British Columbia Tree Ring Chronology for Climate Reconstruction

227 calendar years of tree ring data from British Columbia, Canada, provide a proxy record for past climate conditions. The dataset is archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information under its Paleoclimatology program. Data was last updated in the public record in 1998.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation using tree ring width as a proxy climate variable.
• Calibrate climate models by comparing the tree ring chronology with known historical climate events.
• Analyze long-term environmental stress on Abies lasiocarpa (ABLA) trees in the specific geographic location.

Strengths

• Covers a specific 227-year time period in calendar years before present (BP).
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA/NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Temporal coverage ends at -48 BP, indicating the data is not recent and stops before the modern era.
• Data record was last updated in 1998, suggesting potential staleness and lack of modern curation.
• Specific sample size, measurement parameters, and data formats are not provided in the available metadata.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

227 to -48 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1998-01-01

Geography

Big White, British Columbia, Canada.