Blue Mountain High Tree Ring Chronology From Washington State

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives a tree ring chronology from the Blue Mountain High site in Washington, USA. The dataset provides paleoclimatic parameters covering the period from 96 to -40 calendar years before present. It was published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information and last updated in 1990.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies from the tree-ring width series.
• Calibrate climate models using the high-resolution proxy data from 96 to -40 calendar years BP.
• Analyze growth patterns in Abies lasiocarpa (ABLA) trees for ecological studies.
• Compare this ITRDB WA127 chronology with other regional tree-ring records for spatial climate analysis.

Strengths

• Data spans 136 years of paleoclimatic record (96 to -40 BP).
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Temporal coverage is relatively short for long-term climate trend analysis.
• Dataset metadata indicates a last update in 1990, suggesting potential staleness.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single site (Blue Mountain High, Washington).

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring data collection and analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

96 to -40 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Blue Mountain High site, Washington, United States Of America.