Lake Minotaur Tree Ring Chronology from Washington State

Tree ring data from the NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archive covers the period from 87 to -42 calendar years before present (BP). The dataset is associated with the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information and was archived in 1992. It contains parameters related to tree rings from a site in Washington, United States.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past climate variables like temperature or precipitation using the tree-ring width chronology.
• Calibrate the tree-ring chronology against known climate events within the 129-year time span (87 to -42 BP).
• Analyze growth patterns in Abies lasiocarpa (ABLA) trees from the ITRDB WA114 site for ecological studies.
• Validate regional climate models using the high-resolution temporal proxy data from this location.

Strengths

• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
• Provides a high-resolution temporal proxy record spanning 129 calendar years.

Limitations

• Temporal coverage is relatively short (129 years) for long-term climate trend analysis.
• Data is geographically limited to a single site (Washington, USA), limiting regional generalizability.
• The dataset is temporally stale, with a last updated date of 1992-01-01.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology), likely from Abies lasiocarpa (ABLA) samples.

Time Range

87 to -42 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Washington, United States Of America (specific site: ITRDB WA114, Lake Minotaur Medium).