Tree-ring data from the Blue Mountains of Oregon provides a record of fire events. The time series covers 638 calendar years, from 590 to -47 years before present. The dataset was archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct fire return intervals from tree-ring fire scar data.
- Analyze the relationship between fire events and climate proxies over a 638-year period.
- Calibrate regional fire history models using the Dugout Riparian site chronology.
Strengths
- Covers a specific 638-year time period (590 to -47 BP).
- Part of the authoritative NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archive.
Limitations
- Data collection ended in 1997, making it temporally stale for modern analysis.
- Geographic scope is limited to a single riparian site in Oregon.
- Sample size and specific parameters like tree species are unknown.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) for fire history.
- Time Range
- 590 to -47 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
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- Geography
- Dugout Riparian site, Blue Mountains, Oregon, United States.