Tree Ring Chronology for Oregon Pine from 529 to -14 BP

A 543-year tree-ring chronology from a Lakeview, Oregon pine (PIPO) site, covering the period from 529 to -14 calendar years before present. The dataset was archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information under the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. This paleoclimatology study is available from the NOAA NCEI archive.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing past temperature or precipitation anomalies using the annual tree-ring width series.
• Calibrating the tree-ring chronology against known historical climate events within the 543-year time span.
• Analyzing growth patterns (e.g., mean sensitivity, autocorrelation) from the ring-width data for ecological studies.

Strengths

• Provides a 543-year continuous annual time series for climate reconstruction.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• The dataset's last documented update was in 1964, indicating potentially outdated metadata or methods.
• Specific parameters, measurement units, and sample depth (number of trees) are not detailed in the provided description.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

529 to -14 calendar years before present (BP).

Geography

Lakeview, Oregon, United States of America.