Whachae Peak Tree Ring Chronology From Sorak Mountain, South Korea

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives a tree ring chronology from Whachae Peak on Sorak Mountain in South Korea. The data cover a period from 293 to -48 calendar years before present, providing a proxy climate record. This dataset was published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information in 1998.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation using the tree ring width chronology as a proxy.
• Analyze climate periodicity and extreme events from the multi-century time-series of ring measurements.
• Calibrate regional climate models by comparing the tree ring proxy record with instrumental data for overlapping periods.

Strengths

• Covers a 341-year period from 293 to -48 calendar years BP.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1998.
• Specific sample size, measurement parameters, and site details 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

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

Freshness

1998-01-01

Geography

Whachae Peak, Sorak Mountain, South Korea, Eastern Asia.