar years before present of tree ring parameters from Ponderosa Pine (PIPO) in Los Alamos, New Mexico. This paleoclimatology study is archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) under the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. The data was last updated in the provided metadata on 1969-01-01.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing past climate variables like precipitation or temperature from annual tree ring width measurements.
• Analyzing long-term growth trends and responses to environmental stressors in Ponderosa Pine populations.
• Calibrating and validating climate models using the multi-century tree ring chronology.
• Studying extreme climatic events, such as droughts, recorded in the tree ring series.

Strengths

• Covers a long temporal range of over 450 years (437 to -19 BP).
• Part of the authoritative NOAA NCEI and World Data Service for Paleoclimatology archives.

Limitations

• The exact number of tree core samples, measurement series, and specific parameters are unknown from the description.
• The 'last updated' date of 1969-01-01 suggests the metadata may be stale and the core data collection is historical.
• Geographic coverage is limited to a single site in Los Alamos, New Mexico.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology) from Ponderosa Pine (PIPO) samples.

Time Range

437 to -19 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America.